Established guidelines form the baseline for cancer treatment, and oncologists tailor the standard therapy based on individual response. Movement to personalized treatment based on genetic variations instead looks to be the future of cancer therapy.

More and more is coming to light about pancreatic cancer. And the more scientists know, the greater the chances of detecting it early on and finding ways to treat this serious disease.

A major focus of scientific research in medicine in the past few decades has been working with the immune system to find ways to use antibodies as a smart bomb for therapy, targeting exact molecules only found on cancer cells.

Just as we do, cancer cells have their own metabolism. It's how they nourish themselves to keep growing. Zeroing in on this activity and specific genes associated with cell metabolism opens up a whole new world of therapeutic possibilities.

Pancreatic cancer isn't a pretty one. Realistically, it's tough to detect because symptoms are so subtle; it's tough to treat and it's tough to beat. Now there's light on the horizon, with what could be a true treatment breakthrough.

Children's leukemia is a cancer with a lot of funding and driven research behind it, with some of the best and brightest oncologists striving to improve every aspect of care. A progress report on survival rate now shows the results of their hard work.

They put you to sleep and relieve pain. They're vital drugs for cancer patients. And yet these very medications may be having a potentially negative side-effect.

One of the mysteries of cancer is its unpredictability. Sometimes chemotherapies  work, and sometimes they don't. Recent research may help physicians personalize treatment for individual patients.

Does the type of radiation used to treat cancer affect a person's quality of life years down the road? New research suggests that indeed it does.

Vitamin A derivatives, drugs known as retinoids , have been used successfully to treat certain types of leukemia. Not all forms of the disease respond to them, though. Scientists have discovered that adding another medication may overcome this resistance.