Approximately one in two individuals in high-income countries will face a cancer diagnosis during their lifetime, but the good news is, fewer than half of all cancer patients die from the disease, and every second cancer-related death is preventable. What’s more, many environmental factors that either promote cancer or protect against it lie within our own control. The updated and extended textbook Cancer Biology: How Science Works by Professor Carsten Carlberg and Dr Eunike Velleuer provides the reader with a holistic view of cancer, spanning from the fundamental mechanisms underlying cancer to different aspects of cancer prevention as well as efficient therapies against cancer.

Blood tests have proved to be a promising tool for detecting and monitoring cancer. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a new method that makes it possible to analyse samples containing as little as 5 per cent cancer DNA in the blood, compared with the 15–20 per cent required today. This method could lead to better cancer care and improved monitoring of tumour progression.

Even what many Americans consider moderate drinking is linked to an increased risk of death, disability, and chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease, according to a new study published.  The findings show mortality risk from alcohol of 1 in 25 for people who consumed an average of 14 drinks per week. In contrast, drinking up to 7 drinks per week was associated with only minimally elevated risks for most conditions.

Treating aged marmosets with 10β,17β-dihydroxyestra-1,4-dien-3-one (DHED) improves side effects elicited from a type of breast cancer treatment.