The Physics of Cancer

• The Effectiveness of Carbon-Ion Cancer Therapy - March, 2025
• Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential to halt pancreatic cancer spread - March, 2025
• Alignment of Cells Affects Secondary Tumor Growth - December, 2024
• Mathematical model sheds light on how exercise suppresses tumour growth - December, 2024
• Drug-Resistance Mutations Find Strength in Small Numbers - June, 2024
• Deep transfer learning detects six different cancers on PET/CT scans - June, 2024
• Single-cell nanobiopsy explores how brain cancer cells adapt to resist treatment - April, 2024
• Low-cost HPV test increases access to cervical cancer screening - September, 2023
• Miniaturized ultrasound scanner could help detect breast cancer earlier - September, 2023
• Grating interferometry could enable earlier detection of breast cancer - August, 2023
• Radiodynamic therapy: harnessing light to improve cancer treatments - August, 2023
• Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread - July, 2023
• Physics of Cancer Takes Shape - July, 2023
• Novel AI tool predicts colorectal cancer survival from pathology images - June, 2023
• Ultrasound implant helps deliver powerful chemotherapy to brain tumours - June, 2023
• Mechanical nanosurgery attacks aggressive brain cancer - May, 2023
• Engineered bacteria attract cancer-killing radioisotopes into tumours - April, 2023
• Gas-trapping structures improve tumour treatment - March, 2023
• 3D cancer model reveals how a static magnetic field can enhance radiotherapy - March, 2023
• Blood test detects brain tumours at an early stage - August, 2021
• MasSpec Pen detects cancer tissue in real time during surgery - August, 2021
• Radioactive marker enables imaging of iron-hungry cancer cells - August, 2021
• Towards Auger therapy with iodine-infused nanoparticles - August, 2021
• Mid-IR spectrometer provides non-invasive skin cancer detection - November, 2020
• Brighter prospects for treating a rare lung cancer - July, 2020
• 'Multifaceted radiomics' predicts cancer metastasis risk - July, 2020
• Label-free fluorescence microscopy offers early cancer detection - June, 2020
• Could mathematics help stratify cancers? - June, 2019
• Kandice Tanner on applying physics to cancer research - May, 2019
• Technology reveals previously undetectable protein signaling activity in diabetes, cancer - May, 2019
• Cancer cells can communicate over longer distances within the body - May, 2019
• Fluid Dynamics Model for Cancer Patterns - March, 2019
• Focused ultrasound releases cancer drugs on target - February, 2019
• New fiber optic probe brings endoscopic diagnosis of cancer closer to the clinic - May, 2017
• Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers - December, 2016
• Contrast Optimization for an Animal Model of Prostate Cancer MRI at 3T - May, 2016
• Jammed Cells Expose the Physics of Cancer - August, 2016
• New pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor's offices and operating rooms - January, 2016
• Open-source laser fabrication lowers costs for cancer research - January, 2016
• Networking against cancer with ENLIGHT - January, 2016
• Novel radionuclides to kill cancer - October, 2015
• New laser could spot signs of cancer in exhaled breath - September, 2015
• New portable device could test how 'squishy' cancerous tumors are - May, 2015
• Isolating cancer cells with acoustic waves - April, 2015
• Minibeams may minimize damage in cancer treatment - March, 2015
• Fractal patterns seen on emerging cancerous cells - March, 2015
• Gold nanotubes sizzle cancer cells - March, 2015
• Magnetic material's unusual heating effect could fry cancer cells at the perfect temperature - February, 2015
• Physicists offer a different approach to cancer research - November, 2014
• Improving imaging of cancerous tissues by reversing time - November, 2014
• Calibrating cancer radiotherapy beams using light and sound - September, 2014
• Cold atmospheric plasma in cancer therapy - September, 2014
• 'Human touch' nanoparticle sensor could improve breast cancer detection - September, 2014
• New method for non-invasive prostate cancer screening - September, 2014
• New proton detectors could lead to better cancer treatment - July, 2014
• Nanotechnology: Deliver on a cancer promise - May, 2014
• Imaging: Cancer caught in the act - May, 2014
• Shape matters when nanoparticles fight cancer - May, 2014
• Engineering breakthrough will allow cancer researchers to create live tumors with a 3D printer - April, 2014
• Plasma tool for destroying cancer cells - March, 2014
• New high-tech glasses detect cancer cells during surgery - March, 2014
• Improving radiation therapies for cancer mathematically - March, 2014
• Research tests which nano system works best cancer treatment - March, 2014
• Medical imaging breakthrough may lead to early cancer detection
• Imaging breast cancer with light: Researchers unveil 'photoacoustic mammoscope' - October, 2013
• Laser imaging spots brain cancer - September, 2013
• Long RNAs wire up cancer growth - August, 2013
• Livermore program accelerates cancer diagnostics - August, 2013
• ClearPEM clarifies breast cancer diagnosis - July, 2013
• Nanophysicists offer novel insight into experimental cancer treatment - July, 2013
• Boosting immune therapy for cancer with nanoparticles - July, 2013
• Clinical trials for cancer, one patient at a time - July, 2013
• New theory uncovers cancer's deep evolutionary roots - July, 2013
• Fighting cancer with microgravity research - June, 2013
• Nanotube transistors detect cancer biomarkers - March, 2013
• Leukemia-Killing Plasma Beam Could Offer New Cancer Treatments - February, 2013
• Nanotube transistors detect cancer biomarkers - February, 2013
• Diagnosing thyroid cancer with ultrasound - March, 2012
• Physics of Cancer: The Impact of Heterogeneity - March, 2012
• Canadian report finds opportunity for PET in clinical care of cancer - July, 2012 (page 4 of Beamtime)
• Laser research shows promise for cancer treatment - August, 2012
• Nanotechnology in Cancer Medicine - August, 2012
• Seeing X-rays in a new light: Soft X-ray detector could improve breast cancer imaging - August, 2012
• SLAC software developer discusses physics simulation tool to make cancer therapy safer - October, 2011
• Scientist proves potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy - September, 2011
• Particle accelerators help develop new cancer fighting drug - August, 2011
• Cancer: Tissues stretch to let tumours move - July, 2011
• Searching for fractals may help cancer cell testing - July, 2011
• The physics of cancer: the role of physical interactions and mechanical forces in metastasis - June, 2011
• Cancer biology: When push comes to shove in cancer - June, 2011
• Cancer diagnosis isotopes from Garching - June, 2011
• Cancer: Radiation's double whammy - May, 2011
• Applying particle physics expertise to cancer therapy - May, 2011
• Particle Physics Can Help Fight Cancer - May, 2011
• Carbon nanotubes capture cancer cells - April, 2011
• Computing to advance new cancer treatment - February, 2011
• 'Gold' fish thrive, cancers die - September, 2010
• Cancer therapeutics: Nano tumour killer - August, 2010
• Accelerator Physicists Strive to Lower Cost of Cancer Treatment - May, 2010
• Fundamental Physics Enters War on Cancer - November, 2009
• Cancer Biology: Double Protection - October, 2009
• Cancer Biology: Metastatic Mayhem - October, 2009
• Cancer Biology: Now you see it - September, 2009
• New DNA Test Uses Nanotechnology To Find Early Signs Of Cancer - August, 2009
• Tiny Ratchet Could Lead to 'Cancer Traps' - June, 2009
• New Tool for Next-generation Cancer Treatments using Nanodiamonds - May, 2009
• Compact Cancer-Therapy Particle-Delivery System Patented - May, 2009
• Crystals Against Cancer - March, 2009