Understanding how signaling molecules are transported within and out of the cell may help to uncover the causes of certain cancers.

Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China.

Compounds found in olives and olive oil have anticancer activity, which may contribute to the cancer preventive properties attributed to the Mediterranean diet.

The rigidity of the bone extracellular matrix increases the ability of tumor cells to destroy bone, suggesting new targets for anticancer drug development.

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 29 - June 2 in Chicago, put multiple Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators in the spotlight.

A new imaging probe developed by Vanderbilt investigators enhances tumor visibility and has broad applications in diagnosing and monitoring patients with cancer.

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