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Although cancers arising from different areas of the large intestine are heterogeneous, they appear to use similar important tumorigenic pathways.

Metastatic pancreatic cancer — cancer that has spread from the pancreas to other tissues and is responsible for most patient deaths — changes its metabolism and is “reprogrammed” for optimal malignancy, according to new findings reported Jan. 16 in Nature Genetics.

Vanderbilt investigators recommend that the presence of tumor deposits in the abdomen be included when staging midgut neuroendocrine tumors.

A new method will make it possible to study solid tumors and healthy tissues using mass cytometry.

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how a promising cancer immunotherapy causes brain swelling, findings that could lead to ways to protect brain function while fighting cancers.

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a link between Helicobacter pylori infection, inflammation and gastric cancer that could suggest new anti-cancer therapies.

A new method for analyzing cells in fixed biopsy tissues from patients by guide personalized treatment strategies for cancer.