10 Best Articles on Cancer
The most useful articles on cancer from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Cancer Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on cancer by Refind users in 2023.
- These Engineered Cells Are Super Soldiers That Hunt Down Cancers
- Death by Stem Cell: Developing New Cancer Therapies
- Bacteria can be engineered to fight cancer in mice. Human trials are coming.
- Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study
- Should we abandon the idea that cancer is something to ‘fight’?
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on cancer—all under 10 minutes.
Death by Stem Cell: Developing New Cancer Therapies
Khalid Shah engineers stem cells to deliver cancer therapeutics directly to tumors, thereby increasing their efficacy.
Bacteria can be engineered to fight cancer in mice. Human trials are coming.
We’re crawling with microbes, and scientists want to use them to treat disease.
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study
Taking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials show
These Engineered Cells Are Super Soldiers That Hunt Down Cancers
A new therapy combines two big advances, CRISPR and CAR-T, to create personalized immune cells that seek and destroy specific cancers.
How a controversial US drug policy could be harming cancer patients worldwide
The FDA’s accelerated-approval process was designed to help people access life-saving drugs. But gaps in communication could mean that people are undergoing treatments known to be ineffective.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on cancer.
Should we abandon the idea that cancer is something to ‘fight’?
Is it time to abandon the century-old idea that cancer is best met with a ‘fight’ from patients and their doctors alike?
Steadfast but nimble: CEO Christi Shaw on cancer treatment’s cutting edge
Kite’s CEO discusses the company’s CAR T-cell therapies and what it means to put patients first.
Phenotypic plasticity and genetic control in colorectal cancer evolution
Intratumour genetic ancestry only infrequently affects gene expression traits and subclonal evolution in colorectal cancer, with most genetic intratumour variation having no detected phenotypic…
A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin
Most advanced-stage cancers mutate, resisting drugs meant to kill them. Now doctors are harnessing the principles of evolution to thwart that lethal adaptation.
Why are people still dying of cancer? — Aeon Essays
A critical mass of medical knowledge could soon end the death threat of cancer, but politics stands in the way
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