Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0163
Andreia M. Gonçalves, Ana Luísa Correia
{"title":"Tracking the Dormant Cancer Boneprint","authors":"Andreia M. Gonçalves, Ana Luísa Correia","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0163","url":null,"abstract":"Summary: Cancer cells can repurpose a fundamental bone development program to escape therapy in a dormant state. This finding offers a way to detect cancer dormancy and assess recurrence risk using routine bone scans. See related article by Sreekumar et al., p. 781","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147586626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0017
{"title":"Occupation May Influence Risk of Cancer Mortality.","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0017","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, researchers have found that occupation may influence the risk of cancer mortality among working adults, ages 20 to 64. Broadly speaking, men working in construction and extraction-for instance, roofers and mining machine operators-and women working in transportation had the highest mortality rates. Numerous factors beyond carcinogen exposure, such as job stressors leading to tobacco and alcohol use, inconsistent income, and limited health-care access could explain why.</p>","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"OF1"},"PeriodicalIF":33.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147289313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0316
Sara Horie, Yuki Saito, Yasunori Kogure, Kota Mizuno, Yuta Ito, Mariko Tabata, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Murakami, Junji Koya, Keisuke Kataoka
{"title":"Correction: Pan-Cancer Comparative and Integrative Analyses of Driver Alterations Using Japanese and International Genomic Databases.","authors":"Sara Horie, Yuki Saito, Yasunori Kogure, Kota Mizuno, Yuta Ito, Mariko Tabata, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Murakami, Junji Koya, Keisuke Kataoka","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"16 4","pages":"822"},"PeriodicalIF":33.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147590249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0166
Ludmil B Alexandrov,Paul Brennan,Michael R Stratton
{"title":"Early-Life Mutagenesis and the Rise of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer.","authors":"Ludmil B Alexandrov,Paul Brennan,Michael R Stratton","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0166","url":null,"abstract":"Colorectal cancer incidence is rising globally among individuals younger than 50 years and remains poorly explained by established risk factors. In this study, we advance the hypothesis that early-childhood exposure to mutagen-producing bacteria contributes to lifetime colorectal cancer risk by imprinting oncogenic mutations in the developing colorectal epithelium, thereby initiating tumorigenesis decades before clinical diagnosis and redefining early-onset colorectal cancer as a disease rooted in early-life mutagenic exposure.","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"105 1","pages":"644-646"},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147583935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-25-2061
Dimitrios N Sidiropoulos,Neeha Zaidi,Mark Yarchoan,Elizabeth M Jaffee
{"title":"The Seven Ps of Cancer Interception.","authors":"Dimitrios N Sidiropoulos,Neeha Zaidi,Mark Yarchoan,Elizabeth M Jaffee","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.cd-25-2061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-25-2061","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in technology, clinical innovation, cross-sector collaboration, and active societal engagement are converging to shift cancer from an unexpected and lethal disease to a condition that can be detected early, intercepted effectively, and ultimately prevented. Framed around seven core principles: purpose, prevalence, potential, precision, practicality, partnership, and persistence, this commentary highlights how strategic alignment across these dimensions can catalyze progress toward global cancer interception.","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"7 1","pages":"651-655"},"PeriodicalIF":28.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147583937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0284
CheukMan Cherie Au, Daniel D Azorín, Jian Carrot-Zhang, Steven M Corsello, Alvaro Curiel-Garcia, William Freed-Pastor, Adam J Grippin, Long Chi Nguyen, Ray Pillai, Amulya Sreekumar, Daniel J Zabransky
{"title":"Insights on Future Directions in Cancer Research from the 2026 AACR NextGen Stars.","authors":"CheukMan Cherie Au, Daniel D Azorín, Jian Carrot-Zhang, Steven M Corsello, Alvaro Curiel-Garcia, William Freed-Pastor, Adam J Grippin, Long Chi Nguyen, Ray Pillai, Amulya Sreekumar, Daniel J Zabransky","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0284","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-26-0284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":"16 4","pages":"670-676"},"PeriodicalIF":33.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147590237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-020
{"title":"Sensory Neurons Drive a Fibrotic Immune Microenvironment in Breast Cancer.","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-020","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-RW2026-020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"OF1"},"PeriodicalIF":33.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146164215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer discoveryPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0021
{"title":"Modest Funding Increases \"a Step in the Right Direction\" for NIH, NCI.","authors":"","doi":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0021","DOIUrl":"10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NW2026-0021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The FY2026 appropriations bill signed into law includes $47.22 billion for the NIH, a $216 million increase over FY2025, and $7.4 billion for the NCI, a $128 million boost. This is a reverse from the steep cuts that were proposed by the White House, but the modest increases do not keep pace with biomedical inflation. In addition, the proposed 15% on indirect costs was blocked, while forward funding provisions that pay a multiyear grant all at once are included.</p>","PeriodicalId":9430,"journal":{"name":"Cancer discovery","volume":" ","pages":"OF1"},"PeriodicalIF":33.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147324528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}