Liu et al. develop Oncoformer, a multimodal transformer that reads routine laboratory tests and chest X-rays already collected in everyday care. Across more than 3.6 million individuals, it detects cancer, infers tumor stage, and stratifies treatment response and recurrence risk, pointing toward risk-adapted cancer care built on data already in hand.

Nature Cancer, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s43018-026-01220-4

Chen et al. have developed SlideChat, a multimodal generative artificial intelligence assistant, which they benchmark on 27 pathology tasks across 33 cancer types. Expert pathologists rated the assistant as clinically relevant and accurate.

Oncogenesis, Published online: 19 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41389-026-00619-z

PRMT6-mediated EZH2 arginine methylation is critical for breast cancer development

npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 11 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02602-9

Graphicalized vision-language modeling for comprehensive lung nodule analysis and risk stratification

Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10346-5

Lesion-targeted immune modulation is a feasible strategy to control cardiac fibrosis, and engineered dendritic cells are a promising therapeutic platform for treating cardiac remodelling and heart failure.

Oncogene, Published online: 24 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41388-026-03730-y

Non-classic deubiquitinase USP13 inhibits bladder cancer metastasis through destabilizing cytoplasmic KDM3A