Image of cancer cells under a microscope

Medscape's well-known medical website offers images of cancer cells through a microscope to give you different perspectives on the disease.

This image shows epithelial cells in humans (blue DNA) with an increase in the average number of cells .Maximum amplification can lead to chromosomal instability and some abnormal chromosomes.This is a sign of cancer.

This image shows that HeLa cervical cancer cells are staining actin (red) and tubulin (green) structures of the cell skeleton.Cancer cells spread throughout the body with the help of modified genes that alter cell structure.Human DNA is blue.

This image describes breast cancer cells.Red represents the main homologous blood vessel complex (MHC) and the nuclei are represented in blue.

Treatment for brain cancer is especially difficult because most drug molecules are not small enough to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.The researchers wondered if nanoparticles could act as a drug delivery mechanism.This image shows that nanoparticles (red) are inserted into the brain of a living mouse with glioblastoma (green).Human DNA is blue, macrophages are related to white tumors.

This is the microelectronic image of a oral epithelial cancer cell (white) that is being attacked by two toxic T cells (red), part of a natural immune response.

Infections with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are linked to different types of cancer.Researchers are investigating the process by which HPV can transform a healthy cell into a cancer cell.This image shows actin structure (green), the protein involved in cell movement, with the two most common types being HPV-16 E6 and E7, active in keratin keratinocytes.

In the image taken from the genetically engineered mouse model, KRAS gene causes lung cancer in purple.Being the main weakness in many types of cancer, the KRAS gene creates promise for new cancer treatments.

In this image, lung cancer is associated with a local inflammatory response, in which connective tissues combine with the tumor, thickening like scars.Cancer cells are red, green cell nuclei, inflamed tissues are green.

This image shows pancreatic cancer cells (blue nuclei) growing in a sphere covered with red membrane.By developing cancer cells in the laboratory, scientists can study the factors that promote and prevent the formation of deadly tumors.