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BMC Cancer

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (1356 Artikel)

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Designing an exercise intervention for adult survivors of childhood cancers

Denise Rokitka, Jennifer Heffler, Michael Zevon, Caleb Kitcho, Jennifer Schweitzer, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Martin C. Mahoney

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: MiR-200c/FUT4 axis prevents the proliferation of colon cancer cells by downregulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Jinchun Cong, Jian Gong, Chuanjia Yang, Zhixiu Xia, Hong Zhang

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Comparative efficacy and safety of adjuvant nivolumab versus other treatments in adults with resected melanoma: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis

Kabirraaj Toor, Mark R. Middleton, Keith Chan, Adenike Amadi, Andriy Moshyk, Srividya Kotapati

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CA724 predicts overall survival in locally advanced gastric cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Yilin Tong, Yan Zhao, Zexing Shan, Jianjun Zhang

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EGFR inhibitors switch keratinocytes from a proliferative to a differentiative phenotype affecting epidermal development and barrier function

Nicolas Joly-Tonetti, Thomas Ondet, Mario Monshouwer, Georgios N. Stamatas

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A gene-based risk score model for predicting recurrence-free survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Wenhua Wang, Lingchen Wang, Xinsheng Xie, Yehong Yan, Yue Li, Quqin Lu

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The surgical treatment of non-metastatic melanoma in a Clinical National Melanoma Registry Study Group (CNMR): a retrospective cohort quality improvement study to reduce the morbidity rates

Antonella Vecchiato, Simone Mocellin, Paolo Del Fiore, Giulio Tosti, Paolo A. Ascierto, Maria Teresa Corradin, Vincenzo De Giorgi, Giuseppe Giudice, Paola Queirolo, Caterina Ferreli, Marcella Occelli, Monica Giordano, Giusto Trevisan, Luigi Mascheroni, Alessandro Testori, Romina Spina, Alessandra Buja, Francesco Cavallin, Corrado Caracò, Antonio Sommariva, Carlo Riccardo Rossi, Salvatore Asero, Rosanna Barbati, Luca Bianchi, Francesca Bruder, Caterina Catricalà, Saverio Cinieri, Michele Del Vecchio, Franco Di Filippo, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Maria Teresa Fierro, Rosachiara Forcignanò, Massimo Guidoboni, Carmelo Iacono, Lucia Lospalluti, Michele Maio, Laura Milesi, Gianmichele Moise, Giovanna Moretti, Riccardo Pellicano, Maria Antonietta Pizzichetta, Gaetana Rinaldi, Giovanni Sanna, Stefania Staibano, Marilena Visini, Guido Zannetti, Leonardo Zichichi

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Factors associated with survival of patients with solid Cancer alive after intensive care unit discharge between 2005 and 2013

Hubert Gheerbrant, Jean-François Timsit, Nicolas Terzi, Stéphane Ruckly, Mathieu Laramas, Matteo Giaj Levra, Emmanuelle Jacquet, Loic Falque, Denis Moro-Sibilot, Anne-Claire Toffart

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Variceal bleeding is aggravated by portal venous invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: a matched nested case-control study

Jihye Lim, Ha Il Kim, Eunju Kim, Jiyoon Kim, Jihyun An, Seheon Chang, Seon-Ok Kim, Han chu Lee, Yung Sang Lee, Ju Hyun Shim

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Translational control of Bcl-2 promotes apoptosis of gastric carcinoma cells

Shuangfen Tao, Jianchun Gu, Qing Wang, Leizhen Zheng

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Competing risk analysis of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular death in T1/2 kidney cancer: a SEER database analysis

Xiaofei Mo, Mingge Zhou, Hui Yan, Xueqin Chen, Yuetao Wang

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A population-based analysis of spirometry use and the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in lung cancer

Sophie Corriveau, Gregory R. Pond, Grace H. Tang, John R. Goffin

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Sorafenib as a second-line treatment in metastatic renal cell carcinoma in Mexico: a prospective cohort study

Ana Elena Martín-Aguilar, Haidé Núñez-López, Juan C. Ramirez-Sandoval

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Unmet supportive care needs and associated factors among young adult cancer patients in Japan

Masako Okamura, Maiko Fujimori, Ayako Sato, Yosuke Uchitomi

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The implications of clinical risk factors, CAR index, and compositional changes of immune cells on hyperprogressive disease in non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapy

Seo Ree Kim, Sang Hoon Chun, Joo Ri Kim, Sang-Yeob Kim, Jun Young Seo, Chan Kwon Jung, Bo-Mi Gil, Jeong-Oh Kim, Yoon Ho Ko, In Sook Woo, Byoung Yong Shim, Sook-Hee Hong, Jin Hyoung Kang

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Development and validation of nomograms to intraoperatively predict metastatic patterns in regional lymph nodes in patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer

Fei Zhao, Rong-Xin Lu, Jin-Yuan Liu, Jun Fan, Hao-Ran Lin, Xiao-Yu Yang, Shu-Hui You, Qian-Ge Wu, Xue-Yun Qin, Yi Liu, Fu-Xi Zhen, Jin-Hua Luo, Wei Wang

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The protocol of a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled phase III study evaluating different cycles of oxaliplatin combined with S-1 (SOX) as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer: RESONANCE-II trial

Xinxin Wang, Shuo Li, Yihong Sun, Kai Li, Xian Shen, Yingwei Xue, Pin Liang, Guoli Li, Luchuan Chen, Qun Zhao, Guoxin Li, Weihua Fu, Han Liang, Hairong Xin, Jian Suo, Xuedong Fang, Zhichao Zheng, Zekuan Xu, Huanqiu Chen, Yanbing Zhou, Yulong He, Hua Huang, Linghua Zhu, Kun Yang, Jiafu Ji, Yingjiang Ye, Zhongtao Zhang, Fei Li, Xin Wang, Yantao Tian, Sungsoo Park, Lin Chen

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Actual long-term survival after resection of stage III soft tissue sarcoma

Do Weon Lee, Han-Soo Kim, Ilkyu Han

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Randomized phase II study comparing the efficacy and safety of SOX versus mFOLFOX6 as neoadjuvant chemotherapy without radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (KSCC1301)

Keisuke Miwa, Eiji Oki, Masanobu Enomoto, Keisuke Ihara, Koji Ando, Fumihiko Fujita, Masahiro Tominaga, Shinichiro Mori, Goro Nakayama, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Hiroshi Saeki, Hideo Baba, Masaki Mori, Yoshito Akagi

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Advance directives and end-of-life care: knowledge and preferences of patients with brain Tumours from Anhui, China

Yixin Wang, Yongkang Zhang, Yang Hong, Ping Zeng, Zongtao Hu, Xiuli Xu, Hongzhi Wang

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Transcriptome profiling unveils GAP43 regulates ABC transporters and EIF2 signaling in colorectal cancer cells

Xi Chen, Hongjin Wu, Jia Feng, Ying Li, Jiao Lv, Weikai Shi, Weiwei Fan, Li Xiao, Danmeng Sun, Mingfeng Jiang, Ming Shi

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Skin cancers in people with albinism in Togo in 2019: results of two rounds of national mobile skin care clinics

Bayaki Saka, Sefako Abla Akakpo, Julienne Noude Teclessou, Piham Gnossike, Saliou Adam, Garba Mahamadou, Panawé Kassang, Yvette Elegbede, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Tchin Darre, Koussake Kombate, Palokinam Pitché

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The association between ATM variants and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Masoumeh Moslemi, Yousef Moradi, Hojat Dehghanbanadaki, Hamed Afkhami, Mansoor Khaledi, Najmeh Sedighimehr, Javad Fathi, Ehsan Sohrabi

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Characteristics and outcomes of patients with RET-fusion positive non-small lung cancer in real-world practice in the United States

Lisa M. Hess, Yimei Han, Yajun Emily Zhu, Naleen Raj Bhandari, Anthony Sireci

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Construction of a nine DNA repair-related gene prognostic classifier to predict prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma

Jinhui Liu, Pinping Jiang, Xucheng Chen, Yujie Shen, Guoliang Cui, Ziyan Ma, Shaojie Zhao, Yan Zhang

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Eight-gene metabolic signature related with tumor-associated macrophages predicting overall survival for hepatocellular carcinoma

Junyu Huo, Liqun Wu, Yunjin Zang, Hongjing Dong, Xiaoqiang Liu, Fu He, Xiao Zhang

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Mucinous, endometrioid, and serous ovarian cancers with peritoneal dissemination are potent candidates for P-cadherin targeted therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Kayo Kayahashi, Yasunari Mizumoto, Ayumi Matsuoka, Takeshi Obata, Junpei Iwadare, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Takiko Daikoku, Hiroshi Fujiwara

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Effects of ER-resident and secreted AGR2 on cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and survival in PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells

Xian Hong, Zhi-Xuan Li, Jie Hou, Hui-Yu Zhang, Chun-Yan Zhang, Jian Zhang, He Sun, Li-Hong Pang, Tao Wang, Zhi-Hui Deng

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Secondary endpoints analysis in patients with estrogen receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer treated with everolimus and exemestane enrolled in Oral Care-BC

Katsuhiko Nakatsukasa, Naoki Niikura, Kosuke Kashiwabara, Takeshi Amemiya, Ken-ichi Watanabe, Hironobu Hata, Yuichiro Kikawa, Naoki Taniike, Takashi Yamanaka, Sachiyo Mitsunaga, Kazuhiko Nakagami, Moriyasu Adachi, Naoto Kondo, Yasuyuki Shibuya, Naoki Hayashi, Mariko Naito, Toshinari Yamashita, Masahiro Umeda, Hirofumi Mukai, Yoshihide Ota

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The oncometabolite R-2-hydroxyglutarate dysregulates the differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells via inducing DNA hypermethylation

Lizhen Liu, Kaimin Hu, Jingjing Feng, Huafang Wang, Shan Fu, Binsheng Wang, Limengmeng Wang, Yulin Xu, Xiaohong Yu, He Huang

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Neutral polysaccharide from Panax notoginseng enhanced cyclophosphamide antitumor efficacy in hepatoma H22-bearing mice

Yan-Hong Liu, Hua-Yan Qin, Yuan-Yuan Zhong, Shuang Li, Hua-Jing Wang, Hong Wang, Li-Ling Chen, Xiang Tang, Ya-Lin Li, Zhong-Yi Qian, Huai-Yu Li, Lei Zhang, Tong Chen

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors-related myocarditis in patients with cancer: an analysis of international spontaneous reporting systems

Rulan Ma, Quanziang Wang, Deyu Meng, Kang Li, Yong Zhang

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TOP2A/MCM2, p16INK4a, and cyclin E1 expression in liquid-based cytology: a biomarkers panel for progression risk of cervical premalignant lesions

Oscar Del Moral-Hernández, Daniel Hernández-Sotelo, Luz del Carmen Alarcón-Romero, Miguel Angel Mendoza-Catalán, Eugenia Flores-Alfaro, Yaneth Castro-Coronel, Julio Ortiz-Ortiz, Marco Antonio Leyva-Vázquez, Carlos Ortuño-Pineda, Wendy Castro-Mora, Berenice Illades-Aguiar

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The R-enantiomer of ketorolac reduces ovarian cancer tumor burden in vivo

Martha M. Grimes, S. Ray Kenney, Dayna R. Dominguez, Kathryn J. Brayer, Yuna Guo, Angela Wandinger-Ness, Laurie G. Hudson

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High-grade postoperative complications affect survival outcomes of patients with colorectal Cancer peritoneal metastases treated with Cytoreductive surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Sicheng Zhou, Qiang Feng, Jing Zhang, Haitao Zhou, Zheng Jiang, Zheng Liu, Zhaoxu Zheng, Haipeng Chen, Zheng Wang, Jianwei Liang, Wei Pei, Qian Liu, Zhixiang Zhou, Xishan Wang

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Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis and overtreatment: a cross- sectional study at a thyroid cancer referral center in Ecuador

Paola Solis-Pazmino, Jorge Salazar-Vega, Eddy Lincango-Naranjo, Cristhian Garcia, Gabriela Jaramillo Koupermann, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Tannya Ledesma, Tatiana Rojas, Benjamin Alvarado-Mafla, Cesar Carcamo, Oscar J. Ponce, Juan P. Brito

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Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review

Dominic O’Connor, Malcolm Brown, Martin Eatock, Richard C. Turkington, Gillian Prue

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LncRNA LINC00240 suppresses invasion and migration in non-small cell lung cancer by sponging miR-7-5p

Gwan Woo Ku, Yujin Kang, Seong-Lan Yu, Joonghoon Park, Sejin Park, In Beom Jeong, Min Woong Kang, Ji Woong Son, Jaeku Kang

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Comparison of long-term outcomes between Lynch sydrome and sporadic colorectal cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

Yun Xu, Cong Li, Charlie Zhi-Lin Zheng, Yu-Qin Zhang, Tian-An Guo, Fang-Qi Liu, Ye Xu

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The impact of ICAM-1, CCL2 and TGM2 gene polymorphisms on differentiation syndrome in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Zahra Mohammadzadeh, Azadeh Omidkhoda, Bahram Chahardouli, Ghazaleh Hoseinzadeh, Kamran Ali Moghaddam, Seyed Asadollah Mousavi, Shahrbano Rostami

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EHHADH contributes to cisplatin resistance through regulation by tumor-suppressive microRNAs in bladder cancer

Shunsuke Okamura, Hirofumi Yoshino, Kazuki Kuroshima, Masafumi Tsuruda, Yoichi Osako, Takashi Sakaguchi, Masaya Yonemori, Yasutoshi Yamada, Shuichi Tatarano, Masayuki Nakagawa, Hideki Enokida

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Longitudinal analysis of cell-free mutated KRAS and CA 19–9 predicts survival following curative resection of pancreatic cancer

Saskia Hussung, Dilara Akhoundova, Julian Hipp, Marie Follo, Rhena F. U. Klar, Ulrike Philipp, Florian Scherer, Nikolas von Bubnoff, Justus Duyster, Melanie Boerries, Uwe Wittel, Ralph M. Fritsch

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Current lung cancer screening guidelines may miss high-risk population: a real-world study

Guiyi Ji, Ting Bao, Zhenzhen Li, Huairong Tang, Dan Liu, Ping Yang, Weimin Li, Yan Huang

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Protocol of the Italian Radical Cystectomy Registry (RIC): a non-randomized, 24-month, multicenter study comparing robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and open surgery for radical cystectomy in bladder cancer

Angelo Porreca, Katie Palmer, Walter Artibani, Alessandro Antonelli, Lorenzo Bianchi, Eugenio Brunocilla, Aldo Massimo Bocciardi, Maurizio Brausi, Gian Maria Busetto, Marco Carini, Giuseppe Carrieri, Antonio Celia, Luca Cindolo, Giovanni Cochetti, Renzo Colombo, Ettore De Berardinis, Ottavio De Cobelli, Fabrizio Di Maida, Amelio Ercolino, Franco Gaboardi, Antonio Galfano, Andrea Gallina, Michele Gallucci, Carlo Introini, Ettore Mearini, Andrea Minervini, Francesco Montorsi, Gennaro Musi, Giovannalberto Pini, Riccardo Schiavina, Silvia Secco, Sergio Serni, Claudio Simeone, Giovanni Tasso, Daniele D’Agostino

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Comparison of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with lung adenocarcinoma harboring different epidermal growth factor receptor mutation types

Sojung Park, Sung Yong Lee, Dojin Kim, Yun Su Sim, Jeong-Seon Ryu, Juwhan Choi, Su Hwan Lee, Yon Ju Ryu, Jin Hwa Lee, Jung Hyun Chang

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Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor, ELTD1, is a potential therapeutic target for retinoblastoma migration and invasion

Jonathan Guihurt Santiago, Neikelyn Burgos-Tirado, Daniella Dorta Lafontaine, José C. Mendoza Sierra, Roberto Herrera Camacho, Clara M. Vecchini Rodríguez, Vanessa Morales-Tirado, Jacqueline Flores-Otero

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Recent incidence trend of elderly patients with glioblastoma in the United States, 2000–2017

Boran Chen, Chaoyue Chen, Yang Zhang, Jianguo Xu

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Correction to: Comprehensive analysis of prognostic gene signatures based on immune infiltration of ovarian cancer

Shibai Yan, Juntao Fang, Yongcai Chen, Yong Xie, Siyou Zhang, Xiaohui Zhu, Feng Fang

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Adjuvant albumin-bound paclitaxel combined with S-1 vs. oxaliplatin combined with capecitabine after D2 gastrectomy in patients with stage III gastric adenocarcinoma: a phase III multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial protocol

Xiangdong Cheng, Dan Wu, Nong Xu, Luchuan Chen, Zhilong Yan, Ping Chen, Lei Zhou, Jianfa Yu, Jiuwei Cui, Wei Li, Chang Wang, Wenming Feng, Yunhai Wei, Pengfei Yu, Yian Du, Jieer Ying, Zhiyuan Xu, Litao Yang, Yunli Zhang

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Clinical utility of liquid biopsy for EGFR driver, T790M mutation and EGFR amplification in plasma in patients with acquired resistance to afatinib

Yuko Oya, Tatsuya Yoshida, Kazuhiro Asada, Tetsuya Oguri, Naoki Inui, Sayako Morikawa, Kentaro Ito, Tomoki Kimura, Eiji Kunii, Takashi Matsui, Akihito Kubo, Tatsuo Kato, Takashi Abe, Takeshi Tsuda, Toyoaki Hida

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Systematic profiling of diagnostic and prognostic value of autophagy-related genes for sarcoma patients

Yuanhe Wang, Jianyi Li, Cheng Shao, Xiaojie Tang, Yukun Du, Tongshuai Xu, Zheng Zhao, Huiqiang Hu, Yingyi Sheng, Chuan Hu, Yongming Xi

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Reduced intensity of early intensification does not increase the risk of relapse in children with standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia - a multi-centric clinical study of GD-2008-ALL protocol

Xin-Yu Li, Jia-Qiang Li, Xue-Qun Luo, Xue-Dong Wu, Xin Sun, Hong-Gui Xu, Chang-Gang Li, Ri-Yang Liu, Xiao-Fei Sun, Hui-Qin Chen, Yu-Deng Lin, LI Chi-kong, Jian-Pei Fang

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Optimal biological dose: a systematic review in cancer phase I clinical trials

J. Fraisse, D. Dinart, D. Tosi, C. Bellera, C. Mollevi

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A review of new hormonal therapies for prostate cancer in black men: is there enough data?

Matthias E. Meunier, Pascal Blanchet, Yann Neuzillet, Thierry Lebret, Laurent Brureau

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Evaluation of 18F-FDG PET/CT images acquired with a reduced scan time duration in lymphoma patients using the digital biograph vision

Manuel Weber, Walter Jentzen, Regina Hofferber, Ken Herrmann, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Christoph Rischpler, Lale Umutlu, Maurizio Conti, Pedro Fragoso Costa, Miriam Sraieb, David Kersting

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Effect of antiangiogenic-based treatment and systemic inflammatory factors on outcomes in patients with BRAF v600-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer: a real-world study in Spain

Nieves Martínez-Lago, Ana Fernández-Montes, Marta Covela, Elena M. Brozos, Juan De la Cámara, José C. Méndez Méndez, Mónica Jorge-Fernández, Antía Cousillas Castiñeiras, Cristina Reboredo, David Arias Ron, María L. Pellón Augusto, Paula González Villarroel, Begoña Graña, Mercedes Salgado Fernández, Alberto Carral Maseda, Francisca Vázquez Rivera, Sonia Candamio Folgar, Margarita Reboredo López

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Development of an engineered peptide antagonist against periostin to overcome doxorubicin resistance in breast cancer

Khine Kyaw Oo, Thanpawee Kamolhan, Anish Soni, Suyanee Thongchot, Chalermchai Mitrpant, Pornchai O-charoenrat, Chanitra Thuwajit, Peti Thuwajit

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Correction to: A Bibliometric analysis of folate receptor research

Cari A. Didion, Walter A. Henne

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Statin use is associated with a lower risk of recurrence after curative resection in BCLC stage 0-A hepatocellular carcinoma

Shih-Yu Yang, Chih-Chi Wang, Kuang-Den Chen, Yueh-Wei Liu, Chih-Che Lin, Ching-Hui Chuang, Yu-Chieh Tsai, Chih-Chien Yao, Yi-Hao Yen, Chang-Chun Hsiao, Tsung-Hui Hu, Ming-Chao Tsai

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Risk factors of breast cancer among patients in a tertiary care hospitals in Afghanistan: a case control study

Zekrullah Baset, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Yasmin Nadeem Parpio, Ahmed Maseh Haidary

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Tumor vasculature-targeted 10B delivery by an Annexin A1-binding peptide boosts effects of boron neutron capture therapy

Tohru Yoneyama, Shingo Hatakeyama, Mihoko Sutoh Yoneyama, Taku Yoshiya, Tsuyoshi Uemura, Takehiro Ishizu, Minoru Suzuki, Shingo Hachinohe, Shintaro Ishiyama, Motohiro Nonaka, Michiko N. Fukuda, Chikara Ohyama

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Survival benefit of ixazomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (IRD) over lenalidomide and dexamethasone (Rd) in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma patients in routine clinical practice

Jiri Minarik, Tomas Pika, Jakub Radocha, Alexandra Jungova, Jan Straub, Tomas Jelinek, Ludek Pour, Petr Pavlicek, Martin Mistrik, Lucie Brozova, Petra Krhovska, Katerina Machalkova, Pavel Jindra, Ivan Spicka, Hana Plonkova, Martin Stork, Jaroslav Bacovsky, Lenka Capkova, Michal Sykora, Petr Kessler, Lukas Stejskal, Adriana Heindorfer, Jana Ullrychova, Tomas Skacel, Vladimir Maisnar, Roman Hajek

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Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) with carboplatin plus pemetrexed or carboplatin plus paclitaxel in patients with lung cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

Toshinobu Hayashi, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Koichi Matsuo, Hirotoshi Iihara, Kei Kawada, Takafumi Nakano, Takashi Egawa

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“SQiD, the Single Question in Delirium; can a single question help clinicians to detect delirium in hospitalised cancer patients?” running heading Single Question in Delirium” (Bcan-D-20-01665)

Megan B. Sands, Swapnil Sharma, Lindsay Carpenter, Andrew Hartshorn, Jessica T. Lee, Sanja Lujic, Megan E. Congdon, Angus M. Buchanan, Meera Agar, Janette L. Vardy

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Integrated analysis of mRNA and miRNA profiles revealed the role of miR-193 and miR-210 as potential regulatory biomarkers in different molecular subtypes of breast cancer

Adriane F. Evangelista, Renato J. Oliveira, Viviane A. O. Silva, Rene A. D. C. Vieira, Rui M. Reis, Marcia M. C. Marques

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The role of capecitabine-based neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xingfa Huo, Jinming Li, Fuxing Zhao, Dengfeng Ren, Raees Ahmad, Xinyue Yuan, Feng Du, Jiuda Zhao

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Tumor volume: a new prognostic factor of oncological outcome of localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Shao-Hao Chen, Long-Yao Xu, Yu-Peng Wu, Zhi-Bin Ke, Peng Huang, Fei Lin, Xiao-Dong Li, Xue-Yi Xue, Yong Wei, Qing-Shui Zheng, Ning Xu

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Comparative analysis of patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma in black-foot disease endemic and non-endemic area

Che-Wei Chang, Chien-Hui Ou, Chih-Chin Yu, Chi-Wen Lo, Chung-You Tsai, Pai-Yu Cheng, Yung-Tai Chen, Hsu-Che Huang, Chia-Chang Wu, Ching-Chia Li, Hsiang-Ying Lee

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The mutation of BCOR is highly recurrent and oncogenic in mature T-cell lymphoma

Jin Hyun Kang, Seung Ho Lee, Jawon Lee, Murim Choi, Junhun Cho, Seok Jin Kim, Won Seog Kim, Young Hyeh Ko, Hae Yong Yoo

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The diagnostic value of lower glucose consumption for IDH1 mutated gliomas on FDG-PET

Feng-Min Liu, Yu-fei Gao, Yanyan Kong, Yihui Guan, Jinsen Zhang, Shuai-Hong Li, Dan Ye, Wenyu Wen, Chuantao Zuo, Wei Hua

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Determining transition readiness in Swiss childhood cancer survivors – a feasibility study

Maria Otth, Patrick Wechsler, Sibylle Denzler, Henrik Koehler, Katrin Scheinemann

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A nomogram based on pretreatment levels of serum bilirubin and total bile acid levels predicts survival in colorectal cancer patients

Yinghao Cao, Shenghe Deng, Lizhao Yan, Junnan Gu, Jia Yang, Ming Yang, Li Liu, Kailin Cai

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Raptor and rictor expression in patients with human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Shunsuke Kondo, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Taro Ikegami, Takayuki Uehara, Shinya Agena, Jin Uezato, Hidetoshi Kinjyo, Noritomo Kise, Yukashi Yamashita, Katsunori Tanaka, Narumi Hasegawa, Asanori Kiyuna, Hiroyuki Maeda, Mikio Suzuki, Akira Gahana

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Does chemotherapy or radiotherapy affect the postoperative complication in breast cancer patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with tissue expander?

Sung Mi Jung, Byung-Joon Jeon, Jinsun Woo, Jai Min Ryu, Se Kyung Lee, Byung-Joo Chae, Jonghan Yu, Seok Won Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Jai-Kyong Pyon, Goo-Hyun Mun, Sa Ik Bang, Jeong Eon Lee

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Malignancy in giant cell tumor of bone: analysis of an open-label phase 2 study of denosumab

Emanuela Palmerini, Leanne L. Seeger, Marco Gambarotti, Alberto Righi, Peter Reichardt, Susan Bukata, Jean-Yves Blay, Tian Dai, Danielle Jandial, Piero Picci

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The NeST (Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer) study: National Practice Questionnaire of United Kingdom multi-disciplinary decision making

I. Whitehead, G. W. Irwin, F. Bannon, C. E. Coles, E. Copson, R. I. Cutress, R. V. Dave, M. D. Gardiner, M. Grayson, C. Holcombe, S. Irshad, C. O’Brien, R. L. O’Connell, C. Palmieri, A. M. Shaaban, N. Sharma, J. K. Singh, S. Potter, S. A. McIntosh, Liz Clayton, Ellen Copson, Karina Cox, Tim Crook, Beatrix Elsberger, Ahmed Ghoneima, Sirwan Hadad, Anita Hargreaves, Paul Healy, Adam Heetun, Dan Henderson, Julia Henderson, Natalie Hirst, Fiona Hoar, Mike Hughes, Emma Iddles, Sheeba Irshad, Tracey Irvine, Stacey Jones, Sarantos Kaptanis, Emma MacInnes, Andrew McCanny, Linda McLaughlin, Anthony Neal, Rachel O’Connell, Neill Patani, Belinda Pearce, Mandana Pennick, Simon Pilgrim, Rene Roux, Matthew Rowland, Sunita Saha, Kavita Sharma, Jagdeep Singh, Chiara Sirianni, Brendan Skelly, Rachel Soulsby, Mark Tatterton, Rob Thomas, Medy Tsalic, Raghavan Vidya, Olivia Waker, Lisa Whisker, Ian Whitehead, Janet Woods

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4’-O-Methylbroussochalcone B as a novel tubulin polymerization inhibitor suppressed the proliferation and migration of acute myeloid leukaemia cells

Ziying Liu, Changshui Wang, Yali Wang, Lei Wang, Yueyuan Zhang, Genquan Yan

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Clinico-pathologic determinants of non-e-curative outcome following en-bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients with early gastric neoplasia

Kidane Siele Embaye, Chao Zhang, Matiwos Araya Ghebrehiwet, Zhihao Wang, Fengdi Zhang, Liwei Liu, Shenghui Qin, Lingzhi Qin, Jun Wang, Xi Wang

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Soft tissue masses: distribution of entities and rate of malignancy in small lesions

Felix G. Gassert, Florian T. Gassert, Katja Specht, Carolin Knebel, Ulrich Lenze, Marcus R. Makowski, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Alexandra S. Gersing, Klaus Woertler

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Depression, anxiety, fatigue, and quality of life in a large sample of patients suffering from head and neck cancer in comparison with the general population

C. Hammermüller, A. Hinz, A. Dietz, G. Wichmann, M. Pirlich, T. Berger, K. Zimmermann, T. Neumuth, A. Mehnert-Theuerkauf, S. Wiegand, V. Zebralla

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Clinical impact of creatine phosphokinase and c-reactive protein as predictors of postgastrectomy complications in patients with gastric cancer

Keishi Okubo, Takaaki Arigami, Daisuke Matsushita, Takashi Kijima, Masataka Shimonosono, Yoshikazu Uenosono, Shigehiro Yanagita, Hiroshi Kurahara, Shinichiro Mori, Takao Ohtsuka, Shoji Natsugoe

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Molecular subtypes based on DNA methylation predict prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Xiu-Shen Li, Ke-Chao Nie, Zhi-Hua Zheng, Rui-Sheng Zhou, Yu-Sheng Huang, Zeng-Jie Ye, Fan He, Ying Tang

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Real-world safety of palbociclib in breast cancer patients in the United States: a new user cohort study

Daniel C. Beachler, Cynthia de Luise, Aziza Jamal-Allial, Ruihua Yin, Devon H. Taylor, Ayako Suzuki, James H. Lewis, James W. Freston, Stephan Lanes

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Comprehensive analysis of ceRNA network related to lincRNA in glioblastoma and prediction of clinical prognosis

Guangdong Liu, Danian Liu, Jingjing Huang, Jianxin Li, Chuang Wang, Guangyao Liu, Shiqiang Ge, Haidong Gong

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Xin Xu, Shoulian Wang, Haibo Wang, Chunpeng Pan, Wenyan Yang, Jiwei Yu

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Exosomal microRNA-107 reverses chemotherapeutic drug resistance of gastric cancer cells through HMGA2/mTOR/P-gp pathway

Lu Jiang, Yan Zhang, Linghui Guo, Chaoyang Liu, Pan Wang, Weihong Ren

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Correction to: Treatment patterns and effectiveness of patients with multiple myeloma initiating Daratumumab across different lines of therapy: a real-world chart review study

Shebli Atrash, Philippe Thompson-Leduc, Ming-Hui Tai, Shuchita Kaila, Kathleen Gray, Isabelle Ghelerter, Marie-Hélène Lafeuille, Patrick Lefebvre, Adriana Rossi

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Avelumab as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with urothelial non-metastatic muscle invasive bladder cancer: a multicenter, randomized, non-comparative, phase II study (Oncodistinct 004 - AURA trial)

Nieves Martinez Chanza, Louisa Soukane, Philippe Barthelemy, Aurélien Carnot, Thierry Gil, Vinciane Casert, Vincent Vanhaudenarde, Brieuc Sautois, Lionel Staudacher, Jan Van den Brande, Stephane Culine, Emmanuel Seront, Marco Gizzi, Simone Albisinni, Thibault Tricard, Jean Christophe Fantoni, Marianne Paesmans, Rafael Caparica, Thierry Roumeguere, Ahmad Awada

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Urinary Exosomal miRNAs as biomarkers of bladder Cancer and experimental verification of mechanism of miR-93-5p in bladder Cancer

Hao Lin, Xiaojun Shi, Haoran Li, Jialiang Hui, Ruiyu Liu, Zihao Chen, Yuwen Lu, Wanlong Tan

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METTL14 gene polymorphisms decrease Wilms tumor susceptibility in Chinese children

Zhenjian Zhuo, Rui-Xi Hua, Huizhu Zhang, Huiran Lin, Wen Fu, Jinhong Zhu, Jiwen Cheng, Jiao Zhang, Suhong Li, Haixia Zhou, Huimin Xia, Guochang Liu, Wei Jia, Jing He

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A sexual rehabilitation intervention for women with gynaecological cancer receiving radiotherapy (SPARC study): design of a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Isabelle Suvaal, Susanna B. Hummel, Jan-Willem M. Mens, Helena C. van Doorn, Wilbert B. van den Hout, Carien L. Creutzberg, Moniek M. ter Kuile

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Coordinated regulation of WNT/β-catenin, c-Met, and integrin signalling pathways by miR-193b controls triple negative breast cancer metastatic traits

Chiara Giacomelli, Janine Jung, Astrid Wachter, Susanne Ibing, Rainer Will, Stefan Uhlmann, Heiko Mannsperger, Özgür Sahin, Yosef Yarden, Tim Beißbarth, Ulrike Korf, Cindy Körner, Stefan Wiemann

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MMP12 knockout prevents weight and muscle loss in tumor-bearing mice

Lingbi Jiang, Mingming Yang, Shihui He, Zhengyang Li, Haobin Li, Ting Niu, Dehuan Xie, Yan Mei, Xiaodong He, Lili Wei, Pinzhu Huang, Mingzhe Huang, Rongxin Zhang, Lijing Wang, Jiangchao Li

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Prognostic value and predication model of microvascular invasion in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a multicenter study from China

Yifan Chen, Hongzhi Liu, Jinyu Zhang, Yijun Wu, Weiping Zhou, Zhangjun Cheng, Jianying Lou, Shuguo Zheng, Xinyu Bi, Jianming Wang, Wei Guo, Fuyu Li, Jian Wang, Yamin Zheng, Jingdong Li, Shi Cheng, Yongyi Zeng, Jingfeng Liu

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Association of advanced age and cancer history with autoimmune disease in melanoma patients: a cross-sectional study

Aaron N. Holmes, Helen Swede, Wendy M. Feer, Donna Comins Pike, Xiaoyan Wang, Upendra P. Hegde

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Effectiveness and safety of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin versus epirubicin as neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a real-world study

Jin Zhang, Hongchuan Jiang, Jian Zhang, Guoqiang Bao, Guoqiang Zhang, Haibo Wang, Xi Wang

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The identification of gene signatures in patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma from a pair of twins

Yang Wang, Huaicheng Tan, Ting Yu, Xuelei Ma, Xiaoxuan Chen, Fangqi Jing, Liqun Zou, Huashan Shi

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Variations in pain prevalence, severity, and analgesic use by duration of survivorship: a cross-sectional study of 505 post-treatment head and neck cancer survivors

Jenny L. Ren, Raniv D. Rojo, Joy Vanessa D. Perez, Sai-Ching J. Yeung, Ehab Y. Hanna, Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby

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High expression of eIF4E is associated with tumor macrophage infiltration and leads to poor prognosis in breast cancer

Fan Li, Huizhi Sun, Yue Li, Xiaoyu Bai, Xueyi Dong, Nan Zhao, Jie Meng, Baocun Sun, Danfang Zhang

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The prevalence and prognostic impact of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in uterine carcinosarcoma

Jesse Lopes da Silva, Lucas Zanetti de Albuquerque, Fabiana Resende Rodrigues, Guilherme Gomes de Mesquita, Cláudia Bessa Pereira Chaves, Martín Hernán Bonamino, Andreia Cristina de Melo

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Ivermectin induces apoptosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via mitochondrial pathway

Nana Xu, Mengmeng Lu, Jiaxin Wang, Yujia Li, Xiaotian Yang, Xiajie Wei, Jiaoyang Si, Jingru Han, Xiaojuan Yao, Juanmei Zhang, Junqi Liu, Yanming Li, Hushan Yang, Dengke Bao

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Carboplatin versus cisplatin in combination with etoposide in the first-line treatment of small cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis

Shiyu Jiang, Liling Huang, Hongnan Zhen, Peijie Jin, Jing Wang, Zhihuang Hu

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Elective neck dissection improves the survival of patients with T2N0M0 oral squamous cell carcinoma: a study of the SEER database

Alimujiang Wushou, Feiluore Yibulayin, Lu Sheng, Yuan Luo, Zhi-cheng Yang

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: FAM83H-AS1/miR-485-5p/MEF2D axis facilitates proliferation, migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Wenpeng Zhao, Jiang Guo, Honglu Li, Liang Cai, Youjia Duan, Xiaopu Hou, Zhenying Diao, Xihong Shao, Hongliu Du, Changqing Li

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A novel pyroptosis-related gene signature predicts the prognosis of glioma through immune infiltration

Moxuan Zhang, Yanhao Cheng, Zhengchun Xue, Qiang Sun, Jian Zhang

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Angiogenesis-related lncRNAs predict the prognosis signature of stomach adenocarcinoma

Chen Han, Cong Zhang, Huixia Wang, Kexin Li, Lianmei Zhao

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Degradation of skeletal mass in locally advanced oesophageal cancer between initial diagnosis and recurrence

Yacine Zouhry, Abdelkader Taibi, Sylvaine Durand-Fontanier, Tiffany Darbas, Geraud Forestier, Jacques Monteil, Valérie Lebrun-Ly, Philippe Fayemendy, Sophie Leobon, Pierre Jesus, Elise Deluche

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Overall survival and prognostic factors prostate cancer in Kurdistan Province-Iran: a population-based study (2011-2018)

Mohammad Aziz Rasouli, Ghobad Moradi, Bushra Zareie, Heshmatollah Sofimajidpour, Sima Tozandehjani, Hedyeh Zafari, Fatemeh Gholami, Sonia Shahsavari, Parisa Hassani, Mahshid Mohammadian

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Aberrant expression of CD54 detected by flow cytometry is a characteristic of B-lymphoma cells in bone marrow specimens

Wei Wang, Yan Li, Haval Ali, Linjun Zhao, Di Mei, Wenqing Hu, Bin Jiang

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Transcription factor network analysis based on single cell RNA-seq identifies that Trichostatin-a reverses docetaxel resistance in prostate Cancer

Patricia M. Schnepp, Aqila Ahmed, June Escara-Wilke, Jinlu Dai, Greg Shelley, Jill Keller, Atsushi Mizokami, Evan T. Keller

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Prognostic significance of the combination of preoperative red cell distribution width and platelet distribution width in patients with gastric cancer

Hiroaki Saito, Shota Shimizu, Yuji Shishido, Kozo Miyatani, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

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Higher body mass index indicated better overall survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients: a real-world study of 2010 patients

Ningzhen Fu, Yu Jiang, Kai Qin, Hao Chen, Xiaxing Deng, Baiyong Shen

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Mirogabalin vs pregabalin for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in pancreatic cancer patients

Mitsuru Sugimoto, Tadayuki Takagi, Rei Suzuki, Naoki Konno, Hiroyuki Asama, Yuki Sato, Hiroki Irie, Yoshinori Okubo, Jun Nakamura, Mika Takasumi, Minami Hashimoto, Tsunetaka Kato, Ryoichiro Kobashi, Takuto Hikichi, Hiromasa Ohira

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Percent change in apparent diffusion coefficient and plasma EBV DNA after induction chemotherapy identifies distinct prognostic response phenotypes in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Li-Ting Liu, Shan-Shan Guo, Hui Li, Chao Lin, Rui Sun, Qiu-Yan Chen, Yu-Jing Liang, Qing-Nan Tang, Xue-Song Sun, Lin-Quan Tang, Chuan-Miao Xie, Hai-Qiang Mai

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Catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants in households with lung cancer patients in China: a retrospective cohort study

Cheng-yao Sun, Ju-fang Shi, Wen-qi Fu, Xin Zhang, Guo-xiang Liu, Wan-qing Chen, Jie He

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Immune landscape of advanced gastric cancer tumor microenvironment identifies immunotherapeutic relevant gene signature

Simeng Zhang, Mengzhu Lv, Yu Cheng, Shuo Wang, Ce Li, Xiujuan Qu

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Gut microbiome and its role in colorectal cancer

Martina Rebersek

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Development and validation of a prognostic scoring model for mortality risk stratification in patients with recurrent or metastatic gastric carcinoma

Tai Ma, Zhijun Wu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Hui Xu, Ying Feng, Cheng Zhang, Minmin Xie, Yahui Yang, Yi Zhang, Chong Feng, Guoping Sun

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Triplet versus doublet neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens for locally advanced gastric cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

Yonghe Chen, Jiasheng He, Dan Liu, Jian Xiao, Xijie Chen, Haijie Tang, Dandong Luo, Chenyu Shang, Lei Lian, Junsheng Peng

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TRAP1 suppresses oral squamous cell carcinoma progression by reducing oxidative phosphorylation metabolism of Cancer-associated fibroblasts

Li Xiao, Qiannan Hu, Yanshuang Peng, Kaiyue Zheng, Ting Zhang, Lianjie Yang, Zhi Wang, Wanrong Tang, Jie Yu, Qian Xiao, Dandan Zhang, Weifang Zhang, Chanjuan He, Dengxun Wu, Yanyan Zheng, Ying Liu

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Identification of immune subtypes of Ph-neg B-ALL with ferroptosis related genes and the potential implementation of Sorafenib

Yang Hong, Ling Zhang, Xiaopeng Tian, Xin Xiang, Yan Yu, Zhao Zeng, Yaqing Cao, Suning Chen, Aining Sun

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Evaluation of a 55-gene classifier as a prognostic biomarker for adjuvant chemotherapy in stage III colon cancer patients

Eiji Oki, Eiji Shinto, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Megumi Ishiguro, Seiji Hasegawa, Yasumasa Takii, Hideyuki Ishida, Tetsuya Kusumoto, Masaru Morita, Naohiro Tomita, Manabu Shiozawa, Masafumi Tanaka, Heita Ozawa, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Shinobu Ohnuma, Sachiyo Tada, Tomoko Matsushima, Kazuo Hase

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed by resection/ablation in stage IV rectal cancer patients with potentially resectable metastases

Rongzhen Li, Qiaoxuan Wang, Bin Zhang, Yan Yuan, Weihao Xie, Xiaoxue Huang, Chengjing Zhou, Shu Zhang, Shaoqing Niu, Hui Chang, Dongni Chen, Huikai Miao, Zhi Fan Zeng, Weiwei Xiao, Yuanhong Gao

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The ideal approach for treatment of cT1N+ and cT2Nany esophageal cancer.: a NCDB analysis

Binhao Huang, Ernest G. Chan, Arjun Pennathur, James D. Luketich, Jie Zhang

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TGF-β1 and its signal molecules: are they correlated with the elasticity characteristics of breast lesions?

Meng Ke Zhang, Bo Wang, Shi Yu Li, Gang Liu, Zhi Li Wang

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A predictive and prognostic model for hepatocellular carcinoma with microvascular invasion based TCGA database genomics

Jin Wang, Zhi-Wen Ding, Kuang Chen, Yan-Zhe Liu, Nan Li, Ming-Gen Hu

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Blood pressure and risk of cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

Io Ieong Chan, Man Ki Kwok, C. Mary Schooling

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IRF4-activated TEX41 promotes the malignant behaviors of melanoma cells by targeting miR-103a-3p/C1QB axis

Yingna Zheng, Wu Zhou, Min Li, Ruixue Xu, Shuai Zhang, Ying Liu, Ying Cen

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Correction to: Trastuzumab administration during pregnancy: an update

Angeliki Andrikopoulou, Kleoniki Apostolidou, Spyridoula Chatzinikolaou, Garyfalia Bletsa, Eleni Zografos, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Flora Zagouri

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Mammography screening and mortality by risk status in the California teachers study

Hannah Lui Park, Jenny Chang, Vikram Haridass, Sophia S. Wang, Argyrios Ziogas, Hoda Anton-Culver

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Subtype-Independent ANP32E Reduction During Breast Cancer Progression in Accordance with Chromatin Relaxation

Garrett L. Ruff, Kristin E. Murphy, Zachary R. Smith, Paula M. Vertino, Patrick J. Murphy

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Oxaliplatin plus S-1 with intraperitoneal paclitaxel for the treatment of Chinese advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal metastases

Min Shi, Zhongyin Yang, Sheng Lu, Wentao Liu, Zhentian Ni, Xuexin Yao, Zichen Hua, Runhua Feng, Yanan Zheng, Zhenqiang Wang, Birendra Kumar Sah, Mingmin Chen, Zhenglun Zhu, Changyu He, Chen Li, Jun Zhang, Chao Yan, Min Yan, Zhenggang Zhu

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High prevalence of anterior pituitary deficiencies after cranial radiation therapy for skull base meningiomas

Perrine Raymond, Marc Klein, Thomas Cuny, Olivier Klein, Julia Salleron, Valérie Bernier-Chastagner

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Construction of a novel immune-related lncRNA signature and its potential to predict the immune status of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Min Deng, Jia-Bao Lin, Rong-Ce Zhao, Shao-Hua Li, Wen-Ping Lin, Jing-Wen Zou, Wei Wei, Rong-Ping Guo

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ESR1 PvuII polymorphism: from risk factor to prognostic and predictive factor of the success of primary systemic therapy in advanced breast cancer

Ramadhan Karsono, Samuel J. Haryono, Bambang Karsono, Wirsma Arif Harahap, Yulia Pratiwi, Teguh Aryandono

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A prospective interventional study investigating sleep disorders prior to and during adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer

Dirk Rades, Carlos A. Narvaez, Liesa Dziggel, Stefan Janssen, Denise Olbrich, Soeren Tvilsted, Troels W. Kjaer

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Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variants in ovarian cancer patients in the Gulf region: the PREDICT study

Fathi Azribi, Ehab Abdou, Emad Dawoud, Mohamed Ashour, Amgad Kamal, Mohamed Al Sayed, Ikram Burney

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Evaluating the prognostic performance of a polygenic risk score for breast cancer risk stratification

Maria Olsen, Krista Fischer, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Els Goetghebeur

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Utility of a new notation to visualize flow cytometry analysis results: first preliminary comparison with immunohistochemistry to detect CD30 expression on T-cell lymphoma cells

Fumiyoshi Fujishima, Noriko Fukuhara, Hiroki Katsushima, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Hideo Harigae, Hironobu Sasano, Ryo Ichinohasama

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High frequency of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and Enterococcus faecalis in the paraffin-embedded tissues of Iranian colorectal cancer patients

Nasibeh Khodaverdi, Habib Zeighami, Ahmad Jalilvand, Fakhri Haghi, Negar Hesami

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Safety and antibody response to two-dose SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccination in patients with multiple myeloma

Ross S. Greenberg, Jake A. Ruddy, Brian J. Boyarsky, William A. Werbel, Jacqueline M. Garonzik-Wang, Dorry L. Segev, Philip H. Imus

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Correction to: TRAP1 suppresses oral squamous cell carcinoma progression by reducing oxidative phosphorylation metabolism of Cancer-associated fibroblasts

Li Xiao, Qiannan Hu, Yanshuang Peng, Kaiyue Zheng, Ting Zhang, Lianjie Yang, Zhi Wang, Wanrong Tang, Jie Yu, Qian Xiao, Dandan Zhang, Weifang Zhang, Chanjuan He, Dengxun Wu, Yanyan Zheng, Ying Liu

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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological stress in breast cancer patients

Catharina Bartmann, Leah-Maria Fischer, Theresa Hübner, Max Müller-Reiter, Achim Wöckel, Rhiannon V. McNeill, Tanja Schlaiss, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Ulrike Kämmerer, Joachim Diessner

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Das Risiko für Rezidiv oder Tod von Patienten und Patientinnen mit reseziertem ALK-positivem NSCLC ist unter einer adjuvanten Therapie mit dem Tyrosinkinase-Inhibitor Alectinib signifikant geringer als unter platinbasierter Chemotherapie.

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Patienten, die zur Behandlung ihres Prostatakarzinoms eine Androgendeprivationstherapie erhalten, entwickeln nicht selten eine Anämie. Wer ältere Patienten internistisch mitbetreut, sollte auf diese Nebenwirkung achten.

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