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BMC Cancer

Ausgabe 1/2022

Inhalt (1372 Artikel)

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A novel ferroptosis-related gene signature associated with cell cycle for prognosis prediction in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Siteng Chen, Encheng Zhang, Tuanjie Guo, Jialiang Shao, Tao Wang, Ning Zhang, Xiang Wang, Junhua Zheng

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Alteration in glycolytic/cholesterogenic gene expression is associated with bladder cancer prognosis and immune cell infiltration

Yuying Zhang, Baoyi Zhu, Yi Cai, Sihua Zhu, Hongjun Zhao, Xiaoling Ying, Chonghe Jiang, Jianwen Zeng

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Metastatic gastroesophageal cancer in older patients – is this patient cohort represented in clinical trials?

Maeve A. Hennessy, Munzir Hamid, Niamh M. Keegan, Lynda Corrigan, Caitriona Goggin, Nay Myo Oo, Marie Carrigan, David Mockler, Anita O’Donovan, Anne M. Horgan

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A2M is a potential core gene in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Guanran Zhang, Xuyue Liu, Zhengyang Sun, Xiaoning Feng, Haiyan Wang, Jing Hao, Xiaoli Zhang

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Mapping psychosocial interventions in familial colorectal cancer: a rapid systematic review

Andrada Ciucă, Ramona Moldovan, Adriana Băban

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High efficacy of PD-1 inhibitor after initial failure of PD-L1 inhibitor in Relapsed/Refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

Xi Chen, Haiying Kong, Linxiang Luo, Shuiyun Han, Tao Lei, Haifeng Yu, Na Guo, Cong Li, Shuailing Peng, Xiaowu Dong, Haiyan Yang, Meijuan Wu

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Prognostic effect of lncRNA SNHG7 on cancer outcome: a meta and bioinformatic analysis

Yunyuan Zhang, Qingwu Tian, Shifeng Huang, Qing Wang, Hongmei Wu, Qian Dong, Xian Chen

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Monitoring of post-transplant MLL-PTD as minimal residual disease can predict relapse after allogeneic HSCT in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome

Jun Kong, Meng-Ge Gao, Ya-Zhen Qin, Yu Wang, Chen-Hua Yan, Yu-Qian Sun, Ying-Jun Chang, Lan-Ping Xu, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Kai-Yan Liu, Xiao-Jun Huang, Xiao-Su Zhao

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The blood level of thioredoxin 1 as a supporting biomarker in the detection of breast cancer

Youn Ju Lee, Young Kim, Bo Bae Choi, Je Ryong Kim, Hye Mi Ko, Kyoung Hoon Suh, Jin Sun Lee

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Landscape of homologous recombination deficiencies in solid tumours: analyses of two independent genomic datasets

Zhongwu Lai, Matthew Brosnan, Ethan S. Sokol, Mingchao Xie, Jonathan R. Dry, Elizabeth A. Harrington, J. Carl Barrett, Darren Hodgson

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PIONEER-Panc: a platform trial for phase II randomized investigations of new and emerging therapies for localized pancreatic cancer

Julia E. Douglas, Suyu Liu, Junsheng Ma, Robert A. Wolff, Shubham Pant, Anirban Maitra, Eric P. Tamm, Priya Bhosale, Matthew H. G. Katz, Gauri R. Varadhachary, Eugene J. Koay

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Optimal surgical treatment for paratesticular leiomyosarcoma: retrospective analysis of 217 reported cases

Rei Kamitani, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Toshikazu Takeda, Ryuichi Mizuno, Mototsugu Oya

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Fatigue in breast cancer patients on chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study exploring clinical, biological, and genetic factors

Aline Hajj, Rami Chamoun, Pascale Salameh, Rita Khoury, Roula Hachem, Hala Sacre, Georges Chahine, Joseph Kattan, Lydia Rabbaa Khabbaz

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Prospective study evaluating dynamic changes of cell-free HPV DNA in locoregional viral-associated oropharyngeal cancer treated with induction chemotherapy and response-adaptive treatment

Ari J. Rosenberg, Evgeny Izumchenko, Alexander Pearson, Zhen Gooi, Elizabeth Blair, Theodore Karrison, Aditya Juloori, Daniel Ginat, Nicole Cipriani, Mark Lingen, Hillary Sloane, Daniel L. Edelstein, Kirsten Keyser, Johannes Fredebohm, Frank Holtrup, Frederick S. Jones, Daniel Haraf, Nishant Agrawal, Everett E. Vokes

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Assessing frequency and clinical outcomes of BRCA mutated ovarian cancer in Saudi women

Naela Agha, Bader Alshamsan, Sharifa Al-Farsi, Heba Aly Ateya, Fahad A. Almugbel, Hazem Abdullah Alotaibi, Ayman Omar, Amgad Shahin Mohamed, Hanan Alharthy, Tusneem Elhassan, Hany Salem, Hamed Alhusaini

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Prognostic nomogram for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer treated with gemcitabine plus nab–paclitaxel or FOLFIRINOX: A post–hoc analysis of a multicenter retrospective study in Japan (NAPOLEON study)

Taro Shibuki, Toshihiko Mizuta, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Futa Koga, Yujiro Ueda, Junichi Nakazawa, Azusa Komori, Satoshi Otsu, Shiho Arima, Masaru Fukahori, Akitaka Makiyama, Hiroki Taguchi, Takuya Honda, Kenji Mitsugi, Kenta Nio, Yasushi Ide, Norio Ureshino, Tsuyoshi Shirakawa, Taiga Otsuka

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Prognostic value of preoperative high-sensitivity modified Glasgow prognostic score in advanced colon cancer: a retrospective observational study

Kenta Kasahara, Masanobu Enomoto, Ryutaro Udo, Tomoya Tago, Junichi Mazaki, Tetsuo Ishizaki, Tesshi Yamada, Yuichi Nagakawa, Kenji Katsumata, Akihiko Tsuchida

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Application of protection motivation theory (PMT) on skin cancer preventive behaviors amongst primary school students in rural areas of Fasa city-Iran

Ali Khani Jeihooni, Somayeh Bashti, Bahareh Erfanian, Jeyran Ostovarfar, Pooyan Afzali Hasirini

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Clinical features as potential prognostic factors in patients treated with nivolumab for highly pretreated metastatic gastric cancer: a multicenter retrospective study

Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sohda, Nobuhiro Nakazawa, Yasunari Ubukata, Kengo Kuriyama, Akiharu Kimura, Norimichi Kogure, Hisashi Hosaka, Atsushi Naganuma, Masanori Sekiguchi, Kana Saito, Kyoichi Ogata, Makoto Sakai, Hiroomi Ogawa, Ken Shirabe, Hiroshi Saeki

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Pancreatic fibrosis, acinar atrophy and chronic inflammation in surgical specimens associated with survival in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Taija Korpela, Ari Ristimäki, Marianne Udd, Tiina Vuorela, Harri Mustonen, Caj Haglund, Leena Kylänpää, Hanna Seppänen

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Targeting CD33 for acute myeloid leukemia therapy

Jingjing Liu, Jiayin Tong, Haiping Yang

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Factors associated with response to compression-based physical therapy for secondary lower limb lymphedema after gynecologic cancer treatment: a multicenter retrospective study

Masato Yoshihara, Kaoru Kitamura, Satoko Tsuru, Ryoko Shimono, Hiromi Sakuda, Michinori Mayama, Sho Tano, Kaname Uno, Mayu Ohno Ukai, Yasuyuki Kishigami, Hidenori Oguchi, Akio Hirota

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Integration of breast cancer care in a middle-income country: learning from Suandok Breast Cancer Network (SBCN)

Imjai Chitapanarux, Wimrak Onchan, Panchaporn Wongmaneerung, Areewan Somwangprasert, Nongnuch Bunyoo, Chagkrit Ditsatham, Kirati Watcharachan, Chaiyut Charoentum, Patumrat Sripan, Ausreeya Chumachote, Puttachart Maneesai

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The impact of young age (< 40 years) on the outcome of a cohort of patients with primary non-metastatic breast cancer: analysis of 10-year survival of a prospective study

Youssef Bouferraa, Yolla Haibe, Andrea Chedid, Elio Jabra, Maya Charafeddine, Sally Temraz, Deborah Mukherji, Nagi El Saghir, Ali Shamseddine

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A phase IA dose-escalation study of PHI-101, a new checkpoint kinase 2 inhibitor, for platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer

Soo Jin Park, Suk-Joon Chang, Dong Hoon Suh, Tae Wook Kong, Heekyoung Song, Tae Hun Kim, Jae-Weon Kim, Hee Seung Kim, Sung-Jong Lee

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Microbiome composition indicate dysbiosis and lower richness in tumor breast tissues compared to healthy adjacent paired tissue, within the same women

Maria Valeria Esposito, Bruno Fosso, Marcella Nunziato, Giorgio Casaburi, Valeria D’Argenio, Alessandra Calabrese, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Gerardo Botti, Graziano Pesole, Francesco Salvatore

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Eribulin improved the overall survival from the initiation of first-line chemotherapy for HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: a multicenter retrospective study

Shogo Nakamoto, Junichiro Watanabe, Shoichiro Ohtani, Satoshi Morita, Masahiko Ikeda

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Significance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in extremity osteosarcoma: a multicentre retrospective study

Haijun Tang, Dehuai Liu, Jili Lu, Juliang He, Shuyu Ji, Shijie Liao, Qingjun Wei, Shenglin Lu, Yun Liu

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Correction to: No differences in the long-term prognosis of iris and choroidal melanomas when adjusting for tumor thickness and diameter

Shiva Sabazade, Christina Herrspiegel, Viktor Gill, Gustav Stålhammar

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Secretion of BMP-2 by tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) promotes microcalcifications in breast cancer

Shuo Wang, Haiyang Jiang, Caiwei Zheng, Ming Gu, Xinyu Zheng

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Optimizing the treatment mode for de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma with bone-only metastasis

Cheng Lin, Sheng Lin, Lili Zhu, Shaojun Lin, Jianji Pan, Yun Xu

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Trastuzumab and fulvestrant combination therapy for women with advanced breast cancer positive for hormone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2: a retrospective single-center study

Yukinori Ozaki, Yosuke Aoyama, Jun Masuda, Lina Inagaki, Saori Kawai, Tomoko Shibayama, Tetsuyo Maeda, Mami Kurata, Kazuyo Yoshida, Sumito Saeki, Mari Hosonaga, Ippei Fukada, Fumikata Hara, Takayuki Kobayashi, Kokoro Kobayashi, Satoshi Miyake, Toshimi Takano, Takayuki Ueno, Shinji Ohno

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Mediators of screening uptake in a colorectal cancer screening intervention among Hispanics

Navkiran K. Shokar, Jennifer Salinas, Alok Dwivedi

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The clinical significance of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and catenin Beta 1 (CTNNB1) genetic aberrations in patients with melanoma

Georgia Sofia Karachaliou, Rached Alkallas, Sarah B. Carroll, Chongshan Caressi, Danny Zakria, Nirali M. Patel, Dimitri G. Trembath, Jennifer A. Ezzell, Guillaume J. Pegna, Paul B. Googe, Jonathan P. Galeotti, Fatih Ayvali, Frances A. Collichio, Carrie B. Lee, David W. Ollila, Margaret L. Gulley, Douglas B. Johnson, Kevin B. Kim, Ian R. Watson, Stergios J. Moschos

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Restricting tumor lactic acid metabolism using dichloroacetate improves T cell functions

Hosein Rostamian, Mohammad Khakpoor-Koosheh, Leila Jafarzadeh, Elham Masoumi, Keyvan Fallah-Mehrjardi, Mohammad Javad Tavassolifar, John M. Pawelek, Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Jamshid Hadjati

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Local detection of microvessels in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma using relative cerebral blood volume: an imaging marker useful for astrocytoma grade 4 classification

María del Mar Álvarez-Torres, Elies Fuster-García, Javier Juan-Albarracín, Gaspar Reynés, Fernando Aparici-Robles, Jaime Ferrer-Lozano, Juan Miguel García-Gómez

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OncoSNIPE® Study Protocol, a study of molecular profiles associated with development of resistance in solid cancer patients

Sébastien Vachenc, Jessica Gobbo, Sarah El Moujarrebe, Isabelle Desmoulins, Marine Gilabert, Michelle Beau-Faller, Emmanuel Mitry, Nicolas Girard, Aurélie Bertaut, Nelson Dusetti, Juan L. Iovanna, Rahima Yousfi, Fabien Pierrat, Roman Bruno, Adèle Cueff, Romain Boidot, Philippe Genne

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Roles of extended human papillomavirus genotyping and multiple infections in early detection of cervical precancer and cancer and HPV vaccination

Fangbin Song, Peisha Yan, Xia Huang, Chun Wang, Hui Du, Xinfeng Qu, Ruifang Wu

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Validation of the efficacy of the NUTRISCORE for the nutritional screening of cancer patients in China

Junren Kang, Hailong Li, Xiaodong Shi, Enling Ma, Wei Chen

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Identification of an at-risk subpopulation with high immune infiltration based on the peroxisome pathway and TIM3 in colorectal cancer

Jinwen Yin, Hao Wang, Yuntian Hong, Anli Ren, Haizhou Wang, Lan Liu, Qiu Zhao

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A novel prognostic index for sporadic Burkitt lymphoma in adult patients: a real-word multicenter study

Mei-ting Chen, Fei Pan, Yung-chang Chen, Wei Zhang, Hui-juan Lv, Zhao Wang, Huang-ming Hong, Xiao-jie Fang, Ya-wen Wang, Tao Pan, Li-qun Zou, Hong-qiang Guo, Ke Xie, Li-min Chen, Xiao-qian Li, Yu-yi Yao, Ze-geng Chen, Hua-wei Weng, Xu-dong Li, Yuan-yuan Shen, Hui Zhou, Hong-wei Xue, Hui-lai Zhang, He Huang, Tong-yu Lin

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Digital gene expression analysis of NSCLC-patients reveals strong immune pressure, resulting in an immune escape under immunotherapy

Michael Wessolly, Susann Stephan-Falkenau, Anna Streubel, Marcel Wiesweg, Sabrina Borchert, Elena Mairinger, Jens Kollmeier, Henning Reis, Torsten Bauer, Kurt Werner Schmid, Thomas Mairinger, Martin Schuler, Fabian D. Mairinger

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Preemptive pharmacogenetic testing to guide chemotherapy dosing in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies: a qualitative study of barriers to implementation

Kelsey S. Lau-Min, Lisa A. Varughese, Maria N. Nelson, Christine Cambareri, Nandi J. Reddy, Randall A. Oyer, Ursina R. Teitelbaum, Sony Tuteja

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Colorectal Cancer in North-Eastern Iran: a retrospective, comparative study of early-onset and late-onset cases based on data from the Iranian hereditary colorectal cancer registry

Benyamin Hoseini, Zahra Rahmatinejad, Ladan Goshayeshi, Robert Bergquist, Amin Golabpour, Kamran Ghaffarzadegan, Fatemeh Rahmatinejad, Reza Darrudi, Saeid Eslami

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Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer

Karin Ekström, Rossella Crescitelli, Hafsteinn Ingi Pétursson, Junko Johansson, Cecilia Lässer, Roger Olofsson Bagge

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Checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic gastric and GEJ cancer: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis of real-world data in a Western cohort

Verena Schlintl, Florian Huemer, Gabriel Rinnerthaler, Thomas Melchardt, Thomas Winder, Patrick Reimann, Jakob Riedl, Arno Amann, Wolfgang Eisterer, Franz Romeder, Gudrun Piringer, Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu, Ewald Wöll, Richard Greil, Lukas Weiss

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Meta-analysis of health state utility values measured by EuroQol 5-dimensions (EQ5D) questionnaire in Chinese women with breast cancer

Tamlyn Rautenberg, Brent Hodgkinson, Ute Zerwes, Martin Downes

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Exercise-based dysphagia rehabilitation for adults with oesophageal cancer: a systematic review

Anna Gillman, Michelle Hayes, Greg Sheaf, Margaret Walshe, John V. Reynolds, Julie Regan

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Variable roles of interleukin-17F in different cancers

Tiina Mikkola, Rabeia Almahmoudi, Tuula Salo, Ahmed Al-Samadi

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Anti-PD-1 combined sorafenib versus anti-PD-1 alone in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular cell carcinoma: a propensity score-matching study

San-Chi Chen, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Ming-Huang Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, Rheun-Chuan Lee, Yu-Yun Shao, Yee Chao

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Nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel and PD-1 inhibitor (sintilimab) combination therapy for soft tissue sarcoma: a retrospective study

Zhichao Tian, Shuping Dong, Yang Yang, Shilei Gao, Yonghao Yang, Jinpo Yang, Peng Zhang, Xin Wang, Weitao Yao

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The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019: a nationwide registry-based study

Vanessa Gorasso, Geert Silversmit, Marc Arbyn, Astrid Cornez, Robby De Pauw, Delphine De Smedt, Ian Grant, Grant M. A. Wyper, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Niko Speybroeck

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Clinical significance of metabolism-related genes and FAK activity in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma

Masakazu Sato, Sho Sato, Daisuke Shintani, Mieko Hanaoka, Aiko Ogasawara, Maiko Miwa, Akira Yabuno, Akira Kurosaki, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Keiichi Fujiwara, Kosei Hasegawa

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Routine use of low-dose glucarpidase following high-dose methotrexate in adult patients with CNS lymphoma: an open-label, multi-center phase I study

Lauren R. Schaff, Mina Lobbous, Dean Carlow, Ryan Schofield, Igor T. Gavrilovic, Alexandra M. Miller, Jacqueline B. Stone, Anna F. Piotrowski, Ugur Sener, Anna Skakodub, Edward P. Acosta, Kevin J. Ryan, Ingo K. Mellinghoff, Lisa M. DeAngelis, Louis B. Nabors, Christian Grommes

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Prognostic significance of long non-coding RNA five prime to XIST in various cancers

Jian Zhou, Junjie Chen, Ziyuan Chen, Gen Wu, Zhen Zhou, Tong Wu, Wanchun Wang, Yingquan Luo, Tang Liu

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An exploration of immunohistochemistry-based prognostic markers in patients undergoing curative resections for colon cancer

Astrid Louise Bjørn Bennedsen, Luyi Cai, Rune Petring Hasselager, Aysun Avci Özcan, Khadra Bashir Mohamed, Jens Ole Eriksen, Susanne Eiholm, Michael Bzorek, Anne-Marie Kanstrup Fiehn, Thomas Vauvert F. Hviid, Ismail Gögenur

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Inflammation-scores as prognostic markers of overall survival in lung cancer: a register-based study of 6,210 Danish lung cancer patients

Anne Winther-Larsen, Ninna Aggerholm-Pedersen, Birgitte Sandfeld-Paulsen

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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor for patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer treated using capecitabine: a retrospective study

Shigemasa Takamizawa, Tatsunori Shimoi, Natsuko Satomi-Tsushita, Shu Yazaki, Toshihiro Okuya, Yuki Kojima, Hitomi Sumiyoshi-Okuma, Tadaaki Nishikawa, Maki Tanioka, Kazuki Sudo, Emi Noguchi, Kan Yonemori

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Polygenic risk prediction models for colorectal cancer: a systematic review

Michele Sassano, Marco Mariani, Gianluigi Quaranta, Roberta Pastorino, Stefania Boccia

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Health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer: a review of measures

Maribel Salas, Margaret Mordin, Colleen Castro, Zahidul Islam, Nora Tu, Michelle D. Hackshaw

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THUNDER 2: THeragnostic Utilities for Neoplastic DisEases of the Rectum by MRI guided radiotherapy

Giuditta Chiloiro, Davide Cusumano, Luca Boldrini, Angela Romano, Lorenzo Placidi, Matteo Nardini, Elisa Meldolesi, Brunella Barbaro, Claudio Coco, Antonio Crucitti, Roberto Persiani, Lucio Petruzziello, Riccardo Ricci, Lisa Salvatore, Luigi Sofo, Sergio Alfieri, Riccardo Manfredi, Vincenzo Valentini, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Core promoter mutation contributes to abnormal gene expression in bladder cancer

Teng Huang, Jiaheng Li, San Ming Wang

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Women’s health behaviour change after receiving breast cancer risk estimates with tailored screening and prevention recommendations

Linda Rainey, Daniëlle van der Waal, Louise S. Donnelly, Jake Southworth, David P. French, D. Gareth Evans, Mireille J. M. Broeders

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SMAD4–201 transcript as a putative biomarker in colorectal cancer

Tamara Babic, Sandra Dragicevic, Marko Miladinov, Zoran Krivokapic, Aleksandra Nikolic

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Microsatellite instability is biased in Amsterdam II-defined Lynch-related cancer cases with family history but is rare in other cancers: a summary of 1000 analyses

Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Satomi Higashigawa, Yoshimi Kiyozumi, Takuma Oishi, Keiko Sasaki, Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Kenichiro Imai, Kinichi Hotta, Yohei Yabuuchi, Kazuma Ishikawa, Tatsunori Satoh, Hiroyuki Ono, Akiko Todaka, Takeshi Kawakami, Hiromichi Shirasu, Hirofumi Yasui, Teichi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Akio Shiomi, Nobuhiro Kado, Yasuyuki Hirashima, Yoshio Kiyohara, Etsuro Bando, Masashi Niwakawa, Seiichiro Nishimura, Takeshi Aramaki, Nobuaki Mamesaya, Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, Yasue Horiuchi, Masakuni Serizawa

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Two novel prognostic models for ovarian cancer respectively based on ferroptosis and necroptosis

Yang Li, Xiaojin Gong, Tongxiu Hu, Yurong Chen

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NSAID use and unnatural deaths after cancer diagnosis: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden

Qing Shen, Arvid Sjölander, Erica K. Sloan, Adam K. Walker, Katja Fall, Unnur Valdimarsdottir, Pär Sparén, Karin E. Smedby, Fang Fang

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The role of liver resection in metastatic nephroblastoma: a systematic review and Meta-regression analysis

Juri Fuchs, Anastasia Murtha-Lemekhova, Markus Kessler, Patrick Günther, Katrin Hoffmann

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High expression of S100A2 predicts poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma

Qinzhen Zhang, Tianxiang Xia, Chenxiang Qi, Jun Du, Chunping Ye

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HoSAGE: sarcopenia in older patient with intermediate / high-risk prostate cancer, prevalence and incidence after androgen deprivation therapy: study protocol for a cohort trial

Anne-Laure Couderc, Patrick Villani, Julie Berbis, Emilie Nouguerède, Dominique Rey, Dominique Rossi, Éric Lechevallier, Delphine Badinand, Cyrille Bastide, Gilles Karsenty, Romain Boissier, Kahena Amichi, Xavier Muracciole

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Radiosynthesis of a novel antisense imaging probe targeting LncRNA HOTAIR in malignant glioma

Jiongyu Ren, Xiyuan Zhang, Jiang Cao, Jiali Tian, Jin Luo, Yaping Yu, Fengkui Wang, Qian Zhao

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Modulation of chemoimmunotherapy efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer by sex and histology: a real-world, patient-level analysis

Stephanie Tuminello, Naomi Alpert, Rajwanth R. Veluswamy, Arvind Kumar, Jorge E. Gomez, Raja Flores, Emanuela Taioli

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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and risk of lung cancer in never-smokers: a multicentre case–control study

Ramón Antonio Tubío-Pérez, María Torres-Durán, María Esmeralda García-Rodríguez, Cristina Candal-Pedreira, Julia Rey-Brandariz, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Juan Barros-Dios, Alberto Fernández-Villar, Alberto Ruano-Raviña

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Treatment outcomes of esophageal cancer in Eastern Africa: protocol of a multi-center, prospective, observational, open cohort study

Geoffrey C. Buckle, Alita Mrema, Michael Mwachiro, Yona Ringo, Msiba Selekwa, Gift Mulima, Fatma F. Some, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Gita N. Mody, Li Zhang, Alan Paciorek, Larry Akoko, Paul Ayuo, Stephen Burgert, Elizabeth Bukusi, Anthony Charles, Winnie Chepkemoi, Gladys Chesumbai, Bongani Kaimila, Aida Kenseko, Kitembo Salum Kibwana, David Koech, Caren Macharia, Ezekiel N. Moirana, Beatrice Paul Mushi, Alex Mremi, Julius Mwaiselage, Ally Mwanga, Jerry Ndumbalo, Gissela Nvakunga, Mamsau Ngoma, Margaret Oduor, Mark Oloo, Jesse Opakas, Robert Parker, Saruni Seno, Ande Salima, Furaha Servent, Andrew Wandera, Kate D. Westmoreland, Russell E. White, Brittney Williams, Elia J. Mmbaga, Katherine Van Loon

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Overexpression of PFKFB3 promotes cell glycolysis and proliferation in renal cell carcinoma

Jun Li, Shiqiang Zhang, Dingzhun Liao, Qian Zhang, Chujie Chen, Xiangwei Yang, Donggen Jiang, Jun Pang

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Identification of an ACK1/TNK2-based prognostic signature for colon cancer to predict survival and inflammatory landscapes

Defeng Kong, Guoliang Li, Zhenrong Yang, Shujun Cheng, Wen Zhang, Lin Feng, Kaitai Zhang

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Whole genome deep sequencing analysis of cell-free DNA in samples with low tumour content

Devika Ganesamoorthy, Alan James Robertson, Wenhan Chen, Michael B. Hall, Minh Duc Cao, Kaltin Ferguson, Sunil R. Lakhani, Katia Nones, Peter T. Simpson, Lachlan J. M. Coin

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Deep learning identified glioblastoma subtypes based on internal genomic expression ranks

Xing-gang Mao, Xiao-yan Xue, Ling Wang, Wei Lin, Xiang Zhang

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Comparative analysis of the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in evaluating the histological grade of cervical squamous carcinoma

Mengyan Hou, Kai Song, Jipeng Ren, Kaiyu Wang, Jinxia Guo, Yongchao Niu, Zhenyu Li, Dongming Han

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Extracellular vesicles mediated proinflammatory macrophage phenotype induced by radiotherapy in cervical cancer

Junli Ren, Lili Li, Baofeng Yu, Enwei Xu, Naiping Sun, Xiaoning Li, Zihan Xing, Xiaodong Han, Yaqin Cui, Xiaoyan Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Guoliang Wang

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Metabolic phenotypes and risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Golnoosh Goodarzi, Hadis Mozaffari, Tahereh Raeisi, Fatemeh Mehravar, Bahman Razi, Maryam Lafzi Ghazi, Nazila Garousi, Shahab Alizadeh, Parisa Janmohammadi

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Effects of an oral mucosa protective formulation on chemotherapy- and/or radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis: a prospective study

Takao Ueno, Wakako Yatsuoka, Hiroto Ishiki, Kanako Miyano, Yasuhito Uezono

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Statin use is associated with the reduction in hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver surgery

Elias Khajeh, Arash Dooghaie Moghadam, Pegah Eslami, Sadeq Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh, Ali Ramouz, Saeed Shafiei, Omid Ghamarnejad, Sepehr Abbasi Dezfouli, Christian Rupp, Christoph Springfeld, Carlos Carvalho, Pascal Probst, Seyed Mostafa Mousavizadeh, Arianeb Mehrabi

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Fibrinogen/albumin ratio as a promising predictor of platinum response and survival in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

Wei Chen, Boer Shan, Shuling Zhou, Huijuan Yang, Shuang Ye

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Serum cholinesterase may independently predict prognosis in non-small-cell lung cancer

Hailiang Ran, Jie Ma, Le Cai, Hai Zhou, Zhongqin Yuan, Ying Chen, Wei Chang, Yunchao Huang, Yuanyuan Xiao

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Standardization of evaluation method and prognostic significance of histological response to preoperative chemotherapy in high-grade non-round cell soft tissue sarcomas

Yoshinao Oda, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Takanori Hirose, Tadashi Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Hiruta, Masanori Hisaoka, Masato Yoshimoto, Hiroshi Otsuka, Hirofumi Bekki, Takeaki Ishii, Makoto Endo, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Toru Hiruma, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Hirohisa Katagiri, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Akira Kawai, Robert Nakayama, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Satoshi Takenaka, Makoto Emori, Munenori Watanuki, Yukihiro Yoshida, Takeshi Okamoto, Junki Mizusawa, Haruhiko Fukuda, Toshifumi Ozaki, Yukihide Iwamoto, Takayuki Nojima

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Dietary patterns and severity of symptom with the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its histological precursor lesions in China: a multicenter cross-sectional latent class analysis

Zhaoping Zang, Yong Liu, Jialin Wang, Yuqin Liu, Shaokai Zhang, Yongzhen Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Deli Zhao, Fugang Liu, Lina Chao, Xinzheng Wang, Chunli Zhang, Guohui Song, Zhiyi Zhang, Youpeng Li, Zheng Yan, Yongxiu Wen, Yinyin Ge, Chen Niu, Wei Feng, Rena Nakyeyune, Yi Shen, Yi Shao, Xiuhua Guo, Aiming Yang, Fen Liu, Guiqi Wang

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Correction to: Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation active surveillance prostate cancer cohort: a characterisation of a prostate cancer active surveillance database

Salonee Shah, Kerri Beckmann, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Ben Challacombe, Rick Popert, Prokar Dasgupta, Jonah Rusere, Grace Zisengwe, Oussama Elhage, Aida Santaolalla

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Adverse effects in hematologic malignancies treated with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Wenjing Luo, Chenggong Li, Yinqiang Zhang, Mengyi Du, Haiming Kou, Cong Lu, Heng Mei, Yu Hu

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Karin Dalhammar, Jimmie Kristensson, Dan Falkenback, Birgit H. Rasmussen, Marlene Malmström

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Impact of Resistance Exercise and Nutritional Endorsement on physical performance in patients with GvHD (IRENE-G study) – design and rational of a randomized controlled trial

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Sentinel lymph node procedure in patients with recurrent vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: a proposed protocol for a multicentre observational study

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GECOP-MMC: phase IV randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with mytomicin-C after complete surgical cytoreduction in patients with colon cancer peritoneal metastases

Fernando Pereira, Angel Serrano, Israel Manzanedo, Estibalitz Pérez-Viejo, Santiago González-Moreno, Luis González-Bayón, Alvaro Arjona-Sánchez, Juan Torres, Isabel Ramos, Maria E. Barrios, Pedro Cascales, Rafael Morales, Enrique Boldó, Alfonso García-Fadrique, Xabier Arteaga, Alberto Gutierrez-Calvo, Susana Sánchez-García, Enrique Asensio, Cesar P. Ramírez, Manuel Artiles, Javier Vaqué, Pedro A. Parra, Pedro Villarejo, Cristóbal Muñoz-Casares, Estrella Turienzo, Alicia Calero, Isabel Jaén Torrejimeno, Isabel Prieto, Julio Galindo, Vicente Borrego, Manuel E. Marcello, Cristina Rihuete, Joaquin Carrasco, Luis Gomez-Quiles

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Neoadjuvant irradiation of extremity soft tissue sarcoma with ions (Extrem-ion): study protocol for a randomized phase II pilot trial

D. Brügemann, B. Lehner, M. Kieser, J. Krisam, A. Hommertgen, C. Jaekel, S. B. Harrabi, K. Herfarth, G. Mechtesheimer, O. Sedlaczek, G. Egerer, A. Geisbüsch, M. Uhl, J. Debus, K. Seidensaal

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Perioperative treatment in resectable gastric cancer with spartalizumab in combination with fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel (FLOT): a phase II study (GASPAR)

Mélanie Dos Santos, Justine Lequesne, Alexandra Leconte, Stéphane Corbinais, Aurélie Parzy, Jean-Marc Guilloit, Sharmini Varatharajah, Pierre-Emmanuel Brachet, Marine Dorbeau, Dominique Vaur, Louis-Bastien Weiswald, Laurent Poulain, Corentin Le Gallic, Marie Castera-Tellier, Marie-Pierre Galais, Bénédicte Clarisse

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Randomized single-blind comparative study of the midazolam/pethidine combination and midazolam alone during bronchoscopy

Masahiro Katsurada, Motoko Tachihara, Naoko Katsurada, Naoya Takata, Hiroki Sato, Chihiro Mimura, Junya Yoshioka, Koichi Furukawa, Masako Yumura, Takehiro Otoshi, Yuichiro Yasuda, Tatsunori Kiriu, Daisuke Hazama, Tatsuya Nagano, Masatsugu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Kazuyuki Kobayashi

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Impact of geriatric nutritional risk index on outcomes after gastrectomy in elderly patients with gastric cancer: a retrospective multicenter study in Japan

Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Hiroaki Saito, Tomohiro Osaki, Sadamu Takahashi, Akemi Iwamoto, Kenji Fukuda, Kenjiro Taniguchi, Hirohiko Kuroda, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Kenji Sugamura, Kenichi Sumi, Kuniyuki Katano, Yuji Shishido, Kozo Miyatani, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

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Identification and validation of TNFRSF4 as a high-profile biomarker for prognosis and immunomodulation in endometrial carcinoma

Heng Ma, Peng-hui Feng, Shuang-ni Yu, Zhao-hui Lu, Qi Yu, Jie Chen

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Impact of cumulative body mass index and cardiometabolic diseases on survival among patients with colorectal and breast cancer: a multi-centre cohort study

Mirjam Kohls, Heinz Freisling, Hadrien Charvat, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Vivian Viallon, Veronica Davila-Batista, Rudolf Kaaks, Renée Turzanski-Fortner, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Matthias B. Schulze, Christina C. Dahm, Helene Tilma Vistisen, Agnetha Linn Rostgaard-Hansen, Anne Tjønneland, Catalina Bonet, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Sandra Colorado-Yohar, Giovanna Masala, Domenico Palli, Vittorio Krogh, Fulvio Ricceri, Olov Rolandsson, Sai San Moon Lu, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Elisabete Weiderpass, Marc J. Gunter, Pietro Ferrari, Ursula Berger, Melina Arnold

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A comprehensive evaluation of potentially significant drug-drug, drug-herb, and drug-food interactions among cancer patients receiving anticancer drugs

Amer A. Koni, Maisa A. Nazzal, Bushra A. Suwan, Samah S. Sobuh, Najiya T. Abuhazeem, Asil N. Salman, Husam T. Salameh, Riad Amer, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

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Prognostic significance of different molecular typing methods and immune status based on RNA sequencing in HR-positive and HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer

Xinyu Ren, Yu Song, Yanna zhang, Huanwen Wu, Longyun Chen, Junyi Pang, Liangrui Zhou, Songjie Shen, Zhiyong Liang

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RNF38 suppress growth and metastasis via ubiquitination of ACTN4 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cheng Lin, Meifang Li, Na Lin, Jingfeng Zong, Jianji Pan, Yunbin Ye

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Homologous recombination deficiency in diverse cancer types and its correlation with platinum chemotherapy efficiency in ovarian cancer

Hao Wen, Zheng Feng, Yutong Ma, Rui Liu, Qiuxiang Ou, Qinhao Guo, Yi Shen, Xue Wu, Yang Shao, Hua Bao, Xiaohua Wu

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Risk factors for pneumonitis in advanced extrapulmonary cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Yasuki Uchida, Daisuke Kinose, Yukihiro Nagatani, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Kentaro Fukunaga, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nakano

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SCARA3 inhibits cell proliferation and EMT through AKT signaling pathway in lung cancer

Jeeho Kim, Ho Jin You, Chakyung Youn

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Feasibility and thematic analysis of narrative visualization materials with physical activity monitoring among breast cancer survivors

Jason R. Bentley, Xiaoying Yu, Amol M. Karmarkar, Brian Downer, John Prochaska, Elizabeth J. Lyons

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Identification of spatio-temporal clusters of lung cancer cases in Pennsylvania, USA: 2010–2017

Nuria Camiña, Tara L. McWilliams, Thomas P. McKeon, Trevor M. Penning, Wei-Ting Hwang

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PARG suppresses tumorigenesis and downregulates genes controlling angiogenesis, inflammatory response, and immune cell recruitment

Sarah Johnson, Yaroslava Karpova, Danping Guo, Atreyi Ghatak, Dmitriy A. Markov, Alexei V. Tulin

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Laminin-integrin a6b4 interaction activates notch signaling to facilitate bladder cancer development

Nan Hao, Daming Yang, Tianpei Liu, Shucheng Liu, Xinsheng Lu, Libo Chen

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DAB2IP down-regulates HSP90AA1 to inhibit the malignant biological behaviors of colorectal cancer

Mengna Zhang, Yanan Peng, Zhenwei Yang, Hailin Zhang, Cong Xu, Lan Liu, Qiu Zhao, Jixiong Wu, Hongling Wang, Jing Liu

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Health-related quality of life scores of metastatic pancreatic cancer patients responsive to first line chemotherapy compared to newly derived EORTC QLQ-C30 reference values

Suvina Amin, Seongjung Joo, Sandra Nolte, Hyun Kyoo Yoo, Nikunj Patel, Hilary F. Byrnes, Sara Costa-Cabral, Colin D. Johnson

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Overexpressed p-S6 associates with lymph node metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer

Yaoxiang Tang, Jiadi Luo, Ying Zhou, Hongjing Zang, Yang Yang, Sile Liu, Hongmei Zheng, Jian Ma, Songqing Fan, Qiuyuan Wen

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Safety, activity, and pharmacokinetics of camrelizumab in advanced Asian melanoma patients: a phase I study

Li Zhou, Xiaowen Wu, Zhihong Chi, Lu Si, Xinan Sheng, Yan Kong, Lili Mao, Bin Lian, Bixia Tang, Xieqiao Yan, Xuan Wang, Xue Bai, Siming Li, Xiaoting Wei, Juan Li, Qing Yang, Jun Guo, Chuanliang Cui

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Berberine inhibits intestinal carcinogenesis by suppressing intestinal pro-inflammatory genes and oncogenic factors through modulating gut microbiota

Haitao Chen, Chenxiao Ye, Biyu Cai, Fan Zhang, Xuanying Wang, Jin Zhang, Zewei Zhang, Yong Guo, Qinghua Yao

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Mir-675-5p supports hypoxia-induced drug resistance in colorectal cancer cells

Chiara Zichittella, Maria Magdalena Barreca, Aurora Cordaro, Chiara Corrado, Riccardo Alessandro, Alice Conigliaro

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Role of CDH23 as a prognostic biomarker and its relationship with immune infiltration in acute myeloid leukemia

Jiao Yang, Fei Lu, Guangxin Ma, Yihua Pang, Yanan Zhao, Tao Sun, Daoxin Ma, Jingjing Ye, Chunyan Ji

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Volasertib as a monotherapy or in combination with azacitidine in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, or acute myeloid leukemia: summary of three phase I studies

Uwe Platzbecker, Joerg Chromik, Jan Krönke, Hiroshi Handa, Stephen Strickland, Yasushi Miyazaki, Martin Wermke, Wataru Sakamoto, Yoshifumi Tachibana, Tillmann Taube, Ulrich Germing

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Development and technical validation of an ultrasound nebulizer to deliver intraperitoneal pressurized aerosols in a rat colon cancer peritoneal metastases model

Jonathan R. Buggisch, Daniel Göhler, Julien Sobilo, Stéphanie Lerondel, Günther A. Rezniczek, Michael Stintz, Andreas Rudolph, Nicolas Tabchouri, Sébastien Roger, Mehdi Ouaissi, Urs Giger-Pabst

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When to add anti-angiogenesis drugs to EGFR-mutated metastatic non–small cell lung cancer patients: a real-world study from Taiwan

Chieh-Lung Chen, Sing-Ting Wang, Wei-Chih Liao, Chia-Hung Chen, Chih-Yen Tu, Hung-Jen Chen, Te-Chun Hsia, Wen-Chien Cheng

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Extracellular vesicle biomarkers for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Erna Jia, Na Ren, Xianquan Shi, Rongkui Zhang, Haixin Yu, Fan Yu, Shaoyou Qin, Jinru Xue

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The pathway and characteristics of patients with non-specific symptoms of cancer: a systematic review

Ellen Jensen, Jette Kolding Kristensen, Rikke Tveden Bjerglund, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Janus Laust Thomsen

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A randomized controlled phase III study comparing hadrontherapy with carbon ions versus conventional radiotherapy – including photon and proton therapy – for the treatment of radioresistant tumors: the ETOILE trial

Jacques Balosso, Olivia Febvey-Combes, Annie Iung, Hélène Lozano, Abdoulkader Soumai Alloh, Catherine Cornu, Magali Hervé, Zohra Akkal, Michel Lièvre, Valérie Plattner, Francesca Valvo, Cristina Bono, Maria Rosaria Fiore, Viviana Vitolo, Barbara Vischioni, Stéphanie Patin, Hubert Allemand, François Gueyffier, Jennifer Margier, Pascale Guerre, Sylvie Chabaud, Roberto Orecchia, Pascal Pommier

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Efficacy and safety of maintenance immune checkpoint inhibitors with or without pemetrexed in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Xiaodong Gu, Zhiyong Shi, Lan Shao, Yuxin Zhang, Yiping Zhang, Zhengbo Song, Wenxian Wang, Guangyuan Lou

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Mast cell marker gene signature in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Zhimou Cai, Bingjie Tang, Lin Chen, Wenbin Lei

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HMGB1 mediates invasion and PD-L1 expression through RAGE-PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells

Kamolporn Amornsupak, Suyanee Thongchot, Chanida Thinyakul, Carol Box, Somaieh Hedayat, Peti Thuwajit, Suzanne A. Eccles, Chanitra Thuwajit

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Extended lower paratracheal lymph node resection during esophagectomy for cancer – safety and necessity

C. Mann, F. Berlth, E. Hadzijusufovic, E. Tagkalos, E. Uzun, C. Codony, H. Lang, P. P. Grimminger

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Gene alternation of cerebrospinal fluid in patients with leptomeningeal metastases of lung adenocarcinoma using next-generation sequencing

Hainan Yang, Lei Wen, Yingying Pan, Changguo Shan, Weiping Hong, Hui Wang, Cheng Zhou, Linbo Cai, Caicun Zhou

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TP73-AS1 as a predictor of clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in human malignancies: a meta and bioinformatics analysis

Caizhi Chen, Jingjing Wang, Yeqian Feng, Ye Liang, Yan Huang, Wen Zou

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Cancer incidence and mortality and risk factors in member countries of the " Belt and Road " initiative

Baohua Wang, Fengdie He, Yanan Hu, Qiutong Wang, Dan Wang, Yuting Sha, Jing Wu

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Enhancement of the International prognostic index with β2-microglobulin, platelet count and red blood cell distribution width: a new prognostic model for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the rituximab era

Haizhu Chen, Qiaofeng Zhong, Yu Zhou, Yan Qin, Jianliang Yang, Peng Liu, Xiaohui He, Shengyu Zhou, Changgong Zhang, Lin Gui, Sheng Yang, Liqiang Zhou, Yuankai Shi

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Clinical significance and correlation of PD-L1, B7-H3, B7-H4, and TILs in pancreatic cancer

Jiayue Yang, Zhen Tian, Han Gao, Fan Xiong, Cuiping Cao, Jiaojiao Yu, Wei Shi, Qiang Zhan, Cheng Yang

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Risk assessment and prediction for lung cancer among Hong Kong Chinese men

Lap Ah Tse, Feng Wang, Martin Chi-sang Wong, Joseph Siu-kei Au, Ignatius Tak-sun Yu

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Impact of clinical and molecular features on efficacy and outcome of patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving second-line osimertinib

Ying Jin, Chen Lin, Xun Shi, Qiong He, Junrong Yan, Xinmin Yu, Ming Chen

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Validation of genomic and transcriptomic models of homologous recombination deficiency in a real-world pan-cancer cohort

Benjamin D. Leibowitz, Bonnie V. Dougherty, Joshua S. K. Bell, Joshuah Kapilivsky, Jackson Michuda, Andrew J. Sedgewick, Wesley A. Munson, Tushar A. Chandra, Jonathan R. Dry, Nike Beaubier, Catherine Igartua, Timothy Taxter

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Optimal surveillance of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas focusing on remnant pancreas recurrence after surgical resection

Tomokazu Fuji, Yuzo Umeda, Kosei Takagi, Ryuichi Yoshida, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Kazuya Yasui, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hironari Kato, Takahito Yagi, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

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Cystatin SN promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and serves as a prognostic biomarker in lung adenocarcinoma

Jian Yang, Gaomeng Luo, Chang Li, Zhunlin Zhao, Sheng Ju, Qifan Li, Zhike Chen, Cheng Ding, Xin Tong, Jun Zhao

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Colorectal cancer concurrent gene signature based on coherent patterns between genomic and transcriptional alterations

Ming-Hung Shen, Chi-Jung Huang, Thien-Fiew Ho, Chih-Yi Liu, Ying-Yih Shih, Ching-Shui Huang, Chi-Cheng Huang

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Multinomial network meta-analysis using response rates: relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treatment rankings differ depending on the choice of outcome

Chrissy H. Y. van Beurden-Tan, Pieter Sonneveld, Carin A. Uyl-de Groot

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Timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation and mortality among colon cancer patients at a safety-net health system

Yan Lu, Aaron W. Gehr, Rachel J. Meadows, Bassam Ghabach, Latha Neerukonda, Kalyani Narra, Rohit P. Ojha

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Nitric-Oxide Synthase trafficking inducer (NOSTRIN) is an emerging negative regulator of colon cancer progression

Madhurima Paul, Tamal Kanti Gope, Priyanka Das, Rupasri Ain

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Tescalcin promotes highly invasive papillary thyroid microcarcinoma by regulating FOS/ERK signaling pathway

Xiuhe Zou, Qian Zhou, Yan Nie, Junhe Gou, Jing Yang, Jingqiang Zhu, Zhihui Li, Yanping Gong

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Higher body mass index was associated with better prognosis in diabetic patients with stage II colorectal cancer

Xiao-Yu Liu, Bing Kang, Yu-Xi Cheng, Chao Yuan, Wei Tao, Bin Zhang, Zheng-Qiang Wei, Dong Peng

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Efficacy of osimertinib in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer patients with pleural effusion

Hiroshi Nokihara, Hirokazu Ogino, Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Kensuke Kondo, Ei Ogawa, Ryohiko Ozaki, Yohei Yabuki, Hiroto Yoneda, Kenji Otsuka, Yasuhiko Nishioka

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Significance of tumor heterogeneity of p-Smad2 and c-Met in HER2-positive gastric carcinoma with lymph node metastasis

Gen Tsujio, Koji Maruo, Yurie Yamamoto, Tomohiro Sera, Atsushi Sugimoto, Hiroaki Kasashima, Yuichiro Miki, Mami Yoshii, Tatsuro Tamura, Takahiro Toyokawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Masaichi Ohira, Masakazu Yashiro

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BARD1 mystery: tumor suppressors are cancer susceptibility genes

Yousef M. Hawsawi, Anwar Shams, Abdulrahman Theyab, Wed A. Abdali, Nahed A. Hussien, Hanan E. Alatwi, Othman R. Alzahrani, Atif Abdulwahab A. Oyouni, Ahmad O. Babalghith, Mousa Alreshidi

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Completeness and selection bias of a Belgian multidisciplinary, registration-based study on the EFFectiveness and quality of Endometrial Cancer Treatment (EFFECT)

Joren Vanbraband, Nancy Van Damme, Gauthier Bouche, Geert Silversmit, Anke De Geyndt, Eric de Jonge, Gerd Jacomen, Frédéric Goffin, Hannelore Denys, Frédéric Amant

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Associations of different immune checkpoints-expressing CD4+ Treg/ T cell subsets with disease-free survival in colorectal cancer patients

Mohammad A. Al-Mterin, Khaled Murshed, Alhasan Alsalman, Ala Abu-Dayeh, Eyad Elkord

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MUC3A promotes the progression of colorectal cancer through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway

Wei Su, Baijie Feng, Lina Hu, Xianzhi Guo, Minghua Yu

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Gastrointestinal/genitourinary perforation and fistula formation with or without bevacizumab in patients with previously irradiated recurrent cervical cancer: a Korean multicenter retrospective study of the Gynecologic Oncology Research Investigators Collaboration (GORILLA) group (GORILLA-1001)

Woo Yeon Hwang, Suk-Joon Chang, Hee Seung Kim, Nam Kyeong Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Yeorae Kim, Tae Wook Kong, Eun Ji Lee, Soo Jin Park, Seung Hyuk Shim, Joo-Hyuk Son, Dong Hoon Suh, Eun Jung Yang

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Beyond standard data collection – the promise and potential of BRAIN (Brain tumour Registry Australia INnovation and translation registry)

Lucy Gately, Katharine Drummond, Mark Rosenthal, Rosemary Harrup, Anthony Dowling, Andrew Gogos, Zarnie Lwin, Ian Collins, David Campbell, Elizabeth Ahern, Claire Phillips, Hui K. Gan, Iwan Bennett, Oliver M. Sieber, Peter Gibbs

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Global DNA hypomethylation of colorectal tumours detected in tissue and liquid biopsies may be related to decreased methyl-donor content

Krisztina A. Szigeti, Alexandra Kalmár, Orsolya Galamb, Gábor Valcz, Barbara K. Barták, Zsófia B. Nagy, Sára Zsigrai, Ildikó Felletár, Árpád V. Patai, Tamás Micsik, Márton Papp, Eszter Márkus, Zsolt Tulassay, Peter Igaz, István Takács, Béla Molnár

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A novel tool for predicting the risk of central lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

Qian-wen Luo, Shan Gao, Xiao Lv, Si-jia Li, Bo-fang Wang, Qing-qing Han, Yun-peng Wang, Quan-lin Guan, Tao Gong

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Prognostic factors for patients with anal cancer treated with conformal radiotherapy—a systematic review

Stelios Theophanous, Robert Samuel, John Lilley, Ann Henry, David Sebag-Montefiore, Alexandra Gilbert, Ane L. Appelt

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Prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating CD163+macrophage in patients with metastatic gastric cancer undergoing multidisciplinary treatment

Jun Kinoshita, Sachio Fushida, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Hideki Moriyama, Hiroto Saito, Mari Shimada, Shiro Terai, Koichi Okamoto, Keishi Nakamura, Itasu Ninomiya, Shintaro Yagi, Noriyuki Inaki

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Prognostic value of disseminated tumor cells in unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a prospective observational study

Oddmund Nordgård, Morten Lapin, Kjersti Tjensvoll, Satu Oltedal, Karin Hestnes Edland, Nicolay Bore Neverdahl, Dmitrij Fostenes, Herish Garresori, Nils Glenjen, Rune Smaaland, Bjørnar Gilje

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The role of sentinel node tumor burden in modeling the prognosis of melanoma patients with positive sentinel node biopsy: an Italian melanoma intergroup study (N = 2,086)

Saveria Tropea, Paolo Del Fiore, Andrea Maurichi, Roberto Patuzzo, Mario Santinami, Simone Ribero, Pietro Quaglino, Virginia Caliendo, Lorenzo Borgognoni, Serena Sestini, Giuseppe Giudice, Eleonora Nacchiero, Corrado Caracò, Adriana Cordova, Nicola Solari, Dario Piazzalunga, Francesca Tauceri, Paolo Carcoforo, Maurizio Lombardo, Sara Cavallari, Simone Mocellin, Maddalena Cespa, Rosachiara Forcignanò, Gianmichele Moise, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Caterina Ferreli, Maria Grimaldi, Guido Zannetti, Saverio Cinieri, Giusto Trevisan, Ignazio Stanganelli, Giovanna Moretti, Francesca Bruder, Luca Bianchi, Maria Teresa Fierro, Luigi Mascheroni, Salvatore Asero, Caterina Catricalà, Stefania Staibano, Gaetana Rinaldi, Riccardo Pellicano, Laura Milesi, Marilena Visini, Franco Di Filippo, Leonardo Zichichi, Maria Antonietta Pizzichetta, Carmelo Iacono, Massimo Guidoboni, Giovanni Sanna, Michele Maio, Michele Del Vecchio, Lucia Lospalluti, Leonardi Vita, Annamaria Pollio, Carlo Riberti

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Pyroptosis-related prognosis model, immunocyte infiltration characterization, and competing endogenous RNA network of glioblastoma

Min-Rui Ding, Yan-Jie Qu, Xiao Peng, Jin-Fang Chen, Meng-Xue Zhang, Tong Zhang, Bing Hu, Hong-Mei An

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Simulating the restoration of normal gene expression from different thyroid cancer stages using deep learning

Nicole M. Nelligan, M. Reed Bender, F. Alex Feltus

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A stratification model of hepatocellular carcinoma based on expression profiles of cells in the tumor microenvironment

Chunting Zeng, Linmeng Zhang, Chanhua Luo, Chen Yang, Xiaowen Huang, Linfeng Fan, Jiarong Li, Fengsheng Chen, Zelong Luo

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A predictive model for advanced oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with chemoradiation

Wu-Chia Lo, Chih-Ming Chang, Chia-Yun Wu, Chen-Hsi Hsieh, Pei-Wei Shueng, Po-Wen Cheng, Li-Jen Liao

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Real-world treatment sequencing and survival in previously treated advanced renal cell carcinoma patients receiving nivolumab monotherapy: a UK retrospective cohort study

T. Waddell, K. Fife, R. Griffiths, A. Sharma, P. Dhokia, L. Groves, M. Hurst, C. Tsang, D. Sugrue, S. McKenna, J. Houghton, R. Carroll

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The genomic and transcriptome characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma patients with previous breast cancer

Yan Wang, Wenpeng Song, Sicheng Zhou, Shuai Chang, Junke Chang, Jie Tian, Liming Zhang, Jue Li, Guowei Che

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Potential prognosis index for m6A-related mRNA in cholangiocarcinoma

Huaqiang Zhu, Haini Zhao, Jianlu Wang, Shuchao Zhao, Chaoqun Ma, Dongliang Wang, Hengjun Gao, Faji Yang, Qingqiang Ni, Hongguang Li, Xu Zhou, Chunqing Zhang, Jun Lu

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Is treatment in certified cancer centers related to better survival in patients with pancreatic cancer? Evidence from a large German cohort study

Martin Roessler, Jochen Schmitt, Christoph Bobeth, Michael Gerken, Kees Kleihues-van Tol, Christoph Reissfelder, Bettina M. Rau, Marius Distler, Pompiliu Piso, Christian Günster, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Olaf Schoffer, Veronika Bierbaum

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Linking unfolded protein response to ovarian cancer cell fusion

Lucile Yart, Daniel Bastida-Ruiz, Mathilde Allard, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Patrick Petignat, Marie Cohen

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T-DM1 efficacy in trastuzumab-pertuzumab pre-treated HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Claudia Omarini, Federico Piacentini, Isabella Sperduti, Krisida Cerma, Monica Barbolini, Fabio Canino, Cecilia Nasso, Christel Isca, Federica Caggia, Massimo Dominici, Luca Moscetti

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Suboptimal use of hormonal therapy among German men with localized high-risk prostate Cancer during 2005 to 2015: analysis of registry data

Semaw Ferede Abera, Ahmed Bedir, André Glowka, Dirk Vordermark, Daniel Medenwald

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Rationale and design of ON-TRK: a novel prospective non-interventional study in patients with TRK fusion cancer treated with larotrectinib

James C. H. Yang, Marcia S. Brose, Gilberto Castro, Edward S. Kim, Ulrik N. Lassen, Serge Leyvraz, Alberto Pappo, Fernando López-Ríos, John A. Reeves, Marc Fellous, Frédérique Penault-Llorca, Erin R. Rudzinski, Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Gilles Vassal, Alexander Drilon, Jonathan Trent

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Cetuximab and anemia prevention in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Lucas Maahs, Ahmed I. Ghanem, Radhika Gutta, Amy Tang, Swarn Arya, Zaid Al Saheli, Haythem Ali, Steven Chang, Samantha Tam, Vivian Wu, Farzan Siddiqui, Jawad Sheqwara

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Synergistic anti-proliferative activity of JQ1 and GSK2801 in triple-negative breast cancer

Nanda Kumar Yellapu, Thuc Ly, Mihaela E. Sardiu, Dong Pei, Danny R. Welch, Jeffery A. Thompson, Devin C. Koestler

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Interfering with the expression of EEF1D gene enhances the sensitivity of ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin

Qia Xu, Yun Liu, Shenyi Wang, Jing Wang, Liwei Liu, Yin Xu, Yide Qin

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Outcomes from a mechanistic biomarker multi-arm and randomised study of liposomal MTP-PE (Mifamurtide) in metastatic and/or recurrent osteosarcoma (EuroSarc-Memos trial)

David J. Barnes, Peter Dutton, Øyvind Bruland, Hans Gelderblom, Ade Faleti, Claudia Bühnemann, Annemiek van Maldegem, Hannah Johnson, Lisa Poulton, Sharon Love, Gesa Tiemeier, Els van Beelen, Karin Herbschleb, Caroline Haddon, Lucinda Billingham, Kevin Bradley, Stefano Ferrari, Emanuela Palmerini, Piero Picci, Uta Dirksen, Sandra J. Strauss, Pancras C. W. Hogendoorn, Emmeline Buddingh, Jean-Yves Blay, Anne Marie Cleton-Jansen, Andrew Bassim Hassan

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LukS-PV inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cells migration by downregulating HDAC6 expression

Xuexue Xu, Pengsheng Ding, Lan Shi, Gang Wu, Xiaoling Ma

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Clinical determinants of recurrence in pTa bladder cancer following transurethral resection of bladder tumor

Seung-hwan Jeong, Jang Hee Han, Chang Wook Jeong, Hyeon Hoe Kim, Cheol Kwak, Hyeong Dong Yuk, Ja Hyeon Ku

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Semaphorin 4B promotes tumor progression and associates with immune infiltrates in lung adenocarcinoma

Jun Jiang, Yuan Lu, Fang Zhang, Tao Pan, Zhipei Zhang, Yi Wan, Xinling Ren, Rui Zhang

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Meta-analysis of diagnostic cell-free circulating microRNAs for breast cancer detection

Emir Sehovic, Sara Urru, Giovanna Chiorino, Philipp Doebler

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Impact of AADAC gene expression on prognosis in patients with Borrmann type III advanced gastric cancer

Yufei Wang, Tianyi Fang, Yimin Wang, Xin Yin, Lei Zhang, Xinghai Zhang, Daoxu Zhang, Yao Zhang, Xibo Wang, Hao Wang, Yingwei Xue

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The identification and validation of EphA7 hypermethylation, a novel biomarker, in cervical cancer

Wenfan Zhang, Huiling Cao, Jinhao Yang, Jing Zhao, Zheng Liang, Xiaodong Kang, Rong Wang

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Post-recurrence survival analysis in patients with oligo-recurrence after curative esophagectomy

Ping-Chung Tsai, Hung-Che Chien, Po-Kuei Hsu, Jung-Jyh Hung, Chien-Sheng Huang, Wen-Hu Hsu, Han-Shui Hsu

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YAP1 is essential for malignant mesothelioma tumor maintenance

Loreley Calvet, Odette Dos-Santos, Emmanuel Spanakis, Véronique Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Christophe Le Bail, Armelle Buzy, Pascal Paul, Christophe Henry, Sandrine Valence, Colette Dib, Jack Pollard, Sukhvinder Sidhu, Jürgen Moll, Laurent Debussche, Iris Valtingojer

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Synchronous multiple primary tumors in patients with malignant lymphoma: a retrospective study

Yu Yagi, Yusuke Kanemasa, Yuki Sasaki, An Ohigashi, Yuka Morita, Taichi Tamura, Shohei Nakamura, Akihiko Kageyama, Yasushi Omuro, Tatsu Shimoyama

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Laura Glasmeyer, Ruby Doryn Mcharo, Liset Torres, Tessa Lennemann, Elizabeth Danstan, Nice Mwinuka, Mona Judick, William Mueller, Wilbert Mbuya, Michael Hölscher, Ralph Lellé, Christof Geldmacher, Arne Kroidl, John Rwegoshora France

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Multiparameter diagnostic model based on 18F-FDG PET and clinical characteristics can differentiate thymic epithelial tumors from thymic lymphomas

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Preventing the adverse cardiovascular consequences of allogeneic stem cell transplantation with a multi-faceted exercise intervention: the ALLO-Active trial protocol

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B. Danckert, N. L. Christensen, A. Z. Falborg, H. Frederiksen, G. Lyratzopoulos, S. McPhail, A. F. Pedersen, J. Ryg, L. A. Thomsen, P. Vedsted, H. Jensen

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Luigi Celio, Diego Cortinovis, Alessio Aligi Cogoni, Luigi Cavanna, Olga Martelli, Simona Carnio, Elena Collovà, Federica Bertolini, Fausto Petrelli, Alessandra Cassano, Rita Chiari, Francesca Zanelli, Salvatore Pisconti, Isabella Vittimberga, Antonietta Letizia, Andrea Misino, Angela Gernone, Erminio Bonizzoni, Sara Pilotto, Sabino De Placido, Emilio Bria

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Danbee Kang, Ka Ryeong Bae, Ho Young Kim, Yeojin Ahn, Nayeon Kim, Youngmog Shim, Tae Sung Sohn, Woo Yong Lee, Ji Hyun Baek, Sun-Seog Kweon, Juhee Cho

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Safety and efficacy profile of Trastuzumab deruxtecan in solid cancer: pooled reanalysis based on clinical trials

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Neoadjuvant FOLFOXIRI prior to chemoradiotherapy for high-risk (“ugly”) locally advanced rectal cancer: study protocol of a single-arm, multicentre, open-label, phase II trial (MEND-IT)

K. van den Berg, D. P. Schaap, E. L. K. Voogt, T. E. Buffart, H. M. W. Verheul, J. W. B. de Groot, C. Verhoef, J. Melenhorst, J. M. L. Roodhart, J. H. W. de Wilt, H. L. van Westreenen, A. G. J. Aalbers, M. van ‘t Veer, C. A. M. Marijnen, J. Vincent, L. H. J. Simkens, N. A. J. B. Peters, M. Berbée, I. M. Werter, P. Snaebjornsson, H. M. U. Peulen, I. G. van Lijnschoten, M. J. Roef, G. A. P. Nieuwenhuijzen, J. G. Bloemen, J. M. W. E. Willems, G. J. M. Creemers, J. Nederend, H. J. T. Rutten, J. W. A. Burger

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Comparing efficacy and safety of P013, a proposed pertuzumab biosimilar, with the reference product in HER2-positive breast cancer patients: a randomized, phase III, equivalency clinical trial

Abolghasem Allahyari, Ali Ehsanpour, Behrouz Najafi, Nafiseh Ansarinejad, Valiollah Mehrzad, Behjat Kalantari, Jahangir Raafat, Mojtaba Ghadiany, Farhad Shahi, Behrooz Gharib, Vahid Moazed, Adnan Khosravi, Mir Hossein Mirpour, Sina Salari, Seyedmohammadreza Mortazavizadeh, Amirabbas Nekoyi, Mohsen Khani, Alireza Sadeghi, Sirus Gharib, Alireza Bary, Mehrzad Mirzania, Shirin Haghighat, Seyed Mohsen Razavi, Seyed Amir Hossein Emami, Mehran Hosseinzadeh, Mahdi Mirbolouk, Sanambar Sadighi, Abdolali Shahrasbi, Ali Esfahani, Masoumeh Gity, Nassim Anjidani, Hamidreza Kafi, Safa Najafi

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Validation of the Asia-Pacific colorectal screening score and its modified versions in predicting colorectal advanced neoplasia in Chinese population

Yunxin Kong, Lin Zhuo, Dong Dong, Lang Zhuo, Peian Lou, Ting Cai, Siting Chen, Jianqiang Pan, Yihuan Gao, Hang Lu, Yue Ma, Zongmei Dong, Xiaohu Luo, Hongying Zhao

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Preoperative serum CA19-9 should be routinely measured in the colorectal patients with preoperative normal serum CEA: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Zhenhui Li, Haibin Zhu, Xiaolin Pang, Yun Mao, Xiaoping Yi, Chunxia Li, Ming Lei, Xianshuo Cheng, Lei Liang, Jiamei Wu, Yingying Ding, Jun Yang, Yingshi Sun, Tao Zhang, Dingyun You, Zaiyi Liu

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Gastrointestinal microbiota profile and clinical correlations in advanced EGFR-WT and EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

Woraseth Saifon, Insee Sensorn, Narumol Trachu, Songporn Oranratnachai, Angkana Charoenyingwattana, Chakkaphan Runcharoen, Nanamon Monnamo, Warawut Sukkasem, Pimpin Inchareon, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched, Phichai Chansriwong, Touch Ativitavas, Ravat Panvichian, Wasun Chantratita, Thanyanan Reungwetwattana

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Phase II study of carboplatin/nab-paclitaxel/atezolizumab combination therapy for advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer patients with impaired renal function: RESTART trial

Yoshimasa Shiraishi, Junji Kishimoto, Takayuki Shimose, Yukihiro Toi, Shunichi Sugawara, Isamu Okamoto

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Impact of hemodynamic instability during cytoreductive surgery on survival in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma

Se Ik Kim, Hyung-Chul Lee, Hyun-Kyu Yoon, Hee Seung Kim, Hyun Hoon Chung, Jae-Weon Kim, Noh Hyun Park, Yong-Sang Song, Maria Lee

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Prognostic factors for relapse-free survival in stage IB-IIIA primary lung adenocarcinoma by epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status

Tetsuya Isaka, Hiroyuki Ito, Tomoyuki Yokose, Haruhiro Saito, Hiroyuki Adachi, Kotaro Murakami, Jun Miura, Noritake Kikunishi, Yasushi Rino

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An experimental model for ovarian cancer: propagation of ovarian cancer initiating cells and generation of ovarian cancer organoids

Yu-An Chen, Chen-Yu Lu, Wen-Fang Cheng, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Chen-Wei Yu, Hon-Nerng Ho, Hsin-Fu Chen, Szu-Hua Pan

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Is laterality in breast Cancer still worth studying? Local experience in Bahrain

Suhair Al Saad, Hamdi Al Shenawi, Amer Almarabheh, Noor Al Shenawi, Abdulla Ismaeel Mohamed, Rami Yaghan

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Timing of treatment in osteosarcoma: challenges and perspectives – a scoping review

Michael S. Kim, Ioanna K. Bolia, Brenda Iglesias, Tamara Sharf, Sidney I. Roberts, Hyunwoo Kang, Alexander B. Christ, Lawrence R. Menendez

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Optimizing MATRix as remission induction in PCNSL: de-escalated induction treatment in newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma

Julia Wendler, Christopher P. Fox, Elke Valk, Cora Steinheber, Heidi Fricker, Lisa K. Isbell, Simone Neumaier, Jessica Okosun, Florian Scherer, Gabriele Ihorst, Kate Cwynarski, Elisabeth Schorb, Gerald Illerhaus

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Machine learning-based improvement of MDS-CBC score brings platelets into the limelight to optimize smear review in the hematology laboratory

Jaja Zhu, Pierre Lemaire, Stéphanie Mathis, Emily Ronez, Sylvain Clauser, Katayoun Jondeau, Pierre Fenaux, Lionel Adès, Valérie Bardet

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Intrinsic immune evasion patterns predict temozolomide sensitivity and immunotherapy response in lower-grade gliomas

Zewei Tu, Qiankun Ji, Qing Han, Xiaoyan Long, Jingying Li, Lei Wu, Kai Huang, Xingen Zhu

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Modified geriatric nutritional risk index in patients with pancreatic cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

Teruhisa Sakamoto, Teppei Sunaguchi, Keisuke Goto, Masaki Morimoto, Yuki Murakami, Kozo Miyatani, Takehiko Hanaki, Yuji Shishido, Kyoichi Kihara, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Manabu Yamamoto, Naruo Tokuyasu, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

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The impact of age on rectal cancer treatment, complications and survival

Øystein Høydahl, Tom-Harald Edna, Athanasios Xanthoulis, Stian Lydersen, Birger Henning Endreseth

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An IGF-1R-mTORC1-SRPK2 signaling Axis contributes to FASN regulation in breast cancer

Bryan McClellan, Paul Gries, Brittany Harlow, Stefano Tiziani, Christopher Jolly, Linda deGraffenried

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Programmed cell death ligand 1 measurement study in granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-producing lung cancer: an observational study

Kazuhito Miyazaki, Aya Shiba, Toshiki Ikeda, Yuko Higashi, Masaharu Aga, Yusuke Hamakawa, Yuri Taniguchi, Yuki Misumi, Yoko Agemi, Yukiko Nakamura, Tsuneo Shimokawa, Hiroaki Okamoto

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Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) genes and aging in malignant melanoma patients: a clinicogenomic TCGA study

Mohammed Safi, Chenxing Jin, Abdullah Aldanakh, Ping Feng, Henan Qin, Mohammed Alradhi, Lizhi Zhang, Junying Zhang, Salah Adlat, Yi Zhao, Jiwei Liu

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The effect of Nrf2 deletion on the proteomic signature in a human colorectal cancer cell line

Omid Cheraghi, Bahareh Dabirmanesh, Farideh Ghazi, Massoud Amanlou, Mona Atabakhshi-kashi, Yaghoub Fathollahi, Khosro Khajeh

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Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: a study based on the SEER database and a Chinese cohort

Liang Zhou, Yahui Zhang, Wenyu Chen, Niu Niu, Junjie Zhao, Weibo Qi, Yufen Xu

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NudCD1 as a prognostic marker in colorectal cancer and its role in the upregulation of cellular spindle assembly checkpoint genes and LIS1 pathways

Wen-Ming Feng, Hui Gong, Yong-Chun Wang, Yao Wang, Tao Xue, Ting Zhang, Ge Cui

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EZH2 mutations at diagnosis in follicular lymphoma: a promising biomarker to guide frontline treatment

C. Martínez-Laperche, L. Sanz-Villanueva, F. J. Díaz Crespo, P. Muñiz, R. Martín Rojas, D. Carbonell, M. Chicano, J. Suárez-González, J. Menárguez, M. Kwon, J. L. Diez Martín, I. Buño, M. Bastos Oreiro

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Disparities in awareness of and willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials between African American and White cancer survivors

Gaurav Kumar, Jungyoon Kim, Paraskevi A. Farazi, Hongmei Wang, Dejun Su

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BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor regulate connective tissue growth factor controlling mesothelioma cell proliferation

Nguyen Truong Duc Hoang, Ghmkin Hassan, Tomoya Suehiro, Yuichi Mine, Tohru Matsuki, Makiko Fujii

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Prospective longitudinal evaluation of treatment-related toxicity and health-related quality of life during the first year of treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Joanna E. Fardell, Mark W. Donoghoe, Emma McCormack, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla-Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Marion K. Mateos, Toby N. Trahair

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Flagellin synergistically enhances anti-tumor effect of EGFRvIII peptide in a glioblastoma-bearing mouse brain tumor model

Jin Myung Choi, Sa-Hoe Lim, Zhi-Peng Liu, Tae Kyu Lee, Joon Haeng Rhee, Mee Sun Yoon, Jung-Joon Min, Shin Jung

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A combined spatial score of granzyme B and CD68 surpasses CD8 as an independent prognostic factor in TNM stage II colorectal cancer

Luca Noti, José A. Galván, Heather Dawson, Alessandro Lugli, Richard Kirsch, Naziheh Assarzadegan, David Messenger, Philippe Krebs, Martin D. Berger, Inti Zlobec

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Study on influencing factors of anthracycline-induced subclinical cardiotoxicity in DLBCL patients administered (R)-CHOP

Qian Dong, Wenxin Ou, Mei Wang, Tiantian Jiang, Yue Weng, Xi Zhou, Xiaoqiong Tang

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Impact of a mobile application (reminder app) on acute toxicity during radiotherapy of head-and-neck cancer – results of a randomized phase III trial (RAREST-02)

Dirk Rades, Inga Zwaan, Jon Cacicedo, Karl L. Bruchhage, Samer G. Hakim, Denise Olbrich, Steven E. Schild, Soeren Tvilsted, Stefan Janssen

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Expressional variations of Kaiso: an association with pathological characteristics and field cancerization of OSCC

Shaheen Ahmed, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Uzma Bukhari, Mehak Anis, Muhammad Nouman Mughal

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Construction of CeRNA regulatory network based on WGCNA reveals diagnosis biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Jun Xiang, Li Gao, Hao Yu Jing, Yun Xiao Liu, Hu Fei Wang, Ze Wen Chang, Shi Hao Liu, Lei Yu, Gui Yu Wang

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Comparative efficacy and safety of immunotherapy for patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and network Meta-analysis

Tian-Tian Gao, Jia-Hui Shan, Yu-Xian Yang, Ze-Wei Zhang, Shi-Liang Liu, Mian Xi, Meng-Zhong Liu, Lei Zhao

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Pan-cancer analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data reveals the prognostic relevance of human proteasome genes in different cancer types

Peter Larsson, Daniella Pettersson, Hanna Engqvist, Elisabeth Werner Rönnerman, Eva Forssell-Aronsson, Anikó Kovács, Per Karlsson, Khalil Helou, Toshima Z. Parris

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Molecular analysis of Annexin expression in cancer

Tobias Hein, Peter H. Krammer, Heiko Weyd

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Clinical significance and oncogenic function of NR1H4 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Shiyu Huang, Yanguang Hou, Min Hu, Juncheng Hu, Xiuheng Liu

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Clinical and genetic factors associated with self-reported cognitive deficits in women with breast cancer: the “CAGE-Cog” study

Aline Hajj, Rita Khoury, Roula Hachem, Aya Awad, Souheil Hallit, Hala Sacre, Fady Nasr, Fadi El Karak, Georges Chahine, Joseph Kattan, Lydia Rabbaa Khabbaz

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The soluble VCAM-1 level is a potential biomarker predicting severe acute graft versus host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Sook-Kyoung Heo, Eui-Kyu Noh, Yoo Jin Lee, Yerang Shin, Youjin Kim, Hyeon-Su Im, Hyeyeong Kim, Su Jin Koh, Young Joo Min, Jae-Cheol Jo, Yunsuk Choi

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors and their impact on liver enzymes and attenuation

Benjamin C. Park, Aaron X. T. Lee, Fei Ye, Isik Turker, Douglas B. Johnson

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Pyroptosis related genes signature predicts prognosis and immune infiltration of tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

Guoxu Fang, Qinghua Zhang, Jianhui Fan, Haitao Li, Zongren Ding, Jun Fu, Yijun Wu, Yongyi Zeng, Jingfeng Liu

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2011–2021 rising prevalence of HPV infection among oropharyngeal carcinoma in France

Philippe Gorphe, Pierre Blanchard, Gabriel C. T. E. Garcia, Marion Classe, Caroline Even, Stéphane Temam, Ingrid Breuskin

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Deep learning-based tumor microenvironment segmentation is predictive of tumor mutations and patient survival in non-small-cell lung cancer

Alicja Rączkowska, Iwona Paśnik, Michał Kukiełka, Marcin Nicoś, Magdalena A. Budzinska, Tomasz Kucharczyk, Justyna Szumiło, Paweł Krawczyk, Nicola Crosetto, Ewa Szczurek

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PIK3CA mutation status, progression and survival in advanced HR + /HER2- breast cancer: a meta-analysis of published clinical trials

Mirko Fillbrunn, James Signorovitch, Fabrice André, Iris Wang, Ines Lorenzo, Antonia Ridolfi, Jinhee Park, Akanksha Dua, Hope S. Rugo

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Profiles of women’s adjustment after cancer based on sexual and psychosocial wellbeing: results of a cluster analysis

Elizabeth K. Arthur, Usha Menon, Jennifer Barsky Reese, Kristine Browning, Janine Overcash, Karen Rose, Celia E. Wills

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Collagen fiber features and COL1A1: are they associated with elastic parameters in breast lesions, and can COL1A1 predict axillary lymph node metastasis?

Ying Jiang, Bo Wang, Jun Kang Li, Shi Yu Li, Rui Lan Niu, Nai Qin Fu, Jiao Jiao Zheng, Gang Liu, Zhi Li Wang

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Association between the TyG index and TG/HDL-C ratio as insulin resistance markers and the risk of colorectal cancer

Tong Liu, Qingsong Zhang, Yiming Wang, Xiangming Ma, Qi Zhang, Mengmeng Song, Liying Cao, Hanping Shi

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Correction: Randomized trial of surveillance with abbreviated MRI in women with a personal history of breast cancer– impact on patient anxiety and cancer detection

Marina Mohallem Fonseca, Tasneem Alhassan, Yashmin Nisha, Diana Koszycki, Betty Anne Schwarz, Roanne Segal, Angel Arnaout, Tim Ramsay, Jacqueline Lau, Jean M. Seely

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Real-world analysis of different intracranial radiation therapies in non-small cell lung cancer patients with 1–4 brain metastases

Zhengting Chen, Lingli Zhou, Min Zhao, Ke Cao, Yanqing Li, Xiaoling Liu, Yu Hou, Lan Li, Li Wang, Li Chang, Mei Yang, Wenhui Li, Yaoxiong Xia

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Protocol of the TREASURE study: Thoracic RadiothErapy with Atezolizumab in Small cell lUng canceR Extensive disease – a randomized, open-label, multicenter phase II trial

Farastuk Bozorgmehr, Petros Christopoulos, Inn Chung, Jelena Cvetkovic, Manuel Feißt, Johannes Krisam, Marc A. Schneider, Claus Peter Heußel, Michael Kreuter, Daniel W. Müller, Michael Thomas, Stefan Rieken

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Effect of thoracic radiotherapy dose on the prognosis of advanced lung adenocarcinoma harboring EGFR mutations

Hongyue Qin, Jiaojiao Ke, Shuai Dong, Huani Li, Kunli Zhu, Shuai Fu, Qian Shao, Zhenxiang Li

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The ABNL-MARRO 001 study: a phase 1–2 study of randomly allocated active myeloid target compound combinations in MDS/MPN overlap syndromes

Tamara K. Moyo, Jason H. Mendler, Raphael Itzykson, Ashwin Kishtagari, Eric Solary, Adam C. Seegmiller, Aaron T. Gerds, Gregory D. Ayers, Amy E. Dezern, Aziz Nazha, Peter Valent, Arjan A. van de Loosdrecht, Francesco Onida, Lisa Pleyer, Blanca Xicoy Cirici, Raoul Tibes, Klaus Geissler, Rami S. Komrokji, Jing Zhang, Ulrich Germing, David P. Steensma, Daniel H. Wiseman, Michael Pfeilstöecker, Chiara Elena, Nicholas C. P. Cross, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Michael Luebbert, Ruben A. Mesa, Guillermo Montalban-Bravo, Guillermo F. Sanz, Uwe Platzbecker, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Eric Padron, Valeria Santini, Pierre Fenaux, Michael R. Savona

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Trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2) expression in triple-negative breast cancer

Yeonjin Jeon, Uiree Jo, Jongmoo Hong, Gyungyub Gong, Hee Jin Lee

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Novel effect of the high risk-HPV E7 CKII phospho-acceptor site on polarity protein expression

María Paula Dizanzo, Marina Bugnon Valdano, Om Basukala, Lawrence Banks, Daniela Gardiol

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Values of OAS gene family in the expression signature, immune cell infiltration and prognosis of human bladder cancer

Lijuan Gao, Ruimin Ren, Jing Shen, Jiayi Hou, Junya Ning, Yanlin Feng, Meiyue Wang, Lifei Wu, Yaojun Sun, Huang Wang, Deping Wang, Jimin Cao

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LncRNA RPL34-AS1 suppresses the proliferation, migration and invasion of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via targeting miR-575/ACAA2 axis

Hu Zhang, Enchun Pan, Ying Zhang, Chao Zhao, Qiwei Liu, Yuepu Pu, Lihong Yin

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The co-occurrence of both breast- and differentiated thyroid cancer: incidence, association and clinical implications for daily practice

Marceline W. Piek, Jan Paul de Boer, Frederieke van Duijnhoven, Jacqueline E. van der Wal, Menno Vriens, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde, Iris M. C. van der Ploeg

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Liquid biopsy using ascitic fluid and pleural effusion supernatants for genomic profiling in gastrointestinal and lung cancers

Huita Wu, Haonan Ji, Wenhui Yang, Min Zhang, Yifang Guo, Bangkai Li, Jiayin Wang, Rongrong Chen, Yuan Chen, Xin Wang

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The expression profiles of CD47 in the tumor microenvironment of salivary gland cancers: a next step in histology-driven immunotherapy

Michal Votava, Robin Bartolini, Linda Capkova, Jitka Smetanova, Vachtenheim Jiri Jr, Martin Kuchar, David Kalfert, Jan Plzak, Jirina Bartunkova, Zuzana Strizova

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Proteomics profiling identifies extracellular vesicles’ cargo associated with tumour cell induced platelet aggregation

Niamh McNamee, Laura Rodriguez de la Fuente, Maria Jose Santos-Martinez, Lorraine O’Driscoll

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Three-dimensional nuclear telomere architecture and differential expression of aurora kinase genes in chronic myeloid leukemia to measure cell transformation

Fábio Morato de Oliveira, Valderez Ravaglio Jamur, Lismeri Wuicik Merfort, Aline Rangel Pozzo, Sabine Mai

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Metformin regulates multiple signaling pathways within castration-resistant human prostate cancer cells

Emuejevoke Olokpa, Sammed N. Mandape, Siddharth Pratap, La Monica V. Stewart

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Comprehensive analysis of alternative polyadenylation regulators concerning CD276 and immune infiltration in bladder cancer

Ming Xiong, Wencheng Li, Longwang Wang, Liang Chen, Zhaohui Chen, Chengcheng Wei, Futian Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Gallina Kazobinka, Jun Zhao, Teng Hou

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Identification of TLN1 as a prognostic biomarker to effect cell proliferation and differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia

Di Cui, Xilong Cui, Xiaoliang Xu, Wenjing Zhang, Yu Yu, Yingxin Gao, Chuanzhong Mei, Weiwei Zheng

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Therapeutic efficacy of dose-reduced adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 in patients with pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study

Kazuki Kobayashi, Takahiro Einama, Yasuhiro Takihata, Naoto Yonamine, Ibuki Fujinuma, Takazumi Tsunenari, Keita Kouzu, Akiko Nakazawa, Toshimitsu Iwasaki, Hideki Ueno, Yoji Kishi

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LRIG2 regulates cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis of osteosarcoma

Zhi-Qiang Li, Wei-Jie Liao, Bo-Lin Sun, Zhi-Wen Luo, Nan-Shan Zhong, Jia-Bao Wu, Zhi-Li Liu, Jia-Ming Liu

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Novel lipometabolism biomarker for chemotherapy and immunotherapy response in breast cancer

Lei Zhang, Risheng She, Jianlin Zhu, Jin Lu, Yuan Gao, Wenhua Song, Songwang Cai, Lu Wang

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Comparison of response evaluation criteria in solid tumors and tumor regression grade in evaluating the effect of preoperative systemic therapy of gastric cancer

Ming-Yu Lai, Shi-Yang Kang, Yu-Ting Sun, Ting-Ting Quan, Shi-Xun Lu, Cai-Yun He, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Li-Qiong Yang, Hui-Yan Luo, Feng-Hua Wang, Yu-Hong Li, Rui-Hua Xu, Wen-Long Guan, Miao-Zhen Qiu

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The influence of baseline characteristics, treatment and depression on health-related quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma: a prospective observational study

Julia Fischer, Stefan Knop, Sophia Danhof, Hermann Einsele, Daniela Keller, Claudia Löffler

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Evaluating the efficacy and microenvironment changes of HER2 + gastric cancer during HLX02 and Endostar treatment using quantitative MRI

Jianye Liang, Wei Dai, Zhipeng Li, Xiangjing Liang, Mingjia Xiao, Chuanmiao Xie, Xinming Li

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Overall survival in patients with re-excision of positive microscopic margins of limb and trunk wall soft tissue sarcoma operated outside of a reference center: a nationwide cohort analysis

Francois Gouin, Eberhard Stoeckle, Charles Honoré, Mickael Ropars, Mehrdad Jafari, Jean Camille Mattei, Alexandre Rochwerger, Sébastien Carrere, Denis Waast, Gwenaël Ferron, Jean-Christophe Machiavello, Philippe Anract, Frédéric Marchal, François Sirveaux, Oren Marco, Jérôme Guiramand, Brice Paquette, Antonio Di Marco, Sylvain Causeret, Jean-Marc Guilloit, Pauline Soibinet, Dimitri Tzanis, Pierre Gimbergues, Fabrice Fiorenza, Franck Dujardin, Louis R. Le Nail, Jean-Christophe Ruzic, Claire Chemin-Airiau, Magali Morelle, Pierre Meeus, Marie Karanian, François Le Loarer, Gualter Vaz, Jean-Yves Blay

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Liquid biopsy for detecting epidermal growth factor receptor mutation among patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with afatinib: a multicenter prospective study

Hiroaki Fujii, Hideyuki Nagakura, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Sousuke Kubo, Katsushi Tanaka, Keisuke Watanabe, Nobuyuki Horita, Yu Hara, Masanori Nishikawa, Kenji Miura, Harumi Koizumi, Yu Ito, Motofumi Tsubakihara, Naoki Miyazawa, Makoto Kudo, Masaharu Shinkai, Takeshi Kaneko

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Development and validation of an ECM-related prognostic signature to predict the immune landscape of human hepatocellular carcinoma

Guozhi Wu, Yuan Yang, Rong Ye, Hanxun Yue, Huiyun Zhang, Taobi Huang, Min Liu, Ya Zheng, Yuping Wang, Yongning Zhou, Qinghong Guo

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Identification and validation of a fatty acid metabolism-related lncRNA signature as a predictor for prognosis and immunotherapy in patients with liver cancer

Erbao Chen, Jing Yi, Jing Jiang, Zhilin Zou, Yuqian Mo, Qingqi Ren, Zewei Lin, Yi Lu, Jian Zhang, Jikui Liu

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Identification of CPT2 as a prognostic biomarker by integrating the metabolism-associated gene signature in colorectal cancer

Jiaxin Liu, Yimin Li, Qing Xiao, Yuanyuan Li, Yuqian Peng, Yaqi Gan, Guang Shu, Hanxi Yi, Gang Yin

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Interaction of miR-200a-3p with YAP regulates cell proliferation and metastasis differentially in HPV-positive and HPV-negative cervical cancer cells

Hong Chen, Lingling Gu, Min Zhang, Huifen Chen, Hong Liao, Xueping Cao, Lu Yu, Jun Zhang

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EVI1 expression in early-stage breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Jonas Leichsenring, Valentina Vladimirova, Christine Solbach, Thomas Karn, Beyhan Ataseven, Bruno Valentin Sinn, Jana Barinoff, Volkmar Müller, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Christian Schem, Knut Engels, Frederik Marmé, Annette Fisseler-Eckhoff, Peter A. Fasching, Elmar Stickeler, Marion van Mackelenbergh, Carsten Denkert, Albrecht Stenzinger, Sibylle Loibl, Stefan Gröschel

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Adjuvant effect of IRES-based single-stranded RNA on melanoma immunotherapy

Hye Won Kwak, So-Hee Hong, Hyo-Jung Park, Hyeong-Jun Park, Yoo-Jin Bang, Jae-Yong Kim, Yu-Sun Lee, Seo-Hyeon Bae, Hyunho Yoon, Jae-Hwan Nam

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High expression of syndecan-4 is related to clinicopathological features and poor prognosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Yufei Zhu, Dijie Zheng, Linhan Lei, Kun Cai, Huahua Xie, Jian Zheng, Chao Yu

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Association of levels of metabolites with the safe margin of rectal cancer surgery: a metabolomics study

Shaopeng Zhang, Guoqiang Pan, Zhifeng Liu, Yuan Kong, Daguang Wang

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Lnc-SELPLG-2:1 enhanced osteosarcoma oncogenesis via hsa-miR-10a-5p and the BTRC cascade

Shiyuan Li, Ming Zeng, Lin Yang, Jianshao Tan, Jianqi Yang, Hongye Guan, Manyuan Kuang, Jiaying Li

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Overview and clinical significance of multiple mutations in individual genes in hepatocellular carcinoma

Taisuke Imamura, Yukiyasu Okamura, Keiichi Ohshima, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Teiichi Sugiura, Takaaki Ito, Yusuke Yamamoto, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Shimpei Otsuka, Sumiko Ohnami, Takeshi Nagashima, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Takashi Sugino, Kenichi Urakami, Yasuto Akiyama, Ken Yamaguchi

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Association between the efficacy and immune-related adverse events of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a retrospective study

Kana Kurokawa, Yoichiro Mitsuishi, Naoko Shimada, Yuta Kawakami, Keita Miura, Taichi Miyawaki, Tetsuhiko Asao, Ryo Ko, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Shibayama, Shuko Nojiri, Kazuhisa Takahashi

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Glycosylated haemoglobin and prognosis in 10,536 people with cancer and pre-existing diabetes: a meta-analysis with dose-response analysis

Suping Ling, Michael Sweeting, Francesco Zaccardi, David Adlam, Umesh T. Kadam

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Circulating levels of PCSK9, ANGPTL3 and Lp(a) in stage III breast cancers

Emilie Wong Chong, France-Hélène Joncas, Nabil G. Seidah, Frédéric Calon, Caroline Diorio, Anne Gangloff

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Clinical characteristics and prognosis analysis of uterine sarcoma: a single-institution retrospective study

Fang Wang, Xinyue Dai, Huijun Chen, Xiaoli Hu, Yuanqiu Wang

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Modifiable lifestyle factors have a larger contribution to colorectal neoplasms than family history

Shuyuan Wang, Zhen Yuan, Yuqi Wang, Xuanzhu Zhao, Weifeng Gao, Hongzhou Li, Yuanshun Zhao, Zili Zhang, Shuiqing Liang, Zhaoce Liu, Qinghuai Zhang, Hong Ma, Xipeng Zhang, Wei Cui, Chunze Zhang

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B7-H4 is a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in colorectal cancer and correlates with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Xiaotian Yan, Bo Hong, Jie Feng, Yuanqing Jin, Mengting Chen, Fugang Li, Yun Qian

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Treatment outcomes in recurrent versus de novo metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a real world study

Laura Miotke, Christopher Nevala-Plagemann, Jian Ying, Vaia Florou, Benjamin Haaland, Ignacio Garrido-Laguna

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Effects of urinary extracellular vesicles from prostate cancer patients on the transcriptomes of cancer-associated and normal fibroblasts

Lilite Sadovska, Pawel Zayakin, Cristina Bajo-Santos, Edgars Endzeliņš, Jānis Auders, Laura Keiša, Juris Jansons, Vilnis Lietuvietis, Aija Linē

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NSMCE2, a novel super-enhancer-regulated gene, is linked to poor prognosis and therapy resistance in breast cancer

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Richard Dillon, Shanna Maycock, Aimee Jackson, Sonia Fox, Sylvie Freeman, Charles Craddock, Catherine Thomas, Emma Homer, Jane Leahy, Anna Mamwell, Nicola Potter, Nigel Russell, Andrew Wei, Hans Beier Ommen, Claire Hemmaway, Steve Knapper, Lucinda Billingham

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A single center analysis of first-line treatment in advanced KRAS mutant non-small cell lung cancer: real-world practice

Yanxia Liu, Yuan Gao, Ying Wang, Cong Zhao, Zhiyun Zhang, Baolan Li, Tongmei Zhang

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The usefulness of the total metabolic tumor volume for predicting the postoperative recurrence of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Hayato Kaida, Takushi Yasuda, Osamu Shiraishi, Hiroaki Kato, Yutaka Kimura, Kohei Hanaoka, Minoru Yamada, Yuko Matsukubo, Masakatsu Tsurusaki, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Satoshi Hattori, Kazunari Ishii

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Epidemiologic patterns of biliary tract cancer in the United States: 2001–2015

Jill Koshiol, Binbing Yu, Shaum M. Kabadi, Katherine Baria, Rachna T. Shroff

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Protocol for the postoperative radiotherapy in N1 breast cancer patients (PORT-N1) trial, a prospective multicenter, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial of patients receiving breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy

Tae Hoon Lee, Ji Hyun Chang, Bum-Sup Jang, Jae Sik Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Won Park, Yong Bae Kim, Su Ssan Kim, Wonshik Han, Han-Byoel Lee, Kyung Hwan Shin

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The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment

Zhaoyang Yang, Hua Lin, Zhen Wang, Lulu Rong, Xuchen Zhang, Lin Wang, Jianjun Qin, Xuemin Xue, Yin Li, Liyan Xue

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Impact of GTF2H1 and RAD54L2 polymorphisms on the risk of lung cancer in the Chinese Han population

Tingting Geng, Miao Li, Rong Chen, Shuangyu Yang, Guoquan Jin, Tinabo Jin, Fulin Chen

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CX3CL1 promotes cell sensitivity to ferroptosis and is associated with the tumor microenvironment in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Qiming Gong, Zhiting Guo, Wenjuan Sun, Xiuri Du, Yan Jiang, Fahui Liu

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Prescreening of tumor samples for tumor-centric transcriptome analyses of lung adenocarcinoma

Nayoung Kim, Dasom Jeong, Areum Jo, Hye Hyeon Eum, Hae-Ock Lee

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Multiplexed immunofluorescence analysis of CAF-markers, EZH2 and FOXM1 in gastric tissue: associations with clinicopathological parameters and clinical outcomes

Hui Sun, Xin Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xu Wang, Cong Tan, Weiwei Weng, Meng Zhang, Shujuan Ni, Lei Wang, Dan Huang, Midie Xu, Weiqi Sheng

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The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study

Saxton JM, Pickering K, Wane S, Crank H, Anderson AS, Cain H, Cohen J, Copeland RJ, Gray J, Hargreaves J, McNally RJQ, Wilson C

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Impact of posttransplant cyclophosphamide on the outcome of patients undergoing unrelated single-unit umbilical cord blood transplantation for pediatric acute leukemia

Xin-Yu Li, Li-Ping Zhan, Dian-Dian Liu, Xia-Wei Han, Han Chen, Zheng-Zhou Wu, Yin Wang, Li-Ping Que, Xiao-Jun Wu, Su Liu, Kai-Mei Wang, Shao-Liang Huang, Jian-Pei Fang, Ke Huang, Hong-Gui Xu

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Comparison of clinicopathological features and prognostic significance between synchronous multiple primary and solitary esophageal squamous cell carcinomas

Yueyang Yang, Peng Tang, Mingquan Ma, Hongdian Zhang, Haitong Wang, Kai Zhu, Wanyi Xiao, Lei Gong, Zhentao Yu

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A multicenter real-world evidence study in the Swiss treatment landscape of chronic myeloid leukemia

Nathan Cantoni, Roberto Sommavilla, Patrick Seitz, Elisabeth Kulenkampff, Stefan Kahn, Jean-François Lambert, Adrian Schmidt, Reinhard Zenhaeusern, Stefan Balabanov

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Differential in vitro effects of targeted therapeutics in primary human liver cancer: importance for combined liver cancer

Ihtzaz Ahmed Malik, Mansi Rajput, Rieke Werner, Dorothea Fey, Niloofar Salehzadeh, Christine A. F. von Arnim, Jörg Wilting

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Quantifying substantial carcinogenesis of genetic and environmental factors from measurement error in the number of stem cell divisions

Xinhui Liu, Jifeng Yang, Hongkai Li, Qing Wang, Yuanyuan Yu, Xiaoru Sun, Shucheng Si, Lei Hou, Lu Liu, Fan Yang, Ran Yan, Yifan Yu, Zhentao Fu, Zilong Lu, Dejin Li, Hao Xue, Xiaolei Guo, Fuzhong Xue, Xiaokang Ji

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Identification and validation of methylated PENK gene for early detection of bladder cancer using urine DNA

Tae Jeong Oh, Eunkyung Lim, Bo-Ram Bang, Justin Junguek Lee, Yong Gil Na, Ju Hyun Shin, Jae Sung Lim, Ki Hak Song, Sungwhan An

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Dentate line invasion as a predictive factor of poor distant relapse-free survival in locally advanced lower rectal cancer with anal sphincter involvement

Maxiaowei Song, Hongzhi Wang, Lin Wang, Shuai Li, Yangzi Zhang, Jianhao Geng, Xianggao Zhu, Yongheng Li, Yong Cai, Weihu Wang

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Impact of fibrinogen levels and modified Glasgow prognostic score on survival of stage III/N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy and radical resection

Katharina Sinn, Berta Mosleh, Michael Grusch, Walter Klepetko, Konrad Hoetzenecker, Thomas Klikovits, Daniela Gompelmann, Mir Alireza Hoda

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Risk of cardiovascular diseases in cancer patients: A nationwide representative cohort study in Taiwan

Tzu-Lin Yeh, Min-Shu Hsu, Hsin-Yin Hsu, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Jing-Rong Jhuang, Chun-Ju Chiang, Wen-Chung Lee, Kuo-Liong Chien

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Trends in hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates among patients with lung cancer in Spain between 2010 and 2020

Abraham Galindo-Utrero, Jesús María San-Román-Montero, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel

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Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer

J. M. Saxton, K. Pickering, S. Wane, H. Humphreys, H. Crank, A. S. Anderson, H. Cain, J. Cohen, R. J. Copeland, J. Gray, J. Hargreaves, R. J. Q. McNally, C. Wilson

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CSP I-plus modified rEndostatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis via down-regulation of VEGFA and integrinβ1

Xueqin Chen, Yan Wang, Hancong Liu, Jingjing Zhang, Jie Wang, Xiaobao Jin, Yan Ma

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Management of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: recommendations of a panel of experts from the Brazilian Society of Mastology

Ruffo Freitas-Junior, Vilmar Marques de Oliveira, Antonio Luiz Frasson, Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante, Fabio Postiglione Mansani, André Mattar, Felipe Pereira Zerwes, Adriana Magalhães de Oliveira Freitas, Alessandra Borba Anton de Souza, Andrea P. Damin, Annamaria Massahud Rodrigues dos Santos, Carlos Alberto Ruiz, Clécio Ênio Murta de Lucena, Eduardo Camargo Millen, Fábio Bagnoli, Felipe Andrade, Frank Lane Braga Rodrigues, Gil Facina, Guilherme Novita, Jose Luiz Pedrini, José Pereira Guará, Leonardo Ribeiro Soares, Marcus Vinicius de Nigro Corpa, Mauro Passos, Nancy Cristina Ferraz de Lucena Ferreira, Nilceana Maya Aires Freitas, Rafael Henrique Szymanski Machado, Roberto Kepler da Cunha Amaral, Tomás Reinert, Vinicius Milani Budel

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Laparoscopic vs. open procedure for intermediate‑ and high‑risk endometrial cancer: a minimum 4-year follow-up analysis

Xing Zhou, Sitian Wei, Qingchun Shao, Jun Zhang, Rong Zhao, Rui Shi, Wei Zhang, Kejun Dong, Wan Shu, Hongbo Wang

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STEAP3 can predict the prognosis and shape the tumor microenvironment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Jiyue Wu, Qing Bi, Xiang Zheng, Huawei Cao, Changzhen Hao, Zejia Sun, Wei Wang

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Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant patchy ground-glass opacity by thin-section computed tomography

Zhang-rui Liang, Min Ye, Fa-jin Lv, Bin-jie Fu, Rui-yu Lin, Wang-jia Li, Zhi-gang Chu

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Exosomal lncRNA HOTAIR induce macrophages to M2 polarization via PI3K/ p-AKT /AKT pathway and promote EMT and metastasis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Jingting Wang, Nan Wang, Zeyu Zheng, Yanlu Che, Masanobu Suzuki, Satoshi Kano, Jianguang Lu, Peng Wang, Yanan Sun, Akihiro Homma

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Temporal and spatial characteristics of tumor evolution in a mouse model of oral squamous cell carcinoma

Yong Cao, Hao Dong, Guangyu Li, Huiping Wei, Cheng Xie, Yangjuan Tuo, Nian Chen, Dahai Yu

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Diagnostic value of circN4BP2L2 in type I and type II epithelial ovarian cancer

Li Ning, Jinghe Lang, Bo Long, Lingying Wu

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Artificial intelligence to guide precision anticancer therapy with multitargeted kinase inhibitors

Manali Singha, Limeng Pu, Brent A. Stanfield, Ifeanyi K. Uche, Paul J. F. Rider, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, J. Ramanujam, Michal Brylinski

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Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group, clinical phase II study to evaluate immunonutrition in improving efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, undergoing systematic nutritional counseling

Riccardo Caccialanza, Emanuele Cereda, Francesco Agustoni, Catherine Klersy, Amanda Casirati, Elisabetta Montagna, Simona Carnio, Silvia Novello, Michele Milella, Sara Pilotto, Ilaria Trestini, Lucio Buffoni, Alessandra Ferrari, Paolo Pedrazzoli

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TALASUR trial: a single arm phase II trial assessing efficacy and safety of TALazoparib and Avelumab as maintenance therapy in platinum-Sensitive metastatic or locally advanced URothelial carcinoma

Elodie Coquan, Bénédicte Clarisse, Justine Lequesne, Pierre-Emmanuel Brachet, Zoé Nevière, Emeline Meriaux, Isabelle Bonnet, Marie Castera, Nicolas Goardon, Jeremy Boutrois, Romain Travers, Florence Joly, Jean-Michel Grellard, Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin

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Prognostic model for overall survival that includes the combination of platelet count and neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio within the first six weeks of sunitinib treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Miki Takenaka Sato, Ayuki Ida, Yuki Kanda, Kaori Takano, Masayuki Ohbayashi, Noriko Kohyama, Jun Morita, Kohzo Fuji, Haruaki Sasaki, Yoshio Ogawa, Mari Kogo

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High mesothelin expression is correlated with non-squamous cell histology and poor survival in cervical cancer: a retrospective study

Shigemasa Takamizawa, Shu Yazaki, Yuki Kojima, Hiroshi Yoshida, Rui Kitadai, Tadaaki Nishikawa, Tatsunori Shimoi, Kazuki Sudo, Hitomi Sumiyoshi Okuma, Maki Tanioka, Emi Noguchi, Masaya Uno, Mitsuya Ishikawa, Tomoyasu Kato, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Kan Yonemori

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Favorable locoregional control in clinically node-negative hormone-receptor positive breast cancer with low 21-gene recurrence scores: a single-institution study with 10-year follow-up

Cihan Uras, Neslihan Cabioglu, Fatma Tokat, Ozlem Er, Halil Kara, Taner Korkmaz, Nuran Bese, Umit Ince

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Incidence and associated factors of cetuximab-induced hypersensitivity infusion reactions in 1392 cancer patients treated in four French areas: a possible association with Lyme disease?

M Dupont, Claire Carlier, C Gower-Rousseau, P Barbier-Lider, D Botsen, M Brasseur, A Burgevin, C Chourbagi, R D’Almeida, V Hautefeuille, M Hentzien, A Lambert, M Lamuraglia, S Lavau-Denes, A Lopez, D Parent, F Slimano, M Brugel, O Bouché

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Anticancer traits of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)-Natural Killer (NK) cells as novel approaches for melanoma treatment

Maryam Bahmanyar, Mohammad Kazem Vakil, Ghaidaa Raheem Lateef Al-Awsi, Seyed Amin Kouhpayeh, Yaser Mansoori, Behnam Mansoori, Ali Moravej, Abdulbaset Mazarzaei, Abdolmajid Ghasemian

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Molecular subgrouping of medulloblastoma in pediatric population using the NanoString assay and comparison with immunohistochemistry methods

Joo Whan Kim, Sung-Hye Park, Seung Ah Choi, Seung-Ki Kim, Eun Jung Koh, Jae-Kyung Won, Sun Mo Nam, Ji Hoon Phi

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Optimization of a laparoscopic procedure for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma based on the concept of “waiting time”: a preliminary report

Cheng-Yu Liao, Dan-Feng Wang, Bin-Hua Jiang, Long Huang, Tian-Sheng Lin, Fu-Nan Qiu, Song-Qiang Zhou, Yao-Dong Wang, Xiao-Chun Zheng, Yi-Feng Tian, Shi Chen

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The validity of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus S-1 is not inferior to that of SOX regimen for locally advanced gastric cancer: an observational study

Chenghai Zhang, Binghong Wu, Hong Yang, Zhendan Yao, Nan Zhang, Fei Tan, Maoxing Liu, Kai Xu, Lei Chen, Jiadi Xing, Ming Cui, Xiangqian Su

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Correction: EZH2 mutations at diagnosis in follicular lymphoma: a promising biomarker to guide frontline treatment

C. Martínez-Laperche, L. Sanz-Villanueva, F. J. Díaz Crespo, P. Muñiz, R. Martín Rojas, D. Carbonell, M. Chicano, J. Suárez-González, J. Menárguez, M. Kwon, J. L. Diez Martín, I. Buño, M. Bastos Oreiro

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Effectiveness of educational intervention on women’s participation to cervical cancer screening: a quasi-experimental study based on PEN-3 model

Niloofar Seyrafi, Atefeh Homayuni, Zahra Hosseini, Teamur Aghamolaei, Amin Ghanbarnejad, Ali Mouseli

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Increased prevalence of human papillomavirus in fresh tissue from penile cancers compared to non-malignant penile samples: a case-control study

Sinja Kristiansen, Carina Bjartling, Christian Torbrand, Diane Grelaud, Martin Lindström, Åke Svensson, Ola Forslund

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Comprehensive analysis of ID genes reveals the clinical and prognostic value of ID3 expression in acute myeloid leukemia using bioinformatics identification and experimental validation

Qi Zhao, Yun Wang, Di Yu, Jia-Yan Leng, Yangjing Zhao, Mingqiang Chu, Zijun Xu, Hao Ding, Jingdong Zhou, Tingjuan Zhang

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The predictive ability of routinely collected laboratory markers for surgically treated spinal metastases: a retrospective single institution study

Zhehuang Li, Lingling Huang, Bairu Guo, Peng Zhang, Jiaqiang Wang, Xin Wang, Weitao Yao

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Prevalence of immune-related adverse events and anti-tumor efficacy following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in Japanese patients with various solid tumors

Yuki Yoshikawa, Michio Imamura, Masami Yamauchi, C. Nelson Hayes, Hiroshi Aikata, Wataru Okamoto, Yoshihiro Miyata, Morihito Okada, Noboru Hattori, Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Yukio Yoshioka, Shigeaki Toratani, Masaaki Takechi, Tatsuo Ichinohe, Tsutomu Ueda, Sachio Takeno, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideki Ohdan, Jun Teishima, Michihiro Hide, Yasushi Nagata, Yoshiki Kudo, Koji Iida, Kazuaki Chayama

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Prognostic ability of lung immune prognostic index in limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Bochen Sun, Qing Hou, Yu Liang, Shuqin Xue, Ningning Yao, Lijuan Wei, Xin Cao, Hongwei Li, Hongwei Si, Jianzhong Cao

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Induction TPF followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in locally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer: a preliminary analysis of a randomized phase 2 trial

Xi Luo, Xiaodong Huang, Jingwei Luo, Jianping Xiao, Kai Wang, Yuan Qu, Xuesong Chen, Ye Zhang, Runye Wu, Jingbo Wang, Jianghu Zhang, Guozhen Xu, Li Gao, Shaoyan Liu, Xiaolei Wang, Xiaohui He, Dehong Luo, Junlin Yi

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Patient reported outcomes based on EQ-5D-5L questionnaires in head and neck cancer patients: a real-world study

Tanja Sprave, Eleni Gkika, Vivek Verma, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Raluca Stoian

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Classification prediction of pancreatic cystic neoplasms based on radiomics deep learning models

Wenjie Liang, Wuwei Tian, Yifan Wang, Pan Wang, Yubizhuo Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Shijian Ruan, Jiayuan Shao, Xiuming Zhang, Danjiang Huang, Yong Ding, Xueli Bai

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CT Scans and Cancer Risks: A Systematic Review and Dose-response Meta-analysis

Chun-Feng Cao, Kun-Long Ma, Hua Shan, Tang-Fen Liu, Si-Qiao Zhao, Yi Wan, Jun-Zhang, Hai-Qiang Wang

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Sorafenib inhibits interferon production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells in hepatocellular carcinoma

Xinning Zhang, Yong Xu, Guodong Zhao, Rong Liu, Haisheng Yu

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Obese mammary tumour-bearing mice are highly sensitive to doxorubicin-induced hepatotoxicity

Megan Sedeman, Claudia Christowitz, Louis de Jager, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht

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Radiomics-based prediction of response to immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment for solid cancers using computed tomography: a real-world study of two centers

Yang Yu, Yuping Bai, Peng Zheng, Na Wang, Xiaobo Deng, Huanhuan Ma, Rong Yu, Chenhui Ma, Peng Liu, Yijing Xie, Chen Wang, Hao Chen

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Prediction of radiosensitivity and radiocurability using a novel supervised artificial neural network

Zihang Zeng, Maoling Luo, Yangyi Li, Jiali Li, Zhengrong Huang, Yuxin Zeng, Yu Yuan, Mengqin Wang, Yuying Liu, Yan Gong, Conghua Xie

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The expression characteristics and clinical significance of ACP6, a potential target of nitidine chloride, in hepatocellular carcinoma

Li Gao, Dan-Dan Xiong, Xia Yang, Jian-Di Li, Rong-Quan He, Zhi-Guang Huang, Ze-Feng Lai, Li-Min Liu, Jia-Yuan Luo, Xiu-Fang Du, Jiang-Hui Zeng, Ming-Fen Li, Sheng-Hua Li, Yi-Wu Dang, Gang Chen

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Surveillance Strategy after Curative Resection for Oesophageal Squamous Cell Cancer Using the Hazard Function

Kyohei Kanematsu, Yozo Kudose, Daichi Utsunomiya, Kentaro Kubo, Yusuke Fujii, Daisuke Kurita, Koshiro Ishiyama, Junya Oguma, Hiroyuki Daiko

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Risk stratification of lateral neck recurrence for patients with pN1a papillary thyroid cancer

Siyuan Xu, Hui Huang, Ying Huang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengang Xu, Shaoyan Liu, Jie Liu

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Predictors of adherence and the role of primary non-adherence in antihormonal treatment of breast cancer

Ida Dragvoll, Anna M. Bofin, Håvard Søiland, Gunnar Taraldsen, Monica Jernberg Engstrøm

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Dopamine receptor D3 is related to prognosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma and inhibits tumor growth

Yan Yan, Yonghua Chen, Jiahao Pan, Wei Xing, Qiang Li, Yan Wang, Liba Gei, Yunfei Yuan, Jingdun Xie, Weian Zeng, Dongtai Chen

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Prognostic value of a modified systemic inflammation score in breast cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Cong Jiang, Yuting Xiu, Xiao Yu, Kun Qiao, Shiyuan Zhang, Yuanxi Huang

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Early prediction of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy combining DCE-MRI and apparent diffusion coefficient values in breast Cancer

Xinhong Liang, Xiaofeng Chen, Zhiqi Yang, Yuting Liao, Mengzhu Wang, Yulin Li, Weixiong Fan, Zhuozhi Dai, Yunuo Zhang

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Oral mycobiota and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Ailin Wei, Huiling Zhao, Xue Cong, Linyao Wang, Yiyang Chen, Juxiang Gou, Ziyi Hu, Xiuying Hu, Yali Tian, Ka Li, Yufeng Deng, Haojiang Zuo, Mei Rosemary Fu

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Aesthetic Reconstruction of Onco-surgical Mandibular Defects Using Free Fibular Flap with and without CAD/CAM Customized Osteotomy Guide: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Mohammed Esmail Al-Sabahi, Omer Mohammed Jamali, Mostafa Ibrahim Shindy, Basma Gamal Moussa, Ayman Abdel-Wahab Amin, Mohamed Hamdallah Zedan

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Genetic variant in miR-17-92 cluster binding sites is associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in Chinese population

Yi Shen, Yi Shao, Xiaoli Ruan, Lingyan Zhu, Zhaoping Zang, Tong Wei, Rena Nakyeyune, Wenqiang Wei, Fen Liu

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Targeting integrated stress response with ISRIB combined with imatinib treatment attenuates RAS/RAF/MAPK and STAT5 signaling and eradicates chronic myeloid leukemia cells

Wioleta Dudka, Grazyna Hoser, Shamba S. Mondal, Laura Turos-Korgul, Julian Swatler, Monika Kusio-Kobialka, Magdalena Wołczyk, Agata Klejman, Marta Brewinska-Olchowik, Agata Kominek, Milena Wiech, Marcin M. Machnicki, Ilona Seferynska, Tomasz Stoklosa, Katarzyna Piwocka

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Long-term results of postoperative unsuspected small cell lung cancer on real-world data

Juntang Guo, Leilei Shen, Zhipeng Ren, Yang Liu, Chaoyang Liang

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Prognostic value and outcome for acute lymphocytic leukemia in children with MLL rearrangement: a case-control study

Kun-yin Qiu, Dun-hua Zhou, Xiong-yu Liao, Ke Huang, Yang Li, Hong-gui Xu, Wen-jun Weng, Lu-hong Xu, Jian-pei Fang

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Pembrolizumab in combination with gemcitabine for patients with HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: GEICAM/2015–04 (PANGEA-Breast) study

L. de la Cruz-Merino, M. Gion, J. Cruz, JL. Alonso-Romero, V. Quiroga, F. Moreno, R. Andrés, M. Santisteban, M. Ramos, E. Holgado, J. Cortés, E. López-Miranda, A. Cortés, F. Henao, N. Palazón-Carrión, L. M. Rodriguez, I. Ceballos, A. Soto, A. Puertes, M. Casas, S. Benito, M. Chiesa, S. Bezares, R. Caballero, C. Jiménez-Cortegana, V. Sánchez-Margalet, F. Rojo

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Daily irradiation versus irradiation at two- to three-day intervals in stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with 1-5 brain metastases: study protocol for a multicenter open-label randomized phase II trial

Natsuo Tomita, Hiromichi Ishiyama, Chiyoko Makita, Yukihiko Ohshima, Aiko Nagai, Fumiya Baba, Mayu Kuno, Shinya Otsuka, Takuhito Kondo, Chikao Sugie, Tatsuya Kawai, Taiki Takaoka, Dai Okazaki, Akira Torii, Masanari Niwa, Nozomi Kita, Seiya Takano, Shogo Kawakami, Masayuki Matsuo, Tomoyasu Kumano, Makoto Ito, Sou Adachi, Souichiro Abe, Takayuki Murao, Akio Hiwatashi

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Study protocol of the TEC-ORL clinical trial: a randomized comparative phase II trial investigating the analgesic activity of capsaicin vs Laroxyl in head and neck Cancer survivors presenting with neuropathic pain sequelae

Antoine Boden, Amélie Lusque, Sabrina Lodin, Marie Bourgouin, Valérie Mauries, Christelle Moreau, Amandine Fabre, Muriel Mounier, Muriel Poublanc, Nathalie Caunes-Hilary, Thomas Filleron

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Characteristics and chronologically changing patterns of late-onset breast cancer in Korean women of age ≥ 70 years: A hospital based-registry study

Hyun-June Paik, Suk Jung Kim, Ku Sang Kim, Yongsuk Kim, Se Kyung Lee, Su Hwan Kang, Jeong Joon, Hyun Jo Youn

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Combination of smoking and Epstein-Barr virus DNA is a predictor of poor prognosis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a long-term follow-up retrospective study

Wanxia Li, Chao Yang, Feipeng Zhao, Junzheng Li, Zonghua Li, Ping Ouyang, Xiaofei Yuan, Shuting Wu, Yue Yuan, Linchong Cui, Huiru Feng, Danfan Lin, Zilu Chen, Juan Lu, Xiaohong Peng, Jing Chen

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Role of IDO expression in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy

Chie Takasu, Masaaki Nishi, Kozo Yoshikawa, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshihiro Nakao, Hideya Kashihara, Yuma Wada, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Shohei Okikawa, Shoko Yamashita, Mitsuo Shimada

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The co-development of personalised 10-year breast cancer risk communications: a ‘think-aloud’ study

Louise S. Gorman, Helen Ruane, Victoria G. Woof, Jake Southworth, Fiona Ulph, D. Gareth Evans, David P. French

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MiR-214-3p targets Ras-related protein 14 (RAB14) to inhibit cellular migration and invasion in esophageal Cancer cells

Pornima Phatak, Whitney M. Burrows, Timothy Michael Creed, Mariam Youssef, Goo Lee, James M. Donahue

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TG2 as a novel breast cancer prognostic marker promotes cell proliferation and glycolysis by activating the MEK/ERK/LDH pathway

Dahai Xu, Ning Xu, Liang Sun, Zhaoying Yang, Miao He, Youjun Li

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with international federation of gynecology and obstetrics stages IB3 and IIA2 cervical cancer: a multicenter prospective trial

Yingjie Hu, Yingyan Han, Yuanming Shen, Jing Chen, Yaheng Chen, Yile Chen, Junying Tang, Min Xue, Li Hong, Wenjun Cheng, Danbo Wang, Zhiqing Liang, Yifeng Wang, Qinghua Zhang, Hui Xing, Yu Zhang, Cunjian Yi, Zhiying Yu, Youguo Chen, Manhua Cui, Cailing Ma, Hongying Yang, Ruizhen Li, Ping Long, Yu Zhao, Pengpeng Qu, Guangshi Tao, Lihua Yang, Sufang Wu, Zhihua Liu, Ping Yang, Weiguo Lv, Xing Xie, Ding Ma, Hui Wang, Kezhen Li

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A prognostic nomogram to predict survival in elderly patients with small-cell lung cancer: a large population-based cohort study and external validation

Guangrong Lu, Jiajia Li, Yejiao Ruan, Yuning Shi, Xuchao Zhang, Yushan Xia, Zheng Zhu, Jiafeng Lin, Lili Li

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TWIST1 activates cancer stem cell marker genes to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumorigenesis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Sima Ardalan Khales, Sina Mozaffari-Jovin, Dirk Geerts, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

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Nomogram for prediction of prolonged postoperative ileus after colorectal resection

Zhenmeng Lin, Yangming Li, Jiansheng Wu, Huizhe Zheng, Chunkang Yang

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Expression of hub genes of endothelial cells in glioblastoma-A prognostic model for GBM patients integrating single-cell RNA sequencing and bulk RNA sequencing

Songyun Zhao, Wei Ji, Yifan Shen, Yuansheng Fan, Hui Huang, Jin Huang, Guichuan Lai, Kemiao Yuan, Chao Cheng

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Construction and case study of a novel lung cancer risk index

Ali Faghani, Lei Guo, Margaret E. Wright, M. Courtney Hughes, Mahdi Vaezi

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Speckle-type POZ protein could play a potential inhibitory role in human renal cell carcinoma

Zhi Chen, Zuan Li, Chunlin Li, Bingcai Li, Haojian Wang, Deyong Nong, Ximing Li, Guihai Huang, Junhao Lin, Wei Li

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Prostate-specific membrane antigen expression predicts recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma after total thyroidectomy

Young Jae Ryu, Soo Young Lim, Yong Min Na, Min Ho Park, Seong Young Kwon, Ji Shin Lee

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ATBF1 is a potential diagnostic marker of histological grade and functions via WNT5A in breast cancer

Mei Li, Yanan Zheng, Xujun Li, Xiaohan Shen, Tingxia Zhang, Bowen Weng, Haijiao Mao, Jiyuan Zhao

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Immunohistochemical analysis of Tn antigen expression in colorectal adenocarcinoma and precursor lesions

Gabrielle E. Dombek, Ana Sofia Ore, Jane Cheng, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Jonathan N. Glickman, Aaron Fleishman, Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Vitaliy Y. Poylin, Anne Fabrizio, Thomas Cataldo, Evangelos Messaris, Richard D. Cummings

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Notch signaling pathway: a comprehensive prognostic and gene expression profile analysis in breast cancer

Hassan Yousefi, Afshin Bahramy, Narges Zafari, Mahsa Rostamian Delavar, Khoa Nguyen, Atousa Haghi, Tahmineh Kandelouei, Cecilia Vittori, Parham Jazireian, Sajad Maleki, Danyal Imani, Amin Moshksar, Amirreza Bitaraf, Sadegh Babashah

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Transcription factor c-Jun modulates GLUT1 in glycolysis and breast cancer metastasis

Ping Zhu, Guoping Liu, Xue Wang, Jingjing Lu, Yue Zhou, Shuyi Chen, Yabiao Gao, Chaofu Wang, Jerry Yu, Yangbai Sun, Ping Zhou

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Automatic segmentation of hepatic metastases on DWI images based on a deep learning method: assessment of tumor treatment response according to the RECIST 1.1 criteria

Xiang Liu, Rui Wang, Zemin Zhu, Kexin Wang, Yue Gao, Jialun Li, Yaofeng Zhang, Xiangpeng Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiaoying Wang

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Complications of radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for cervical cancer: a 10-year single-centre clinical observational study

Huang Jing, Wu Xiuhong, Yu Ying, Cheng Xiyun, Luo Deping, Shen Changmei, Wang Qi, Peng Tao, Pan Yiyun

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Patterns and prognostic predictive value of perineural invasion in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yu Ma, Jie Chen, Xi Yao, Zhenzhen Li, Wensheng Li, Hongtao Wang, Jianfei Zhu

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Simplification of dosimetry in 90Y-radioembolization therapy by dual planar images

Mohammad Abuqbeitah, Özgür Taylan Akdağ, Mustafa Demir, Sertaç Asa, Kerim Sönmezoğlu

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PRState: Incorporating genetic ancestry in prostate cancer risk scores for men of African ancestry

Meghana S. Pagadala, Joshua A. Linscott, James V. Talwar, Tyler M. Seibert, Brent Rose, Julie Lynch, Matthew Panizzon, Richard Hauger, Moritz H. Hansen, Jesse D. Sammon, Matthew H. Hayn, Karim Kader, Hannah Carter, Stephen T. Ryan

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MYBL2 regulates de novo purine synthesis by transcriptionally activating IMPDH1 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Jun-Zhang Zhao, Wei Wang, Tao Liu, Lei Zhang, De-Zheng Lin, Jia-Yin Yao, Xiang Peng, Gang Jin, Tian-Tian Ma, Jin-Bo Gao, Fang Huang, Jun Nie, Qing Lv

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IMAGENE trial: multicenter, proof-of-concept, phase II study evaluating the efficacy and safety of combination therapy of niraparib with PD-1 inhibitor in solid cancer patients with homologous recombination repair genes mutation

Taigo Kato, Nobuaki Matsubara, Masaki Shiota, Masatoshi Eto, Takahiro Osawa, Takashige Abe, Nobuo Shinohara, Yota Yasumizu, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Mototsugu Oya, Koshiro Nishimoto, Takuji Hayashi, Masashi Nakayama, Takahiro Kojima, Kenjiro Namikawa, Takao Fujisawa, Susumu Okano, Eisuke Hida, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hideaki Bando, Takayuki Yoshino, Norio Nonomura

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HPV vaccination leads to decrease of anogenital warts and precancerous lesions of the cervix uteri in young women with low vaccination rates: a retrospective cohort analysis

Vanesa Osmani, Sandra Fett, Martin Tauscher, Ewan Donnachie, Antonius Schneider, Stefanie J. Klug

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SPARKLE: a new spark in treating oligorecurrent prostate cancer: adding systemic treatment to stereotactic body radiotherapy or metastasectomy: key to long-lasting event-free survival?

Kato Rans, Berghen Charlien, Ameye Filip, De Hertogh Olivier, den Hartog Julie, Draulans Céderic, Dumez Herlinde, Engels Benedikt, Goffin Karolien, Laenen Annouschka, Liefhooghe Nick, Poels Kenneth, Salembier Carl, Slabbaert Koen, Vandendriessche Hans, Vanneste Ben, Joniau Steven, De Meerleer Gert

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A phase II single arm study of Nivolumab with stereotactic Ablative radiation Therapy after induction chemotherapy in CHOlangiocarcinoma (NATCHO)

Charbel Elias, Youssef H. Zeidan, Youssef Bouferraa, Deborah Mukherji, Sally Temraz, Maya Charafeddine, Monita Al Darazi, Ali Shamseddine

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Detection and genomic analysis of BRAF fusions in Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma through the combination and integration of multi-omic data

Melissa Zwaig, Audrey Baguette, Bo Hu, Michael Johnston, Hussein Lakkis, Emily M. Nakada, Damien Faury, Nikoleta Juretic, Benjamin Ellezam, Alexandre G. Weil, Jason Karamchandani, Jacek Majewski, Mathieu Blanchette, Michael D. Taylor, Marco Gallo, Claudia L. Kleinman, Nada Jabado, Jiannis Ragoussis

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The multitarget fecal immunochemical test versus the fecal immunochemical test for programmatic colorectal cancer screening: a cross-sectional intervention study with paired design

P. H. A. Wisse, W. de Klaver, F. van Wifferen, L. Meiqari, M. Bierkens, M. J. E. Greuter, B. Carvalho, M. E. van Leerdam, M. C. W. Spaander, E. Dekker, V. M. H. Coupé, M. de Wit, G. A. Meijer

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Renal and hepatic artery embolization with Pickering gel emulsion of lipiodol in rabbit

Hongsen Zhang, Yanqiao Ren, Han Li, Chuansheng Zheng, Kun Qian

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Downstaging and survival after Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer in Norway; a population-based study

Christina Tanem Møller, Nathalie C. Støer, Augun Blindheim, Viktor Berge, Gunnar Tafjord, Sophie D. Fosså, Bettina Kulle Andreassen

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Patient-reported outcomes in individuals with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with ripretinib in the fourth-line setting: analysis from the phase 3 INVICTUS trial

Patrick Schöffski, Suzanne George, Michael C. Heinrich, John R. Zalcberg, Sebastian Bauer, Hans Gelderblom, César Serrano, Robin L. Jones, Steven Attia, Gina D’Amato, Ping Chi, Peter Reichardt, Claus Becker, Kelvin Shi, Julie Meade, Rodrigo Ruiz-Soto, Jean-Yves Blay, Margaret von Mehren

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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the number of newly diagnosed cancer patients and examinations and surgeries performed for cancer in Japan: a nationwide study

Takeshi Terashima, Hiroshi Konishi, Yasunori Sato, Muneki Igarashi, Takafumi Yanagibashi, Ryo Konno, Hideyuki Saya, Yuichiro Doki, Tadao Kakizoe

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SCARA5 induced ferroptosis to effect ESCC proliferation and metastasis by combining with Ferritin light chain

Yanqun Liu, Rong Xiong, Ting Xiao, Li Xiong, Jialin Wu, Junfeng Li, Gang Feng, Guiqin Song, Kang Liu

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Performance of Sonoelastography for predicting malignancy in soft tissue

Sylvain Bodard, Louis Lassalle, Frédérique Larousserie, Sylvain Guinebert, Thomas Hacquart, Raphael Campagna, David Biau, Noreddine Regnard, Antoine Feydy

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Safety and short-term outcomes of gastrectomy after preoperative chemotherapy plus immunotherapy versus preoperative chemotherapy: a retrospective cohort study

Yinkui Wang, Xiaokang Lei, Fei Shan, Shuangxi Li, Yongning Jia, Rulin Miao, Kan Xue, Zhemin Li, Jiafu Ji, Ziyu Li

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Phase I prospective trial of TAS-102 (trifluridine and tipiracil) and radioembolization with 90Y resin microspheres for chemo-refractory colorectal liver metastases

Nicholas Fidelman, Chloe E. Atreya, Madeline Griffith, M. Alexandra Milloy, Julia Carnevale, Pelin Cinar, Alan P. Venook, Katherine Van Loon

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Cognitive assessment in patients treated by immunotherapy: the prospective Cog-Immuno trial

Marie Lange, Bénédicte Clarisse, Alexandra Leconte, Kléouforo-Paul Dembélé, Justine Lequesne, Celeste Nicola, Martine Dubois, Laurence Derues, Yori Gidron, Hélène Castel, Florence Joly

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Factors associated with positive cancer screening for the uterine cervix and breast in Jakarta Province, Indonesia: a cross-sectional study

Lady Margaretha Febriany Sirait, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Yunosuke Suzuki, Endang Sri Wahyuningsih, Dwi Oktavia, Widyastuti, Souphalak Inthaphatha, Kimihiro Nishino, Eiko Yamamoto

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Concordance between single-nucleotide polymorphism–based genomic instability assays and a next-generation sequencing–based homologous recombination deficiency test

Razvan Cristescu, Xiao Qiao Liu, Gladys Arreaza, Cai Chen, Andrew Albright, Ping Qiu, Matthew J. Marton

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A novel inflammation-nutrition biomarker score for predicting prognosis of patients with cancer: results from a multicenter study

Hailun Xie, Guotian Ruan, Lishuang Wei, Heyang Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yizhong Ge, Shiqi Lin, Mengmeng Song, Xi Zhang, Xiaoyue Liu, Xiaowei Zhang, Xiangrui Li, Kangping Zhang, Ming Yang, Meng Tang, Li Deng, Hanping Shi

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Initial treatment is associated with improved survival and end-of-life outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer: a cohort study

Rishad Khan, Misbah Salim, Peter Tanuseputro, Amy T. Hsu, Natalie Coburn, Julie Hallet, Robert Talarico, Paul D. James

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Autophagy inhibition and reactive oxygen species elimination by acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1 through fused in sarcoma protein to promote prostate cancer

Jingqian Guan, Xizi Jiang, Yaoxing Guo, Wenhui Zhao, Ji Li, Yizhuo Li, Ming Cheng, Lin Fu, Yue Zhao, Qingchang Li

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Rationale and protocol design of a phase II study of first-line osimertinib treatment for patients with poor performance status and EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (OPEN/TORG2040)

Tomoya Fukui, Jiichiro Sasaki, Satoshi Igawa, Akiko Kada, Toshiki I. Saito, Yoshihito Kogure, Hiroaki Okamoto, Katsuhiko Naoki

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Oncogenic KRAS alters splicing factor phosphorylation and alternative splicing in lung cancer

April Lo, Maria McSharry, Alice H. Berger

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Prognostic significance of preoperative prognostic immune and nutritional index in patients with stage I–III colorectal cancer

Hailun Xie, Lishuang Wei, Mingxiang Liu, Yanren Liang, Guanghui Yuan, Shunhui Gao, Qiwen Wang, Xin Lin, Shuangyi Tang, Jialiang Gan

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Association of CYP24A1 with survival and drug resistance in clinical cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Rui Zeng, Hua Li, Lingyan Jia, Sau Har Lee, Rilei Jiang, Yujia Zhang, Xudong Hu, Tingjie Ye, Xiaoling Wang, Xiaofeng Yan, Yanlin Lu, Zhumei Sun, Jiatuo Xu, Wei Xu

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Acute skin toxicity of conventional fractionated versus hypofractionated radiotherapy in breast cancer patients receiving regional node irradiation: the real-life prospective multicenter HYPOBREAST cohort

Marie Bruand, Julia Salleron, Sébastien Guihard, Charles Marchand Crety, Xavier Liem, David Pasquier, Assia Lamrani-Ghaouti, Claire Charra-Brunaud, Didier Peiffert, Jean-Baptiste Clavier, Emmanuel Desandes, Jean-Christophe Faivre

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Galectin-9 expression clinically associated with mature dendritic cells infiltration and T cell immune response in colorectal cancer

Yang Wang, Ruizhi Zheng, Yanhui Zhang, Yuhong Guo, Zhenzhen Hui, Peijing Wang, Yan Sun

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A cervical cancer biorepository for pharmacogenomics research in Zimbabwe

Oppah Kuguyo, Nyasha Chambwe, Charles F. B. Nhachi, Nomsa Tsikai, Collet Dandara, Alice Matimba

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A phase II study of daily encorafenib in combination with biweekly cetuximab in patients with BRAF V600E mutated metastatic colorectal cancer: the NEW BEACON study

Martina Eriksen, Per Pfeiffer, Kristoffer Staal Rohrberg, Christina Westmose Yde, Lone Nørgård Petersen, Laurids Østergaard Poulsen, Camilla Qvortrup

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Feasibility of edoxaban for asymptomatic cancer-associated thrombosis in Japanese patients with gastrointestinal cancer: ExCAVE study

Michio Nakamura, Atsushi Ishiguro, Masayoshi Dazai, Yasuyuki Kawamoto, Satoshi Yuki, Susumu Sogabe, Ayumu Hosokawa, Kentaro Sawada, Osamu Muto, Naoki Izawa, Koji Nakashima, Yoshiki Horie, Masataka Yagisawa, Shinya Kajiura, Takayuki Ando, Yosuke Mitsuhashi, Yu Sunakawa, Yasuka Kikuchi, Yoshito Komatsu

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Effect of EGFR amplification on the prognosis of EGFR-mutated advanced non–small-cell lung cancer patients: a prospective observational study

Duanyang Peng, Pingan Liang, Congying Zhong, Peng Xu, Yanqing He, Yuxi Luo, Xia Wang, Anwen Liu, Zhimin Zeng

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Chemoradiotherapy with concurrent durvalumab for the palliative treatment of oligometastatic oesophageal and gastrooesophageal carcinoma with dysphagia: a single arm phase II clinical trial (PALEO, sponsored by the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group)

Fiona Day, Swetha Sridharan, James Lynam, Craig Gedye, Catherine Johnson, Allison Fraser, Stephen R. Thompson, Michael Michael, Trevor Leong, Amitesh Roy, Mahesh Kumar, Andre van der Westhuizen, Gaik T. Quah, Hiren Mandaliya, Girish Mallesara, Joshua Sappiatzer, Christopher Oldmeadow, Jarad Martin

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Establishing a whole blood CD4+ T cell immunity measurement to predict response to anti-PD-1

Ou Yamaguchi, Kazuyuki Atarashi, Kenichi Yoshimura, Ayako Shiono, Atsuhito Mouri, Fuyumi Nishihara, Yu Miura, Kosuke Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Hitoshi Uga, Nobuo Seki, Tomoko Matsushima, Norihiro Kikukawa, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kyoichi Kaira, Hiroshi Kagamu

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Pharmacogenetics of chemotherapy treatment response and -toxicities in patients with osteosarcoma: a systematic review

Evelien G. E. Hurkmans, Annouk C. A. M. Brand, Job A. J. Verdonschot, D. Maroeska W. M. te Loo, Marieke J. H. Coenen

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Determinants of cervical cancer screening utilization among women attending health facilities of Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia

Tilahun Assefa, Mastewal Arefaynie, Wondwosen Mebratu, Anissa Mohammed, Elsabeth Addisu, Natnael Kebede

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Concurrent definitive chemoradiation incorporating intensity-modulated radiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in high risk locally advanced cervical squamous cancer: a phase II study

Gong-yi Zhang, Rong Zhang, Ping Bai, Shu-min Li, Yuan-yuan Zhang, Yi-ran Chen, Man-ni Huang, Ling-ying Wu

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Self-assembled DNA nanostructure containing oncogenic miRNA-mediated cell proliferation by downregulation of FOXO1 expression

Avishek Kar, Kanchan Kumari, Sandip K. Mishra, Umakanta Subudhi

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Effect of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on prevention of microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA: a randomized controlled trial

Na Young Kim, Jae Hyeon Park, Jimyung Park, Nakwon Kwak, Sun Mi Choi, Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jaeyoung Cho

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Interactions of the chemokines CXCL11 and CXCL12 in human tumor cells

Christian Koch, Nina Charlotte Fischer, Malte Puchert, Jürgen Engele

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Treatment outcomes of cetuximab-containing regimen in locoregional recurrent and distant metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Tien-Hua Chen, Yi-Ying Pan, Tsung-Lun Lee, Ling-Wei Wang, Shyh-Kuan Tai, Pen-Yuan Chu, Wen-Liang Lo, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Muh-Hwa Yang, Peter Mu-Hsin Chang

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HERPUD1 promotes ovarian cancer cell survival by sustaining autophagy and inhibit apoptosis via PI3K/AKT/mTOR and p38 MAPK signaling pathways

Xin Nie, Dawo Liu, Mingjun Zheng, Xiao Li, Ouxuan Liu, Qian Guo, Liancheng Zhu, Bei Lin

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Evaluating the prognostic value of CD56 in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Tianqi Liang, Zhiyong Peng, Chunfu Li, Junbin Huang, Huabin Wang, Chaoke Bu, Jian Li, Yongzhi Zheng, Xiaoqin Feng, Huiping Li, Chun Chen

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Long term trends of breast cancer incidence according to proliferation status

Elise Klæstad, Signe Opdahl, Sunil Xavier Raj, Anna Mary Bofin, Marit Valla

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Prostate cancers in men under the age of 50: about a series in Togo, Sub-Saharan Africa

Tchin Darré, Toukilnan Djiwa, Tchilabalo Matchonna Kpatcha, Essodina Padja, Gado Napo-Koura, Tchin DARRE

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Clinicopathological findings, prognosis, and Epstein–Barr virus infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients with other iatrogenic immunodeficiency-associated T- and NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorders

Shoichi Kimura, Yumi Oshiro, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masanori Kadowaki, Masao Ogata, Tsutomu Daa, Toshifumi Sakata, Shigeto Kawauchi, Ziyao Wang, Yasushi Takamatsu, Morishige Takeshita

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A comprehensive study based on exosome-related immunosuppression genes and tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

Zhan Yang, Xinmiao Li, Chaoran Pan, Yifei Li, Lifan Lin, Yan Jin, Jianjian Zheng, Zhengping Yu

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Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer evaluation of 1,3-bistetrahydrofuran-2yl-5-FU as a potential agent for pancreatic cancer

Nkafu Bechem Ndemazie, Andriana Inkoom, Dexter Ebesoh, Raviteja Bulusu, Esther Frimpong, Jose Trevino, Bo Han, Xue Zhu, Edward Agyare

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A pan-cancer analysis of the oncogenic role of ERCC6L

Zhimin Lu, Lihong Fei, Guoxin Hou

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Correction: Comparing efficacy and safety of P013, a proposed pertuzumab biosimilar, with the reference product in HER2-positive breast cancer patients: a randomized, phase III, equivalency clinical trial

Abolghasem Allahyari, Ali Ehsanpour, Behrouz Najafi, Nafseh Ansarinejad, Valiollah Mehrzad, Behjat Kalantari, Jahangir Raafat, Mojtaba Ghadiany, Farhad Shahi, Behrooz Gharib, Vahid Moazed, Adnan Khosravi, Mir Hossein Mirpour, Sina Salari, Seyedmohammadreza Mortazavizadeh, Amirabbas Nekoyi, Mohsen Khani, Alireza Sadeghi, Sirus Gharib, Alireza Bary, Mehrzad Mirzania, Shirin Haghighat, Seyed Mohsen Razavi, Seyed Amir Hossein Emami, Mehran Hosseinzadeh, Mahdi Mirbolouk, Sanambar Sadighi, Abdolali Shahrasbi, Ali Esfahani, Masoumeh Gity, Nassim Anjidani, Hamidreza Kaf, Safa Najaf

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Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients with CD56 expression benefit more from autologous stem cell transplantation

Chuanying Geng, Huixing Zhou, Huijuan Wang, Yanchen Li, Yun Leng, Zhiyao Zhang, Yuan Jian, Guangzhong Yang, Wenming Chen

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Methionine regulates self-renewal, pluripotency, and cell death of GIC through cholesterol—rRNA axis

Kiyotaka Yokogami, Taisei Kikuchi, Takashi Watanabe, Yasutaka Nakatake, Shinji Yamashita, Asako Mizuguchi, Hideo Takeshima

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Increased HRD score in cisplatin resistant penile cancer cells

Ria Winkelmann, Katrin Bankov, Claudia Döring, Jaroslav Cinatl, Sebastian Grothe, Florian Rothweiler, Martin Michaelis, Christina Schmitt, Peter J. Wild, Melanie Demes, Jindrich Cinatl Jr., Stefan Vallo

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Finding My Way-Advanced: can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve the mental quality of life for women with metastatic breast cancer vs attention-control? Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Lisa Beatty, Emma Kemp, Phyllis Butow, Afaf Girgis, Nicholas Hulbert-Williams, Billingsley Kaambwa, Penelope Schofield, Jane Turner, Richard Woodman, Frances Boyle, Anthony Daly, Amanda Jones, Belinda Kiely, Nicholas Zdenkowski, Bogda Koczwara

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Overexpression of CENPL mRNA potentially regulated by miR-340-3p predicts the prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients

Zhongyuan Cui, Ling Du, Jielong Wang, Zhongzhuan Li, Jiehong Xu, Shiyu Ou, Dongliang Li, Shasha Li, Hanfang Hu, Gang Chen, Zhixian Wu

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High MICAL1 expression correlates with cancer progression and immune infiltration in renal clear cell carcinoma

Yixing Yang, Fengwen Ye, Tianxiang Xia, Qianwen Wang, Jun Du

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Neoadjuvant docetaxel and capecitabine (TX) versus docetaxel and epirubicin (TE) for locally advanced or early her2-negative breast cancer: an open-label, randomized, multi-center, phase II Trial

Houpu Yang, Ling Xu, Shan Guan, Xiaopeng Hao, Zhicheng Ge, Fuzhong Tong, Yingming Cao, Peng Liu, Bo Zhou, Lin Cheng, Miao Liu, Hongjun Liu, Fei Xie, Siyuan Wang, Yuan Peng, Chaobin Wang, Shu Wang

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Early postoperative decrease of skeletal muscle mass predicts recurrence and poor survival after surgical resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

Sho Yasuta, Motokazu Sugimoto, Masashi Kudo, Shin Kobayashi, Shinichiro Takahashi, Masaru Konishi, Naoto Gotohda

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Eczema as a protective factor for brain cancer: a meta-analysis

Yun Zhu, Yirong Teng, Shuangyan Xu, Yinde Xu, Boheng Zhu, Weimin Yan, Jie Liu

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Metabolic abnormalities and survival among patients with non-metastatic breast cancer

Alexa S. Zimbalist, Bette J. Caan, Wendy Y. Chen, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Deborah A. R. Dillon, Charles Quesenberry, Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano

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Immunohistochemical expression of PD-L1 and its correlation with microsatellite status in endometrial and ovarian clear cell carcinomas: a cross-sectional study

Dorsa Ghasemi, Fereshteh Ameli, Fatemeh Nili, Ramtin Edjtemaei, Shahrzad Sheikhhasani

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Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy or best supportive care in patients with localized pancreatic cancer not receiving chemotherapy and surgery (PANCOSAR): a nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial according to a TwiCs design

D. Doppenberg, M. G. Besselink, C. H. J. van Eijck, M. P. W. Intven, B. Groot Koerkamp, G. Kazemier, H. W. M. van Laarhoven, M. Meijerink, I. Q. Molenaar, J. J. M. E. Nuyttens, R. van Os, H. C. van Santvoort, G. van Tienhoven, H. M. Verkooijen, E. Versteijne, J. W. Wilmink, F. J. Lagerwaard, A. M. E. Bruynzeel

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Mainstream germline genetic testing in men with metastatic prostate cancer: design and protocol for a multicenter observational study

Michiel Vlaming, Eveline M. A. Bleiker, Inge M. van Oort, Lambertus A. L. M. Kiemeney, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems

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Conversion of unresponsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibition by fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with metastatic melanoma: study protocol for a randomized phase Ib/IIa trial

J. S. W. Borgers, F. H. Burgers, E. M. Terveer, M. E. van Leerdam, C. M. Korse, R. Kessels, C. C. Flohil, C. U. Blank, T. N. Schumacher, M. van Dijk, J. G. E. Henderickx, J. J. Keller, H. W. Verspaget, E. J. Kuijper, J. B. A. G. Haanen

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SPP1 is a prognostic related biomarker and correlated with tumor-infiltrating immune cells in ovarian cancer

Wen Gao, Dongli Liu, Haiyan Sun, Zhuyan Shao, Peipei Shi, Tingting Li, Sheng Yin, Tao Zhu

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A phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of preoperative versus postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with surgically resectable brain metastases

Subhadip Das, Salman Faruqi, Robert Nordal, Yves Starreveld, John Kelly, Gregory Bowden, John Amanie, Alysa Fairchild, Gerald Lim, Shaun Loewen, Lindsay Rowe, Carla Wallace, Sunita Ghosh, Samir Patel

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Intense endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) / IRE1α enhanced Oxaliplatin efficacy by decreased ABCC10 in colorectal cancer cells

Xiaohui Liu, Bo Wu, Hong Chen, Haimei Sun, Xiaoxia Guo, Tingyi Sun, Deshan Zhou, Shu Yang

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A new model of preoperative systemic inflammatory markers predicting overall survival of osteosarcoma: a multicenter retrospective study

Xianying Huang, Yongjin Liu, Weifeng Liang, Kai Luo, Yiwu Qin, Feicui Li, Tianyu Xie, Haibiao Qin, Juliang He, Qingjun Wei

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Mendelian randomization study of causal link from gut microbiota to colorectal cancer

Jing-Jing Ni, Xiao-Song Li, Hong Zhang, Qian Xu, Xin-Tong Wei, Gui-Juan Feng, Min Zhao, Zi-Jia Zhang, Lei Zhang, Gen-Hai Shen, Bin Li

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