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New! Lung cancer in never-smokers

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Cancer nanomedicine

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New Content Item Can circulating microRNAs predict colorectal cancer? Results from a nested case–control study of pre-diagnostic serum samples from two prospective biobanks

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New Content Item Establishment of a novel mouse model of colorectal cancer by orthotopic transplantation

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Female breast cancer classification using immunohistochemistry biomarkers staining in Botswana

Authors: Andrew Khulekani Ndlovu, Ishmael Kasvosve, Patricia S. Rantshabeng, Kirthana Sharma, Dhiren Govender and Richard Naidoo

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Gross histopathological features and treatment outcomes of ameloblastoma at Khartoum teaching dental hospital: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Authors: Saba Eltayeb Mohammed Ahmed, Nourelhoda Alim, Fatema Akhter, Tahsinul Haque, Mohamed Abdelwahab Higzi, Raghad Abdullah Altassan, Aseel Tariq Aboaljadayel, Mohammed Saad Alqarni, Sally Elhaddad, Tasnia Habib, Turki Thaar AlQahtani, Nuha Abdalla Osman Mustafa and Abdullah Alanazi

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Effect of breast cancer surgery on levels of depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Fatemeh Movahed, Masoud Dehbozorgi, Saba Goodarzi, Fatemeh Esmaeilpur Abianeh, Razman Arabzadeh Bahri and Arman Shafiee

Content type: Systematic Review 19 May 2025
Integrating single-cell and bulk RNA profiles to uncover glutamine metabolism’s role in prognosis and immune dynamics in multiple myeloma

Authors: Fei Zhao and Feifei Che

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
HPV integration status conversion and CIN2 + cancer risk stratification based on HPV integration levels among HPV integration-positive women: a 1-year follow-up study

Authors: Kexin Li, Fanwei Huang, Tao Zhang, Fan Yang, Weitao Duan, Shimin Chen, Ting Hu and Xiaoyuan Huang

Content type: Research 19 May 2025

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M1 and M2 macrophages derived from THP-1 cells differentially modulate the response of cancer cells to etoposide

Authors: Marie Genin, Francois Clement, Antoine Fattaccioli, Martine Raes and Carine Michiels

Content type: Research article 8 August 2015
Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority

Authors: Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Lee Knifton, Kathryn A. Robb, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi and Daniel J. Smith

Content type: Debate 11 October 2019
An electronic application for rapidly calculating Charlson comorbidity score

Authors: William H Hall, Ramanathan Ramachandran, Samir Narayan, Ashesh B Jani and Srinivasan Vijayakumar

Content type: Software 20 December 2004
Does colon cancer ever metastasize to bone first? a temporal analysis of colorectal cancer progression

Authors: Eira S Roth, David T Fetzer, Bruce J Barron, Usha A Joseph, Isis W Gayed and David Q Wan

Content type: Research article 7 August 2009
Resveratrol suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer through TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway mediated Snail/E-cadherin expression

Authors: Qing Ji, Xuan Liu, Zhifen Han, Lihong Zhou, Hua Sui, Linlin Yan, Haili Jiang, Jianlin Ren, Jianfeng Cai and Qi Li

Content type: Research article 5 March 2015

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Targeted Therapies for Cancer
Guest edited by Prof. Min Li and Dr. Yanis Boumber
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Microbiome and Cancer
Guest edited by Christopher Staley, Jacques Ravel, Sean Devlin
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Cross journal collection: Advances in CAR-T immunotherapy
Guest edited by Profs Marko Radic, Djordje Atanackovic and Tim Luetkens
Collection published: 30 June 2020

Cross journal collection: Precision Oncology
Collection published: 28 August 2019

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The COUP-1 trial: A phase II study of the PI3K inhibitor copanlisib in combination with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab for patients with marginal zone lymphoma

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

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

OncoSNIPE® Study: Molecular profiles associated with development of resistance in solid cancer patients

The CRCbiome study: a large prospective cohort study examining the role of lifestyle and the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer screening participants

SPARC study: A sexual rehabilitation intervention for women with gynaecological cancer receiving radiotherapy

MULISARC trial: molecular profiling of advanced soft-tissue sarcomas

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

The ISCON-trial : laparoscopic ischemic conditioning prior to esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer and arterial calcifications

The HoSAGE Trial: sarcopenia in older patient with intermediate/high-risk prostate cancer, prevalence and incidence after androgen deprivation therapy

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Female breast cancer classification using immunohistochemistry biomarkers staining in Botswana

Gross histopathological features and treatment outcomes of ameloblastoma at Khartoum teaching dental hospital: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Effect of breast cancer surgery on levels of depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Integrating single-cell and bulk RNA profiles to uncover glutamine metabolism’s role in prognosis and immune dynamics in multiple myeloma

HPV integration status conversion and CIN2 + cancer risk stratification based on HPV integration levels among HPV integration-positive women: a 1-year follow-up study

M1 and M2 macrophages derived from THP-1 cells differentially modulate the response of cancer cells to etoposide

Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority

An electronic application for rapidly calculating Charlson comorbidity score

Does colon cancer ever metastasize to bone first? a temporal analysis of colorectal cancer progression

Resveratrol suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer through TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway mediated Snail/E-cadherin expression

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