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Systematic reviews, with or without meta-analysis, play an important role today in synthesizing cancer research and are frequently used to guide decision-making. With a focus on cancer, first author, Prof Kelley, provides a practical, stepwise approach for systematically reviewing the literature and publishing the results.

BMC Cancer: In support of World Cancer Day

New Content Item To mark World Cancer Day, BMC Cancer would like to highlight some highly accessed and fascinating research on breast cancer and cancer survivorship. In recognition of the importance of such topics BMC Cancer is delighted to announce its new section on "supportive therapy, survivorship and psychosocial oncology".

Call for papers: The Advances of CAR Immunotherapy within Oncology Clinics

New Content Item BMC Cancer and BMC Biotechnology are delighted to announce the launch of a new cross-journal thematic series focused on the emerging field of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Immunotherapy, which will review and feature the role of synthetic biology and gene engineering in CAR Immunotherapy, but also the advances of CAR Immunotherapy within oncology clinics.

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Content type: Research article
| 25 May 2018

Identification of genes inducing resistance to ionizing radiation in human rectal cancer cell lines: re-sensitization of radio-resistant rectal cancer cells through down regulating NDRG1

Authors: Soon-Chan Kim, Young-Kyoung Shin, Ye-Ah Kim, Sang-Geun Jang and Ja-Lok Ku
Content type: Research article
| 25 May 2018

IΚΚε cooperates with either MEK or non-canonical NF-kB driving growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells in different contexts

Authors: Carrie D. House, Valentina Grajales, Michelle Ozaki, Elizabeth Jordan, Helmae Wubneh, Danielle C. Kimble, Jana M. James, Marianne K. Kim and Christina M. Annunziata
Content type: Research article
| 25 May 2018

High expression of forkhead box protein C2 is associated with aggressive phenotypes and poor prognosis in clinical hepatocellular carcinoma

Authors: Yuki Shimoda, Yasunari Ubukata, Tadashi Handa, Takehiko Yokobori, Takayoshi Watanabe, Dolgormaa Gantumur, Kei Hagiwara, Takahiro Yamanaka, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Akira Watanabe, Norio Kubo, Kenichiro Araki, Norifumi Harimoto, Ayaka Katayama, Toshiaki Hikino…
Content type: Research article
| 25 May 2018

A Phase I clinical trial of EUS-guided intratumoral injection of the oncolytic virus, HF10 for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Authors: Yoshiki Hirooka, Hideki Kasuya, Takuya Ishikawa, Hiroki Kawashima, Eizaburo Ohno, Itzel B. Villalobos, Yoshinori Naoe, Toru Ichinose, Nobuto Koyama, Maki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kodera and Hidemi Goto
Content type: Research article
| 25 May 2018

Erlotinib as single agent first line treatment in locally advanced or metastatic activating EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma (CEETAC): an open-label, non-randomized, multicenter, phase IV clinical trial

Authors: Zsolt Markóczy, Veronika Sárosi, Iveta Kudaba, Gabriella Gálffy, Ülkü Yilmaz Turay, Ahmet Demirkazik, Gunta Purkalne, Attila Somfay, Zsolt Pápai-Székely, Erzsébet Rásó and Gyula Ostoros

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Content type: Research article
| 5 March 2015

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 October 2015

Functional analyses of ATM, ATR and Fanconi anemia proteins in lung carcinoma

Authors: Jan H. Beumer, Katherine Y. Fu, Bean N. Anyang, Jill M. Siegfried and Christopher J. Bakkenist
Content type: Research article
| 24 July 2014

Time trends in municipal distribution patterns of cancer mortality in Spain

Authors: Gonzalo López-Abente, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Marina Pollán, Javier García-Pérez, Rebeca Ramis and Pablo Fernández-Navarro
Content type: Case report
| 2 October 2012

Li-Fraumeni syndrome with simultaneous osteosarcoma and liver cancer: Increased expression of a CD44 variant isoform after chemotherapy

Authors: Go J Yoshida, Yasushi Fuchimoto, Tomoo Osumi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Seiichi Hosaka, Hideo Morioka, Makio Mukai, Yohei Masugi, Michiie Sakamoto and Tatsuo Kuroda
Content type: Research article
| 30 July 2014

E-cadherin loss alters cytoskeletal organization and adhesion in non-malignant breast cells but is insufficient to induce an epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Authors: Augustine Chen, Henry Beetham, Michael A Black, Rashmi Priya, Bryony J Telford, Joanne Guest, George A R Wiggins, Tanis D Godwin, Alpha S Yap and Parry J Guilford

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BMC Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of cancer research, including the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers. The journal welcomes submissions concerning molecular and cellular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials.

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Alexandros Houssein, BioMed Central

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Yanis Boumber, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Ken Herrmann, Universitätsklinikum Essen
Manami Inoue, National Cancer Center
Alan Lefor, Jichi Medical University
Christophe Nicot, Kansas University Medical Center
Roberto Passera, University of Torino
Stephen Povoski, The Ohio State University
Dirk Vordermark, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Stephen P. Povoski, Consulting Editor

Stephen P. Povoski, MD is Professor of Surgery and Surgical Oncologist at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and Comprehensive Cancer Center of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Cancer as a Section Editor in 2012, and was awarded the 2015 Section Editor of the Year Award from among the 290 BioMed Central journals. Since 2017, he has served as a Consulting Editor for BMC Cancer.

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Identification of genes inducing resistance to ionizing radiation in human rectal cancer cell lines: re-sensitization of radio-resistant rectal cancer cells through down regulating NDRG1

IΚΚε cooperates with either MEK or non-canonical NF-kB driving growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells in different contexts

High expression of forkhead box protein C2 is associated with aggressive phenotypes and poor prognosis in clinical hepatocellular carcinoma

A Phase I clinical trial of EUS-guided intratumoral injection of the oncolytic virus, HF10 for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Erlotinib as single agent first line treatment in locally advanced or metastatic activating EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma (CEETAC): an open-label, non-randomized, multicenter, phase IV clinical trial

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

Functional analyses of ATM, ATR and Fanconi anemia proteins in lung carcinoma

Time trends in municipal distribution patterns of cancer mortality in Spain

Li-Fraumeni syndrome with simultaneous osteosarcoma and liver cancer: Increased expression of a CD44 variant isoform after chemotherapy

E-cadherin loss alters cytoskeletal organization and adhesion in non-malignant breast cells but is insufficient to induce an epithelial-mesenchymal transition

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Stephen P. Povoski, Consulting Editor

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