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And the winner is... Immunotherapy!

New Content Item Follow Nobel Prize laureates James P. Allison's and Tasuku Honjo's footsteps and experience the genesis of a new field of cancer therapy. BMC Cancer Editorial Board Member Dr. Sheng Guo from Pittsburgh University takes us on an exciting journey of discovery...

Call for papers: Precision Oncology

New Content Item We are pleased to announce a new cross-journal thematic series on ‘Precision Oncology’ across a number of BMC journals within the oncology portfolio to help bring together the latest research on precision oncology.

The thematic series is now open for submission of original research and review articles.

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.

Content type: Research article
| 17 January 2019

Fascin-1 enhances experimental osteosarcoma tumor formation and metastasis and is related to poor patient outcome

Authors: Matthias J. Arlt, Aleksandar Kuzmanov, Jess G. Snedeker, Bruno Fuchs, Unai Silvan and Adam A. Sabile
Content type: Research article
| 17 January 2019

Podoplanin (PDPN) affects the invasiveness of thyroid carcinoma cells by inducing ezrin, radixin and moesin (E/R/M) phosphorylation in association with matrix metalloproteinases

Authors: Justyna Sikorska, Damian Gaweł, Hanna Domek, Magdalena Rudzińska and Barbara Czarnocka
Content type: Research article
| 17 January 2019

Age-related changes in the BACH2 and PRDM1 genes in lymphocytes from healthy donors and chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Authors: Vu Luan Dang Chi, Soizic Garaud, Pushpamali De Silva, Vincent Thibaud, Basile Stamatopoulos, Mimoune Berehad, Chunyan Gu-Trantien, Mohammad Krayem, Hugues Duvillier, Jean-Nicolas Lodewyckx, Karen Willard-Gallo, Catherine Sibille and Dominique Bron
Content type: Research article
| 17 January 2019

Cancer-related concerns and needs among young adults and children on cancer treatment in Tanzania: a qualitative study

Authors: Thecla W. Kohi, Louise von Essen, Golden M. Masika, Maria Gottvall and Justine Dol
Content type: Research article
| 17 January 2019

Does guideline non-adherence result in worse clinical outcomes for hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in premenopausal women?: result of an institution database from South Korea

Authors: Hee Kyung Kim, Soo-Hyeon Lee, Yu Jin Kim, Song Ee Park, Han Sang Lee, Sung Won Lim, Jang Ho Cho, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck Im, Jong Han Yu and Yeon Hee Park

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| 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
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| 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
| 7 August 2009

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

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Featured review: Gallbladder cancer: review of a rare orphan gastrointestinal cancer with a focus on populations of New Mexico

Gallbladder cancer is a rare malignancy of the biliary tract with a poor prognosis, frequently presenting at an advanced stage. While rare in the United States overall, gallbladder cancer has an elevated incidence in geographically distinct locations of the globe including Chile, North India, Korea, Japan and the state of New Mexico in the United States. Rama R. Gullapalli, Associate Editor for BMC Cancer provides this review.

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Featured review: A stepwise approach to constructing systematic reviews

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.

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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.

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In recognition, the Editors across a number of BMC oncology journals have curated a compilation of articles highlighting the latest research in cervical cancer. We have further created a Cervical Cancer Quiz to test your your cervical cancer knowledge. Think you are an expert? Go for it!

Sections

Cell and molecular biology

Epidemiology, prevention and public health

Experimental therapeutics and drug development

Genetics, genomics and epigenetics

Infection, immunity and cancer vaccines

Medical and radiation oncology

Surgical oncology, cancer imaging, and interventinal therapeutics

Systems biology, post-genomic analysis and emerging technologies

Translational oncology

Supportive therapy, survivorship and psychosocial oncology

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Lessons learned and best practices from the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria

13 December 2018

Editor

Linda Gummlich, BioMedical Central, UK

Consulting Editors

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
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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Fascin-1 enhances experimental osteosarcoma tumor formation and metastasis and is related to poor patient outcome

Podoplanin (PDPN) affects the invasiveness of thyroid carcinoma cells by inducing ezrin, radixin and moesin (E/R/M) phosphorylation in association with matrix metalloproteinases

Age-related changes in the BACH2 and PRDM1 genes in lymphocytes from healthy donors and chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Cancer-related concerns and needs among young adults and children on cancer treatment in Tanzania: a qualitative study

Does guideline non-adherence result in worse clinical outcomes for hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in premenopausal women?: result of an institution database from South Korea

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

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

Featured review: Gallbladder cancer: review of a rare orphan gastrointestinal cancer with a focus on populations of New Mexico

Featured video: Microparticles, breast cancer's secret weapon?

Featured review: A stepwise approach to constructing systematic reviews

Aims and scope

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Sections

BMC Series blog

Highlights of the BMC series: December 2018

Succeeding as a woman in biomedical engineering

Lessons learned and best practices from the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria

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Consulting Editors

Stephen P. Povoski, Consulting Editor

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