BMC Cancer

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.

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.

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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| 20 June 2018

Treatment outcomes in metastatic and localized high-grade salivary gland cancer: high chance of cure with surgery and post-operative radiation in T1–2 N0 high-grade salivary gland cancer

Authors: Jeon Yeob Jang, Nayeon Choi, Young-Hyeh Ko, Man Ki Chung, Young-Ik Son, Chung-Hwan Baek, Kwan-Hyuck Baek and Han-Sin Jeong
Content type: Research article
| 20 June 2018

Induction therapy with paclitaxel and bevacizumab followed by switch maintenance therapy with eribulin in Japanese patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, collaborative, open-label, phase II clinical study for the SBCCSG 35 investigators

Authors: Kenichi Inoue, Jun Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Saito, Kei Kimizuka and Masafumi Kurosumi
Content type: Research article
| 20 June 2018

WDR5 supports colon cancer cells by promoting methylation of H3K4 and suppressing DNA damage

Authors: Beth K. Neilsen, Binita Chakraborty, Jamie L. McCall, Danielle E. Frodyma, Richard L. Sleightholm, Kurt W. Fisher and Robert E. Lewis
Content type: Research article
| 20 June 2018

HIF1-alpha expressing cells induce a hypoxic-like response in neighbouring cancer cells

Authors: Hannah Harrison, Henry J. Pegg, Jamie Thompson, Christian Bates and Paul Shore
Content type: Research article
| 19 June 2018

Effects of local anesthetics on breast cancer cell viability and migration

Authors: Ru Li, Chunyun Xiao, Hengrui Liu, Yujie Huang, James P. Dilger and Jun Lin

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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
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

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
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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Treatment outcomes in metastatic and localized high-grade salivary gland cancer: high chance of cure with surgery and post-operative radiation in T1–2 N0 high-grade salivary gland cancer

Induction therapy with paclitaxel and bevacizumab followed by switch maintenance therapy with eribulin in Japanese patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, collaborative, open-label, phase II clinical study for the SBCCSG 35 investigators

WDR5 supports colon cancer cells by promoting methylation of H3K4 and suppressing DNA damage

HIF1-alpha expressing cells induce a hypoxic-like response in neighbouring cancer cells

Effects of local anesthetics on breast cancer cell viability and migration

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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