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NEW: Viral carcinogenesis

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NEW: Altered DNA repair mechanisms in tumorigenesis

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NEW: Applications of ctDNA and liquid biopsies in precision oncology

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New Content Item Identification of DUSP4/6 overexpression as a potential rheostat to NRAS-induced hepatocarcinogenesis

New Content Item The survivin-ran inhibitor LLP-3 decreases oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis and growth of neuroblastoma cells

New Content Item Synergistic lethality in chronic myeloid leukemia – targeting oxidative phosphorylation and unfolded protein response effectively complements tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment

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A multicenter noninferior randomized controlled study of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone versus sentinel lymph node biopsy plus lymphadenectomy for patients with stage I endometrial cancer, INSEC trial concept

Authors: Yanglong Guo, Lu Sun, Xi Chen, Qiang Wen, Zhuyan Shao, Xuedong Tang, XiaoJun Shi, Jinyu Wang, Yingli Zhang and Tao Zhu

Content type: Study protocol 2 December 2023
Hepatocellular carcinoma immune prognosis score predicts the clinical outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors

Authors: Rujia Zhang, Haoran Zhao, Peng Wang, Zuoming Guo, Chunxun Liu and Zhaowei Qu

Content type: Research 1 December 2023
Temporal trends in age- and stage-specific incidence of colorectal adenocarcinomas in Germany

Authors: Annika Waldmann, Pia Borchers and Alexander Katalinic

Content type: Research 1 December 2023
Construction of a prognostic risk score model based on the ARHGAP family to predict the survival of osteosarcoma

Authors: Wenda Liu, Kezhou Xia, Di Zheng, Xinghan Huang, Zhun Wei, Zicheng Wei and Weichun Guo

Content type: Research 1 December 2023
CYP4B1 polymorphisms and the risk of breast cancer in Chinese women: a case-control study

Authors: Yanhai Yin, Liangqian Tong, Zhenling Wan, Yanfang Sui, Fen Li, Qian Huang and Xinhan Zhao

Content type: Research 1 December 2023

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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
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
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

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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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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 in broad areas of cancer research including molecular and cellular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials. Learn more about our scope here.

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Gastric Cancer Awareness Month runs for the whole of November. We hope you will enjoy reading the following study protocol recently published in BMC Cancer designed to prospectively identify 'oligo-metastatic disease', with the aim of proposing novel therapeutic approaches and monitoring strategies.

New Content Item Oligo-metastatic neoPlasms from the gastro-intestinal tract: iDentIfiCaTIon of cliNical and molecular drivers: the PREDICTION study

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A multicenter noninferior randomized controlled study of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone versus sentinel lymph node biopsy plus lymphadenectomy for patients with stage I endometrial cancer, INSEC trial concept

Hepatocellular carcinoma immune prognosis score predicts the clinical outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors

Temporal trends in age- and stage-specific incidence of colorectal adenocarcinomas in Germany

Construction of a prognostic risk score model based on the ARHGAP family to predict the survival of osteosarcoma

CYP4B1 polymorphisms and the risk of breast cancer in Chinese women: a case-control study

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

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

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

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