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Featured article: Microparticles mediate immune evasion

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Microparticles shed by multidrug resistant breast cancer cells can incapacitate macrophages so that they can be destroyed by engulfment. This mechanism may ensure the survival of cancer cells and allow their distant spread, by providing a permissive environment for secondary tumour colonisation.

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Featured review: Molecular chess, hallmarks of anti-cancer drug resistance

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The development of resistance to anti-cancer drugs is an ongoing problem which makes relapse inevitable for many cancer patients. Ian Cree and Peter Charlton review the known mechanisms leading to the acquisition of resistance, and discuss the importance of developing personalised therapeutic strategies to overcome it.

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1. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   Jing Yu, Lian Liu, Yue Zhang, Jia Wei and Fan Yang

   Published on: 14 April 2017
2. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Serum low-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein expression level at diagnosis are favorable prognostic factors in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)

   Ting Zhou, Jianhua Zhan, Wenfeng Fang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yunpeng Yang, Xue Hou, Zhonghan Zhang, Xiaobo He, Yaxiong Zhang, Yan Huang and Li Zhang

   Published on: 14 April 2017
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Down-regulated expression of OPCML predicts an unfavorable prognosis and promotes disease progression in human gastric cancer

   Xiangbin Xing, Weibin Cai, Sanmei Ma, Yongfei Wang, Huijuan Shi, Ming Li, Jinxia Jiao, Yang Yang, Longshan Liu, Xiangliang Zhang and Minhu Chen

   Published on: 14 April 2017
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Overview of cancer incidence and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for HAART use and NADM development

   Connie G. Chiu, Danielle Smith, Kate A. Salters, Wendy Zhang, Steve Kanters, David Milan, Julio S.G. Montaner, Andy Coldman, Robert S. Hogg and Sam M. Wiseman

   Published on: 14 April 2017
5. CASE REPORT

   Alpha–fetoprotein elevation in NUT midline carcinoma: a case report

   Lorenzo D’Ambrosio, Erica Palesandro, Marina Moretti, Giuseppe Pelosi, Alessandra Fabbri, Fabrizio Carnevale Schianca, Massimo Aglietta and Giovanni Grignani

   Published on: 13 April 2017

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