Effect of microwave ablation treatment of hepatic malignancies on serum cytokine levels
Microwave ablation (MWA) is widely used to treat unresectable primary and secondary malignancies of the liver, and a limited number of studies indicate that ablation can cause not only necrosis at the in situ ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:812Epidemiological features and survival outcomes in patients with malignant pulmonary blastoma: a US population-based analysis
Pulmonary blastoma (PB) is a rare lung primary malignancy with poorly understood risk factors and prognosis. We sought to investigate the epidemiologic features and long-term outcomes of PB.BMC Cancer 2020 20:811Outcomes of prior cervical cytology and HR-HPV testing in women subsequently diagnosed with CIN1, CIN2/3, and invasive cervical cancer: a 4-year routine clinical experience after implementation of systematic training and quality control programs
In 2013, Jinan KingMed Diagnostics (JKD) first established a systematic cervical cytology training and quality control (QC) program in Shandong Province, China. We compared the efficacy of high-risk human papi...BMC Cancer 2020 20:810The impact of order with radiation therapy in stage IIIA pathologic N2 NSCLC patients: a population-based study
The aim of this study was to investigate the optimal order of radiation therapy in patients affected by stage IIIA pathologic N2 (IIIA/N2) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to identify its potential risk ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:809Effectiveness of intravitreal chemotherapy-assisted endoresection in monocular patients with group D retinoblastoma
This study aimed to determine the efficacy and complications of intravitreal chemotherapy-assisted endoresection for refractory International Classification of Retinoblastoma (ICRB) group D retinoblastoma in m...BMC Cancer 2020 20:808Is opium use associated with an increased risk of lung cancer? A case-control study
In recent years, lung cancer (LC) incidence has increased in Iran. The use of opium and its derivatives (O&D) has increased as well. This study aimed to investigate the association between the use of O&D and L...BMC Cancer 2020 20:807Thoracic radiotherapy plus Durvalumab in elderly and/or frail NSCLC stage III patients unfit for chemotherapy - employing optimized (hypofractionated) radiotherapy to foster durvalumab efficacy: study protocol of the TRADE-hypo trial
Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic concepts. In particular, there is still a lack of treatment strategies for the group o...BMC Cancer 2020 20:806The CanMoRe trial – evaluating the effects of an exercise intervention after robotic-assisted radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer: the study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Patients who have undergone radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer are not sufficiently physically active and therefore may suffer complications leading to readmissions. A physical rehabilitation progra...BMC Cancer 2020 20:805Post-diagnostic antipsychotic use and cancer mortality: a population based cohort study
Many antipsychotics elevate prolactin, a hormone implicated in breast cancer aetiology however no studies have investigated antipsychotic use in patients with breast cancer. This study investigated if antipsyc...BMC Cancer 2020 20:804Endothelial activation and stress index (EASIX) is a reliable predictor for overall survival in patients with multiple myeloma
Recently, the endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) score has been reported to predict overall survival (OS) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. This study evaluated the prognostic role of EA...BMC Cancer 2020 20:803Molecular evidence of IGFBP-3 dependent and independent VD3 action and its nonlinear response on IGFBP-3 induction in prostate cancer cells
Clinical trials have been conducted to clarify the beneficial effects of VD3 (1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, also known as calcitriol) treatment in prostate cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying th...BMC Cancer 2020 20:802Protocol for expanded indications of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer in China: a multicenter, ambispective, observational, open-cohort study
The main treatment methods for early gastric cancer (EGC) include endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radical gastrectomy. However, appropriate treatment for patients who exceed the absolute indications...BMC Cancer 2020 20:801Sphingomyelin(d35:1) as a novel predictor for lung adenocarcinoma recurrence after a radical surgery: a case-control study
To improve the postoperative prognosis of patients with lung cancer, predicting the recurrence high-risk patients is needed for the efficient application of adjuvant chemotherapy. However, predicting lung canc...BMC Cancer 2020 20:800Differentiating the lung lesions using Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging: a meta-analysis
The diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tumors remained debatable among published studies. This study aimed t...BMC Cancer 2020 20:799Outcomes of treatment with CHOP and EPOCH in patients with HIV associated NHL in a low resource setting
The optimal chemotherapy regimen for treating HIV associated NHL in low resource settings is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to describe survival rates, treatment response rates and adverse events ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:798Prognostic significance of autophagy-related genes within esophageal carcinoma
Several works suggest the importance of autophagy during esophageal carcinoma development. The aim of the study is to construct a scoring system according to the expression profiles of major autophagy-related ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:797HPV infection related immune infiltration gene associated therapeutic strategy and clinical outcome in HNSCC
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common tumor in human. Research has shown that HPV status HNSCC is a unique prognosis factor, which may due to its immune infiltration landscape....BMC Cancer 2020 20:796Monitoring and evaluation of breast cancer screening programmes: selecting candidate performance indicators
In the scope of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) subgroup was tasked to identify breast cancer screening programme (BCSP) performance indicators, ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:795OTX1 exerts an oncogenic role and is negatively regulated by miR129-5p in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Orthodenticle homeobox 1 (OTX1) is a transcription factor that plays an important role in various human cancers. However, the function of OTX1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is largely unknown. We...BMC Cancer 2020 20:794Nomogram model for predicting cause-specific mortality in patients with stage I small-cell lung cancer: a competing risk analysis
The five-year cumulative incidence rate in patients diagnosed with stage I small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) who were instructed to undergo surgery was from 40 to 60%.The death competition influence the accuracy o...BMC Cancer 2020 20:793Effectiveness of the AJCC 8th edition staging system for selecting patients with T1–2N1 breast cancer for post-mastectomy radiotherapy: a joint analysis of 1986 patients from two institutions
The role of post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) in the treatment of patients with T1–2N1 breast cancer is controversial. This study’s purpose was to evaluate the risk of recurrence of T1–2N1 breast cancer and ...BMC Cancer 2020 20:792Clinical effects of curcumin in enhancing cancer therapy: A systematic review
Curcumin is herbal compound that has been shown to have anti-cancer effects in pre-clinical and clinical studies. The anti-cancer effects of curcumin include inhibiting the carcinogenesis, inhibiting angiogene...BMC Cancer 2020 20:791Circulating tumor DNA guided adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colon cancer (MEDOCC-CrEATE): study protocol for a trial within a cohort study
Accurate detection of patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) after surgery for stage II colon cancer (CC) remains an urgent unmet clinical need to improve selection of patients who might benefit form adj...BMC Cancer 2020 20:790MEIS1 promotes expression of stem cell markers in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
MEIS1 (Myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1) as a homeobox (HOX) transcription factor plays regulatory roles in a variety of cellular processes including development, differentiation, survival, apoptosis...BMC Cancer 2020 20:789Association between adipokines and thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis of case-control studies
The incidence of thyroid carcinoma is increasing all over the world. Some studies have suggested that the change of adipokines expression can induce thyroid carcinoma. However, other studies have come to the o...BMC Cancer 2020 20:788The impact of high-intensity interval training exercise on breast cancer survivors: a pilot study to explore fitness, cardiac regulation and biomarkers of the stress systems
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the largest cause of death in breast cancer survivors. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of exercise intensity on aerobic fitness and autonomic cardiac regula...BMC Cancer 2020 20:787Height as a risk factor in meningioma: a study of 2 million Israeli adolescents
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors. Potential risk factors include obesity, height, history of allergy/atopy, and autoimmune diseases, but findings are conflicting. This stud...BMC Cancer 2020 20:786Pneumonitis after radiotherapy for lung cancer (PARALUC): an interventional study to create a symptom-based scoring system for identification of patients developing radiation pneumonitis
Pneumonitis is a possible side effect of radiotherapy for lung cancer. Since it can occur up to several months following treatment, symptoms may not be associated with previous radiotherapy, and pneumonitis ca...BMC Cancer 2020 20:785Breast cancer mammospheres secrete Adrenomedullin to induce lipolysis and browning of adjacent adipocytes
Cancer cells cooperate with cells that compose their environment to promote tumor growth and invasion. Among them, adipocytes provide lipids used as a source of energy by cancer cells and adipokines that contr...BMC Cancer 2020 20:784Randomized double-blind clinical trial comparing safety and efficacy of the biosimilar BCD-022 with reference trastuzumab
BCD-022 is a trastuzumab biosimilar which was shown to be equivalent to reference trastuzumab in a wide panel of physicochemical studies as well as preclinical studies in vitro and in vivo. International multi...BMC Cancer 2020 20:783A ten-gene signature-based risk assessment model predicts the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a major cause of cancer death. Therefore, identifying potential prognostic risk factors is critical to improve the survival of patients with LUAD.BMC Cancer 2020 20:782The CARDIA-trial protocol: a multinational, prospective, randomized, clinical trial comparing transthoracic esophagectomy with transhiatal extended gastrectomy in adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) type II
Adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) Siewert type II can be resected by transthoracic esophagectomy or transhiatal extended gastrectomy. Both allow for a complete tumor resection, yet there is...BMC Cancer 2020 20:781Long term outcome of anastomotic leakage in patients undergoing low anterior resection for rectal cancer
The influence of anastomotic leakage (AL) on local recurrence rates and survival in rectal cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of asymptomatic anastomotic leakage (AAL...BMC Cancer 2020 20:780Long-term sexual functioning in germ-cell tumor survivors
Survivors of germ-cell tumors (GCT) may suffer from long-term adverse consequences. Our study was conducted to assess a long-term sexual functioning in GCT survivors.BMC Cancer 2020 20:779
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