International Journal of Cancer

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Cancer is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Cervical cancer screening: Sharing best practices and addressing common challenges in cervical cancer screening programs92
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Latent class analysis‐derived classification improves the cancer‐specific death stratification of lymphomas: A large retrospective cohort study83
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Maternal illnesses during pregnancy and the risk of childhood cancer: A medical‐record based analysis (UKCCS)72
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DCLK1 in gastrointestinal cancer: A driver of tumor progression and a promising therapeutic target63
Physical activity and mortality in melanoma patients within the Norwegian Women and Cancer study (NOWAC)63
Prospective evaluation of 92 protein biomarkers for early detection of endometrial cancer59
Education level and risk of breast cancer by tumor subtype in the EPIC cohort58
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New players in the landscape of renal cell carcinoma bone metastasis and therapeutic opportunities57
Household air pollution and risk of incident lung cancer in urban China: A prospective cohort study56
Polymorphisms within autophagy‐related genes as susceptibility biomarkers for pancreatic cancer: A meta‐analysis of three large European cohorts and functional characterization52
Celecoxib promotes the efficacy of STING‐targeted therapy by increasing antitumor CD8+ T‐cell functions via modulating glucose metabolism of CD11b+52
A comprehensive investigation of histotype‐specific microRNA and their variants in Stage I epithelial ovarian cancers51
Sequential acquisition of human papillomavirus infection between genital and oral anatomic sites in males50
Comments on “Methylation scores for smoking, alcohol consumption and body mass index and risk of seven types of cancer”50
Association between fish oil supplementation and cancer risk according to fatty fish consumption: A large prospective population‐based cohort study using UK Biobank50
Accuracy of different triage strategies for human papillomavirus positivity in an Italian screening population49
Trends in cancer incidence by socioeconomic deprivation in Germany in 2007 to 2018: An ecological registry‐based study49
Gynaecologic and breast cancers in women living with HIV in South Africa: A record linkage study48
Identification of pre‐diagnostic lipid sets associated with liver cancer risk using untargeted lipidomics and chemical set analysis: A nested case‐control study within the ATBC cohort48
Delivered relative dose intensity in adolescent and young adult germ cell tumours in England: Assessment of data quality and consistency from clinical trials compared to national cancer registration d47
Transcriptional repression and apoptosis influence the effect of APOBEC3A/3B functional polymorphisms on biliary tract cancer risk47
Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of acute kidney injury in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: A Danish population‐based cohort study46
The role of neoadjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients: 20 years of experience from a tertial referral center45
Mammographic breast density, body mass index and risk of breast cancer in Korean women aged 75 years and older45
Ovarian cancer survival in sub‐Saharan Africa by human development index and histological subtypes: A population‐based registry study44
The landscape of genetic aberrations in myxofibrosarcoma44
Immune‐related conditions and cancer‐specific mortality among older adults with cancer in the United States43
Improving colon cancer screening in Poland. In search of the Holy Grail43
Longitudinal associations of plasma metabolites with persistent fatigue among colorectal cancer survivors up to 2 years after treatment42
Mediation effect of intestinal microbiota on the relationship between fiber intake and colorectal cancer41
Timing of surgery and 1‐year postoperative outcomes in patients with breast cancer and preoperative COVID‐19 history: A matched, longitudinal, ambidirectional cohort study40
Improving the clinical meaning of surrogate endpoints: An empirical assessment of clinical progression in phase III oncology trials40
Pre‐diagnostic circulating resistin concentrations and mortality among individuals with colorectal cancer: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study39
Socioeconomic position and risk of cervical cancer in the Nordic countries: Results from the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study39
Survival rates and extra‐regional migration patterns of children and adolescents with cancer in Italy: The 30‐year experience of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP) wi39
Association of aflatoxin with gallbladder cancer in a case‐control study nested within a Chinese cohort39
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Body mass index and body shape before treatment and nasopharyngeal carcinoma prognosis: A population‐based patient cohort study in southern China38
tRNA‐derived fragments: Unveiling new roles and molecular mechanisms in cancer progression38
Characterisation of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal cancer in HIV‐positive men by immunohistochemical markers p16, Ki‐67, HPV‐E4 and DNA methylation markers37
Single‐cell RNA‐seq dissecting heterogeneity of tumor cells and comprehensive dynamics in tumor microenvironment during lymph nodes metastasis in gastric cancer37
Changes in cancer incidence rates by stage during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the US37
International Anal Neoplasia Society's consensus guidelines for anal cancer screening37
The current status of cell‐free human papillomavirus DNA as a biomarker in cervical cancer and other HPV‐associated tumors: A review37
Differences in survival and recurrence of colorectal cancer by stage across population‐based European registries37
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Safe prescribing in cancer patients during the COVID‐19 pandemic and outcomes following restart of cancer care following SARSCoV‐2 infection: The COV35
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Risk of second primary lung cancer among cancer survivors stratified by the site of first primary cancer and the lung cancer screening eligibility status35
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Harnessing normalcy: The potential of healthy tissue for patient outcomes35
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Genome‐wide exploration of genetic interactions for bladder cancer risk34
Age‐specific burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV: A global analysis with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa34
Audit of laboratory sensitivity of human papillomavirus and cytology testing in a cervical screening program34
14‐3‐3σ restricts YY1 to the cytoplasm, promoting therapy resistance, and tumor progression in colorectal cancer33
Changes in weight and waist circumference during menopausal transition and postmenopausal breast cancer risk33
Erratum to “Surveillance of premalignant gastric cardia lesions: A population‐based prospective cohort study in China”33
Exploration of immunotherapy in advanced pulmonary lymphoepithelioma‐like carcinoma32
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Uncovering possible silent acquired long QT syndrome using exercise stress testing in long‐term pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors32
Combination of pimitespib (TAS‐116) with sunitinib is an effective therapy for imatinib‐resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors32
DNA methylation landscape of tumor‐associated macrophages reveals pathways, transcription factors and prognostic value relevant to triple‐negative breast cancer patients32
Different treatment efficacies and T790M acquisition of EGFR‐TKIs on NSCLC patients with variable Del‐19 subtypes of EGFR31
Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV vaccination in an Australian cohort31
Radiological response of leptomeningeal metastases according to revised RANO criteria is associated with overall survival in breast cancer patients31
Person‐years of life lost and lost earnings from cigarette smoking‐attributable cancer deaths, United States, 201930
Eventual success rate and predictors of success for oncology drugs tested in phase I trials30
Sex differences in cancer incidence and mortality among patients managed at King Hussein Cancer Center30
Metabolomic analyses redefine the biological classification of pancreatic cancer and correlate with clinical outcomes30
Microenvironment and drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia: Do we know enough?29
Multiple primary lung cancer: Updates and perspectives29
Cancer‐related fatigue: Towards a more targeted approach based on classification by biomarkers and psychological factors29
Pre‐diagnostic plasma advanced glycation end‐products and soluble receptor for advanced glycation end‐products and mortality in colorectal cancer patients29
Trim21 deficiency in mice increases HCC carcinogenesis in a NASH context and is associated with immune checkpoint upregulation29
Regulome‐wide association study identifies genetically driven accessible regions associated with pancreatic cancer risk29
Special issue “The advance of solid tumor research in China”: Prediction of Sunitinib efficacy using computed tomography in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors29
Interaction of leisure‐time physical activity with body mass index on the risk of obesity‐related cancers: A pooled study29
Metformin and other anti‐diabetic medication use and breast cancer incidence in the Nurses' Health Studies28
Incidence of late recurrence and second primary cancers 5–10 years after non‐metastatic colorectal cancer28
Deposition of onco‐histone H3.3‐G34W leads to DNA repair deficiency and activates cGAS/STING‐mediated immune responses28
Role of calcium in hormone‐independent and ‐resistant breast cancer28
Incidence, survival, and mortality of cancer in children and young adolescents in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2004–2015: A comparative population‐based study28
From non‐coding RNAs to cancer regulators: The fascinating world of micropeptides27
DNA methylation signatures of cervical pre‐invasive and invasive disease: An epigenome‐wide association study27
Blood‐based biomarkers in soft tissue sarcoma: Implications for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy27
FSCN1 as a new druggable target in adrenocortical carcinoma27
Let's talk about sex: Survival among females and males in a real‐world cohort treated with pembrolizumab for non‐small cell lung cancer27
Trends in the incidence of ovarian cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa26
Analysis of the incidence and mortality trends of esophageal cancer in cancer registry areas of China and Japan26
The effect of diet and nutrition on T cell function in cancer26
CXCR4 expression is associated with proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma25
Long‐term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: The ELAPSE project25
Systemic circulating microRNA landscape in Lynch syndrome25
Serum IgG N‐glycans enable early detection and early relapse prediction of colorectal cancer25
Annexin A2: The diversity of pathological effects in tumorigenesis and immune response25
Female reproductive and hormonal factors and lung cancer mortality among never‐smokers: A prospective cohort study of 287 408 Chinese women24
Prognostic impact of p16 and high‐risk HPV DNA in ~1300 patients with vulvar cancer24
Long‐term follow‐up of cervical cancer incidence after normal cytological findings24
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Proteomic signature for detection of high‐grade ovarian cancer in germline BRCA mutation carriers24
Acute aerobic exercise‐conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin‐6‐induced regulation of DNA damage24
Reply to: Comments on “Associations of plasma omega‐6 and omega‐3 fatty acids with overall and 19 site‐specific cancers: A population‐based cohort study in UK Biobank”23
Peri‐weaning cholera toxin consumption suppresses chemically‐induced carcinogenesis in mice23
Ocular toxicity associated with anti‐HER2 agents in breast cancer: A pharmacovigilance analysis using the FAERS database23
Distinguishing the pros and cons of metabolic reprogramming in oncolytic virus immunotherapy23
Comments on the paper “Extensive epigenomic dysregulation is a hallmark of homologous recombination deficiency in triple‐negative breast cancer” by Y. Chen et al.23
Long‐term incidence and survival trends in cancer of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with etiological implications related to Thorotrast23
Comparison of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with radiotherapy alone for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer in elderly patients: A randomized, multicenter, phase II clinical trial23
Reproductive history and breast cancer survival: Findings from the African breast cancer—Disparities in outcomes cohort and implications of Africa's fertility transition on breast cancer prognosis23
Absolute quantification of 2‐hydroxyglutarate on tissue by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging for rapid and precise identification of isocitrate dehydrogenase mutati23
Fetal growth and pediatric cancer: A pan‐cancer analysis in 7000 cases and 37 000 controls23
The United States experience with diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study23
Patient‐reported outcomes in advanced NSCLC before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Real‐world data from the German prospective CRISP Registry (AIO‐TRK‐0315)23
Cumulative risks of false positive recall and screen‐detected breast cancer after multiple screening examinations23
Loss of copy numbers of retrotransposons (HERVK) on chromosome 7p11.2 impacts EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor)‐induced phenotypes for platinum sensitivity and long‐term su22
Untargeted plasma metabolomics for risk prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma: A prospective study in two Chinese cohorts22
Associations between early‐life and in utero infections and cytomegalovirus‐positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children22
KMT2D links TGF‐β signaling to noncanonical activin pathway and regulates pancreatic cancer cell plasticity22
Mutational evolution after chemotherapy‐progression in metastatic colorectal cancer revealed by circulating tumor DNA analysis22
Time intervals in the care pathway to cancer diagnosis during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A large retrospective study from a high‐volume center22
Underdiagnosed cancer during COVID‐19 pandemic and return to normality22
Combination of PD‐1/PD‐L1 checkpoint inhibition and dendritic cell therapy in mice models and in patients with mesothelioma22
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Reply to: Comments on “Psychosocial factors, health behaviors and risk of cancer incidence: Testing interaction and effect modification in an individual participant data meta‐analysis”21
After COVID‐19, telemedicine may be used in addition to usual care and not in lieu of: Implications for health systems21
Patient preferences for active surveillance vs standard surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in oesophageal cancer treatment: The NOSANO‐study21
Increased serum NfL and GFAP levels indicate different subtypes of neurologic immune‐related adverse events during treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors20
Pioneering sustainable treatment delivery in childhood leukemia through synchronous telemedicine—A pilot study20
Neuro–astrocytic network in breast cancer brain metastases: Adaptive mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets20
Differential Orthopedia Homeobox expression in pulmonary carcinoids is associated with changes in DNA methylation20
Incidence of cancer among Nordic police officers20
Comparative sequencing study of mismatch repair and homology‐directed repair genes in endometrial cancer and breast cancer patients from Kazakhstan20
Sex‐ and site‐specific associations of circulating lipocalin 2 and incident colorectal cancer: Results from the EPIC cohort20
A novel mouse model of upper tract urothelial carcinoma highlights the impact of dietary intervention on gut microbiota and carcinogenesis prevention despite carcinogen exposure20
Chronic acidosis rewires cancer cell metabolism through PPARα signaling20
The importance of ethnicity: Are breast cancer polygenic risk scores ready for women who are not of White European origin?20
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation is an underestimated but fatal adverse event associated with blinatumomab therapy: A pharmacovigilance analysis of FAERS20
Comparing outcomes and toxicities among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with daytime versus evening radiotherapy: A retrospective analysis with propensity score matching20
Genome‐wide study of genetic polymorphisms predictive for outcome from first‐line oxaliplatin‐based chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients19
Late toxicity comparison of alkylating‐based maintenance regimen with cyclophosphamide (VAC) vs ifosfamide (VAI) in Ewing sarcoma survivors treated in the randomized clinical tri19
Correction to “Natural resistance to cancer: A window of hope”19
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Abiraterone acetate plus prednisolone for metastatic patients starting hormone therapy: 5‐year follow‐up results from the STAMPEDE randomised trial (NCT00268476)19
Coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer recurrence and all‐cause mortality19
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Long‐term exposure to air pollution and liver cancer incidence in six European cohorts19
Performance of visual inspection, partial genotyping, and their combination for the triage of women living with HIV who are screen positive for human papillomavirus: Results from the AIMA‐CC ANRS 123719
How to overcome resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in colorectal cancer: From mechanisms to translation19
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Comments on: “Meta‐analysis of agreement/concordance statistics in studies comparing self‐ vs clinician‐collected samples for HPV testing in cervical cancer screening”18
Antibodies against high‐risk human papillomavirus proteins as markers for noncervical HPV‐related cancers in a Black South African population, according to HIV status18
Assessment of pain prevalence in cancer patients undergoing anticancer treatments and in cancer survivors after completion of anticancer treatments: A French nationwide cross‐sectional study18
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Association between serum urea concentrations and the risk of colorectal cancer, particularly in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A cohort study18
High‐risk human papillomavirus distribution according to human immunodeficiency virus status among women with cervical cancer in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 2018 to 202018
Risk of breast cancer in men in relation to weight change: A national case‐control study in England and Wales18
Genetic variants in CYP2B6 and HSD17B12 associated with risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck18
Tissue‐resident memory T cells in immunotherapy and immune‐related adverse events by immune checkpoint inhibitor18
Association between family history with lung cancer incidence and mortality risk in the Asia Cohort Consortium18
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mitoDataclean: A machine learning approach for the accurate identification of cross‐contamination‐derived tumor mitochondrial DNA mutations18
Peritoneal metastases from gastric cancer in a nationwide cohort: Incidence, treatment and survival18
Human papillomavirus‐based screening at extended intervals missed fewer cervical precancers than cytology in the HPV For Cervical Cancer (HPV FOCAL) trial18
Modeling cancer–microbiome interactions in vitro: A guide to co‐culture platforms18
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Endometrial cancer prognosis in women with endometriosis and adenomyosis: A retrospective nationwide cohort study of 40 840 women18
Phase I clinical trial of HC‐1119: A deuterated form of enzalutamide17
Pro‐tumoral behavior of omental adipocyte‐derived fibroblasts in tumor microenvironment at the metastatic site of ovarian cancer17
Inhibition of the Rho/MRTF pathway improves the response of BRAF‐resistant melanoma to PD1/PDL1 blockade17
Epidemiological and genetic evidence for the relationship between ABO blood group and human cancer17
Familial aggregation of early‐onset cancers in early‐onset breast cancer families17
Comparison of human papillomavirus‐based cervical cancer screening strategies in Tanzania among women with and without HIV17
Time‐varying prognostic value of primary tumor sidedness in metastatic colorectal cancer: A population‐based study and meta‐analysis17
Impact of cancer and other causes of death on mortality of cancer patients: A study based on Japanese population‐based registry data17
Neoadjuvant docetaxel plus carboplatin vs epirubicin plus cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel in triple‐negative, early‐stage breast cancer (NeoCART): Results from 17
Human sporadic breast carcinoma histotypes driven by the Human Betaretrovirus homologous to Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus17
Convergent dysbiosis of upper aerodigestive microbiota between patients with esophageal and oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma17
Special issue “The advance of solid tumor research in China”: Presurgical therapy in the management of local retroperitoneal recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after radical nephrectomy17
Response to: Comments on “Epidemiological trends and survival of oropharyngeal cancer in a high HPV‐prevalent area: A Danish population‐based study from 2000 to 2020”17
Home‐based self‐sampling vs clinician sampling for anal precancer screening: The Prevent Anal Cancer Self‐Swab Study17
Recent trends in hereditary breast cancer incidence by race and age in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa: An 11‐year single‐centre retrospective study (2011‐2021)17
Efficacy and immunogenicity of AS04‐HPV‐16/18 vaccine in females with existing cervical HR‐HPV infection at first vaccination: A pooled analysis of four large clinical trials wor17
Assessing the risk of cervical neoplasia in the post‐HPV vaccination era17
National surveillance of cancer survival in Iran (IRANCANSURV): Analysis of data of 15 cancer sites from nine population‐based cancer registries17
Novel ectopic expression of zona pellucida 3 glycoprotein in lung cancer promotes tumor growth17
The impact of adjuvant therapy on outcome in UICC stage I pancreatic cancer16
Exosomes: Mediators in microenvironment of colorectal cancer16
Genetic variants of CHEK1, PRIM2 and CDK6 in the mitotic phase‐related pathway are associated with nonsmall cell lung cancer survival16
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Extracellular vesicle long RNA markers of early‐stage lung adenocarcinoma16
Switching clinic‐based cervical cancer screening programs to human papillomavirus self‐sampling: A cost‐effectiveness analysis of vaccinated and unvaccinated Norwegian women16
Paid and unpaid productivity losses due to premature mortality from cancer in Europe in 201816
RETRACTION: A Multiplicity of Anti‐Invasive Effects of Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitor SCH66336 in Human Head and Neck Cancer16
Diabetes mellitus in relation to colorectal tumor molecular subtypes: A pooled analysis of more than 9000 cases16
The combined signatures of hypoxia and cellular landscape provides a prognostic and therapeutic biomarker in hepatitis B virus‐related hepatocellular carcinoma16
Single‐cell RNA sequencing reveals the epithelial cell heterogeneity and invasive subpopulation in human bladder cancer16
Triage performance and predictive value of the human gene methylation panel among women positive on self‐collected HPV test: Results from a prospective cohort study16
PARP mediated DNA damage response, genomic stability and immune responses15
Lifetime incidence risk for gastric cancer in the Helicobacter pylori‐infected and uninfected population in Japan: A Monte Carlo simulation study15
Prospective evaluation of quantitative response parameter in patients with Gastrointestinal Stroma Tumor undergoing tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy—Impact on clinical outcome15
Trends in epidemiology and primary treatment of anal squamous cell carcinoma in the Netherlands (1990–2021)15
Comprehensive genomic profiling of salivary gland carcinoma: Analysis of the Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics database in Japan15
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Validation of novel DNA methylation markers in cervical precancer and cancer15
Mechanisms and strategies for safe chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell activity control15
Removal of gemcitabine‐induced senescent cancer cells by targeting glutaminase1 improves the therapeutic effect in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma15
Experiences with thermal ablation for cervical precancer treatment after self‐collection HPV‐based screening in the ASPIRE Mayuge randomized trial15
Role of clinicopathological variables in predicting recurrence and survival outcomes after surgery for non‐metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Systematic review and meta‐analysis15
Metabolic characterization of sphere‐derived prostate cancer stem cells reveals aberrant urea cycle in stemness maintenance15
Search for germline gene variants in colorectal cancer families presenting with multiple primary colorectal cancers15
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Effect of a physical activity intervention on lower body bone health in childhood cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial (SURfit)15
Amplified Ca2+ dynamics and accelerated cell proliferation in breast cancer tissue during purinergic stimulation15
Neurosurgical morbidity in pediatric supratentorial midline low‐grade glioma: Results from the German LGG studies15
Phase III randomized trial comparing palliative systemic therapy to best supportive care in advanced esophageal/GEJ cancer15
A proteome‐wide analysis unveils a core Epstein–Barr virus antibody signature of classic Hodgkin lymphoma across ethnically diverse populations15
The current therapeutic cancer vaccines landscape in non‐small cell lung cancer15
Risk of secondary nonhematologic malignancies after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: A nationwide case‐control cohort study15
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Targeting type I collagen for cancer treatment14
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Gut microbiota correlates with antitumor activity in patients with mCRC and NSCLC treated with cetuximab plus avelumab14
A transcriptome‐wide association study identifies novel candidate susceptibility genes for prostate cancer risk14
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