Infectious Agents and Cancer

Papers
(The TQCC of Infectious Agents and Cancer is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The role of lipids and lipids lowering drugs in human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-associated cancers49
Uptake of cervical cancer screening and its predictors among women of reproductive age in Gomma district, South West Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study42
Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status37
Impact of NLRP3 gene polymorphisms (rs10754558 and rs10733113) on HPV infection and cervical cancer in southern Chinese population33
Non-linear relationship of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to lymphocyte count ratio with the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma with staging I–II: a retrospective cohort study32
Comparison of the AmpFire® Multiplex HPV Assay to the Xpert® HPV Assay for detection of human papillomavirus and cervical disease in women with human immunodeficiency virus: a pragmatic performance ev32
Prevalence of 13 polyomaviruses in actinic keratosis and matched healthy skin samples of immunocompetent individuals29
Designing and psychometric assessment of the scale of factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake behaviors in young adults29
The performance of single and combination test strategies using visual inspection, cytology, high-risk HPV DNA and HPV16/18 to screen South African women with and without HIV-infection27
Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) positivity among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study highlighting one-year experiences in early detection of pre-cancerous and cancerous cervical lesio26
Effect of potent nucleos(t)ide analog on alpha fetoprotein changes and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B24
Sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge associated with previous screening for cervical cancer among women in western Jamaica23
Five-year overall survival following chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced cervical carcinoma in women living with and without HIV infection in Botswana21
Researchers should no longer delay implementation of Pap screening in low and middle income countries pending research into novel screening approaches21
Validation in Zambia of a cervical screening strategy including HPV genotyping and artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated visual evaluation20
Small extracellular vesicles as key players in cancer development caused by human oncogenic viruses20
Immune checkpoint blockade PD-1 therapy for primary liver cancer: incidence and influencing factors of thyroid dysfunction19
The prevalence of HPV among 164,137 women in China exhibited some unique epidemiological characteristics19
Factors affecting Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus transmission in rural Ugandan households, a longitudinal study18
Comparison of the ScreenFire and Xpert HPV assays for the detection of human papillomavirus and cervical precancer among women living with HIV in Malawi18
Inhibitory effect and mechanism of Lactobacillus crispatus on cervical precancerous cells Ect1/E6E7 and screening of early warning factors17
Correction: Utilization of cervical cancer screening services and its associated factors in Iran: a case–control study17
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) grip on T-cells: investigating the viral tapestry of activation16
Exploring the link between viruses and cancer in companion animals: a comprehensive and comparative analysis16
Development and validation of a nomogram for assessing hepatocellular carcinoma risk after SVR in hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis15
Re-thinking treatment strategies for febrile neutropenia in paediatric oncology population: the perspective from a developing country14
Immunophenotypic characterization of TCR γδ T cells and MAIT cells in HIV-infected individuals developing Hodgkin’s lymphoma14
Pyroptosis patterns influence the clinical outcome and immune microenvironment characterization in HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma14
Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or more diagnoses for human papillomavirus16/18-positive women by cytology and co-infection status14
Elucidating the clonal relationship of esophageal second primary tumors in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma13
Prophylactic treatment with oral azithromycin in cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic (OnCoVID): a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial13
Vaccination strategy and anti - SARS-CoV-2 S titers in healthcare workers of the INT – IRCCS “Fondazione Pascale” Cancer Center (Naples, Italy)13
A comprehensive cross-sectional survey to identify barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening in women with HIV in Guangxi, China13
Prevalence of MMTV-like sequences in breast cancer samples in Romanian patients-there is a geographic difference compared to the Western world13
The m6A methyltransferase METTL3 affects autophagy and progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by regulating the stability of lncRNA ZFAS112
Association of dietary intake and cervical cancer: a prevention strategy12
The effectiveness of HPV vaccination on the incidence of oropharyngeal cancers in men: a review12
The correlation between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and reproductive system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
High-grade B-cell lymphoma with 11q aberration in the HIV setting: a clinicopathological study of 10 cases and literature review11
The prognostic role of PD-L1 expression and the presence of polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma cases11
Molecular triage of cervical screening samples in women 55–59 years of age: a pilot study11
Emerging paradigms: unmasking the role of oxidative stress in HPV-induced carcinogenesis10
Correction: Conventional, functional and radiomics assessment for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma10
Colorectal liver metastases patients prognostic assessment: prospects and limits of radiomics and radiogenomics10
Human papillomavirus self-sampling versus standard clinician-sampling for cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials10
Correction: HPV genotyping by L1 amplicon sequencing of archived invasive cervical cancer samples: a pilot study10
Exploring hematic crasis variations in cancer patients following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a real-practice study10
Correction: High Prevalence of Anal Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Living in Bamako, Mali10
Activating transcription factor 3 inhibits NF‑κB p65 signaling pathway and mediates apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in cervical cancer cells10
Impact of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA in posttreatment nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection10
COVID-19 vaccination is associated with enhanced efficacy of anti-PD-(L)1 immunotherapy in advanced NSCLC patients: a real-world study9
Why so much uncertainty about adjuvant HPV vaccines after local treatment? Can the discrepancy between the positive statistical results and the scientific community doubts be solved?9
Severe coagulopathy caused by cefminox sodium in a liver cirrhosis patient: a case report9
Association between colorectal cancer and expression levels of miR-21, miR-17-5P, miR-155 genes and the presence of Fusobacterium nucleatum in biopsy samples obtained from Iranian patients8
Undifferentiated carcinoma of the liver with osteoclast-like giant cells: a case report and literature review8
Human papillomavirus type-specific distribution in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer in The Gambia prior to HPV immunization programme: a baseline for monitoring the quadrivalent vaccine8
Evaluating the presence of Mycoplasma hyorhinis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Helicobacter pylori in biopsies of patients with gastric cancer7
Distinct pattern of lymphoid neoplasms characterizations according to the WHO classification (2016) and prevalence of associated Epstein–Barr virus infection in Nigeria population7
Outcome in patients with HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma treated with chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine in the combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era: resu7
Analyses of Kaposi Sarcoma trends among adults establishing initial outpatient HIV care in Nigeria: 2006–20177
HPV integration: a precise biomarker for detection of residual/recurrent disease after treatment of CIN2-37
Enhancing the robustness of Mendelian randomization studies: lessons from a two-sample analysis of viral infections and colorectal cancer7
Correction: A comprehensive cross-sectional survey to identify barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening in women with HIV in Guangxi, China7
Incidence of oncogenic HPV and HPV-related dysplasia five years after a negative HPV test by self-sampling in elderly women7
Levels of HBV RNA in chronic HBV infected patients during first-line nucleos(t)ide analogues therapy7
Combined extract of heated TC1, a heat-killed preparation of Lactobacillus casei and alpha-galactosyl ceramide in a mouse model of cervical cancer7
Hepatitis B and C virus infections and the risk of biliary tract cancers: a meta-analysis of observational studies6
Metagenomic analysis to identify novel infectious agents in systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma6
Interplay between Epstein-Barr virus infection and environmental xenobiotic exposure in cancer6
Global comparative transcriptomes uncover novel and population-specific gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma6
Microendoscopy in vivo for the pathological diagnosis of cervical precancerous lesions and early cervical cancer6
Brassicasterol inhibits hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma development via suppression of AKT signaling pathway6
Infectious diseases as a cause of death among cancer patients: a trend analysis and population-based study of outcome in the United States based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data6
Lung histopathological findings in COVID-19 disease – a systematic review6
Comparison of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), early warning score (ANDC) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in hospitalized patients with malignancy, and their influence on mortality fro6
BacMam virus-based surface display for HCV E2 glycoprotein induces strong cross-neutralizing antibodies and cellular immune responses in vaccinated mice6
HPV types 16/18 L1 E6 and E7 proteins seropositivity and cervical cancer risk in HIV-positive and HIV-negative black South African women6
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