As Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) is an open access journal, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our feature papers from the second half of 2024 in the “Infectious Agents and Cancer” Section, which are listed below:

1. “Effect of Direct Acting Antiviral Drugs on the Occurrence and Recurrence of Intra- and Extra-Hepatic Malignancies in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection”
by Pompilia Radu, Chiara Becchetti, Jonas Schropp, Patrick Schmid, Patrizia Künzler-Heule, Joachim Mertens, Darius Moradpour, Beat Müllaupt, David Semela, Francesco Negro et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(14), 2573; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16142573
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/14/2573

2. “Dihydrotestosterone Enhances MICA-Mediated Immune Responses to Epstein–Barr Virus-Associated Gastric Carcinoma”
by Donghyun Seo, Hyeji Byun, Miyeon Cho, Sun Hee Lee, Sohyun Youn, Junho Lee, Inuk Jung, Hyosun Cho and Hyojeung Kang
Cancers 2024, 16(18), 3219; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16183219
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/18/3219

3. “Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VaIN) after Hysterectomy Is Strongly Associated with Persistent HR-HPV Infection”
by Maria Teresa Bruno, Marco Marzio Panella, Gaetano Valenti, Salvatore Di Grazia, Francesco Sgalambro, Jessica Farina, Miriam Previti and Liliana Mereu
Cancers 2024, 16(14), 2524; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16142524
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/14/2524

4. “Potential Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of HPV-Associated Malignancies”
by Ziyao Lu, Shahab Haghollahi and Muhammad Afzal
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3474; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203474
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3474

5. “A Novel Monoclonal Antibody against PD-1 for the Treatment of Viral Oncogene-Induced Tumors or Other Cancer”
by Xu Xu, Shih-Long Yan, Yi-Te Yo, Peiyu Chiang, Chan-Yen Tsai, Lih-Ling Lin and Albert Qin
Cancers 2024, 16(17), 3052; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16173052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/17/3052

6. “HPV and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review”
by Telma Sequeira, Rui Pinto, Carlos Cardoso, Catarina Almeida, Rita Aragão, Teresa Almodovar, Manuel Bicho, Maria Clara Bicho and Cristina Bárbara
Cancers 2024, 16(19), 3325; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193325
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/19/3325

7. “De-Escalation Strategies in HPV-Associated Oropharynx Cancer: A Historical Perspective with Future Direction”
by Clinton Wu, Paulina Kuzmin and Ricklie Julian
Cancers 2024, 16(15), 2733; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152733
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/15/2733

8. “The Intersection of the Oral Microbiome and Salivary Metabolites in Head and Neck Cancer: From Diagnosis to Treatment”
by Maria Gonzalez Agurto, Nicolas Olivares, Gisela Canedo-Marroquin, Daniela Espinoza and Sofia C. Tortora
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3545; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203545
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3545

9. “The Impact of Urine-Sample HPV Testing on the Effectiveness of Screening for Cervical Cancer: An Umbrella Review”
by Wojciech Miazga, Tomasz Tatara, Katarzyna Wnuk, Mariusz Gujski, Jarosław Pinkas and Urszula Religioni
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2244; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122244
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/12/2244

10. “Functional Targets for Epstein-Barr Virus BART MicroRNAs in B Cell Lymphomas”
by Devin N. Fachko, Bonnie Goff, Yan Chen and Rebecca L. Skalsky
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3537; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203537
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3537

11. “Tumor-Associated Edema in Children with Kaposi Sarcoma: 14 Years’ Experience at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi”
by Fatsani Rose Manase, Allison Silverstein, William Kamiyango, Jimmy Villiera, Clement Dziwe, Claudia Wallrauch, Tom Heller, Mark Zobeck, Tamiwe Tomoka, Michael E. Scheurer et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(22), 3769; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16223769
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/22/3769

12. “Role of Artificial Intelligence in Human Papillomavirus Status Prediction for Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Scoping Review”
by Andrea Migliorelli, Marianna Manuelli, Andrea Ciorba, Francesco Stomeo, Stefano Pelucchi and Chiara Bianchini
Cancers 2024, 16(23), 4040; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16234040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/23/4040

13. “Evaluation of Automatic Signal Detection of In Situ Hybridization for Detecting HPV DNA in Cervical Tissue Derived from Patients with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia”
by Marcin Przybylski, Sonja Millert-Kalińska, Mateusz de Mezer, Monika Krzyżaniak, Paweł Kurzawa, Jakub Żurawski, Robert Jach and Dominik Pruski
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3485; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203485
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3485

14 “Exploring the Link Between Obligate Anaerobe-Related Dysbiosis and Prostate Cancer Development: A Pilot Study”
by Efthymios Ladoukakis, Tim Oliver, Mark Wilks, Emily F. Lane, Frank Chinegwundoh, Greg Shaw and Belinda Nedjai
Cancers 2025, 17(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17010070
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/1/70

15. “Hepatitis B Virus-Induced Resistance to Sorafenib and Lenvatinib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells: Implications for Cell Viability and Signaling Pathways”
by Narmen Esmael,Ido Lubin,Ran Tur-Kaspa and Romy Zemel
Cancers 2024, 16(22), 3763; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16223763
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/22/3763

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