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27 July 2026
Cancers | Feature Papers from the Second Half of 2025 in the “Cancer Metastasis” Section
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 2025 in the “Cancer Metastasis” Section, which are listed below:
1. “Impact of Anti-HER2 Therapies on Overall Survival in Patients with HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Focusing on Intracranial Efficacy of Emerging Treatments”
by Denise Drittone, Claudia Lucci, Luisa Esposito, Federica Mazzuca and Simona Pisegna
Cancers 2025, 17(21), 3520; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17213520
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/21/3520
2. “Genomic Signature for Initial Brain Metastasis Velocity (iBMV) in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients: The Elusive Biomarker to Predict the Development of Brain Metastases?”
by Sarah E. Glynn, Claire M. Lanier, Ariel R. Choi, Ralph D’Agostino, Jr., Michael Farris, Mohammed Abdulhaleem, Yuezhu Wang, Margaret Smith, Jimmy Ruiz, Thomas Lycan et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 991; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060991
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/991
3. “Peritoneal Cancer Index Dominates Prognosis After CRS–HIPEC for Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A Consecutive Single-Centre Cohort with 3-Year Follow-Up”
by Michał Kazanowski, Paweł Lesiak, Jędrzej Wierzbicki, Bartosz Kapturkiewicz, Paweł Maciejewski, Marcin Pawłowski, Tomasz Jastrzębski and Marek Bębenek
Cancers 2025, 17(22), 3614; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17223614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/22/3614
4. “Combination of Irreversible Electroporation and Clostridium novyi-NT Bacterial Therapy for Colorectal Liver Metastasis”
by Zigeng Zhang, Guangbo Yu, Qiaoming Hou, Farideh Amirrad, Sha Webster, Surya M. Nauli, Jianhua Yu, Vahid Yaghmai, Aydin Eresen and Zhuoli Zhang
Cancers 2025, 17(15), 2477; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17152477
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/15/2477
5. “Clinical Aspects of Cutaneous Metastasis from Non-Cutaneous Primary Tumors”
by Michela Starace, Stephano Cedirian and Luca Rapparini
Cancers 2025, 17(19), 3126; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17193126
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/19/3126
6. “Stathmin Serine 16 Phosphorylation Is a Key Regulator of Cell Cycle Progression Without Activating Migration and Invasion In Vitro”
by Paul L. Deford, Andrew P. VonHandorf, Brian G. Hunt, Simran Venkatraman, Susan E. Waltz, Katherine A. Burns and Susan Kasper
Cancers 2025, 17(14), 2322; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17142322
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/14/2322
7. “Real-World Evidence of Regorafenib Dose Escalation Versus Fixed Dosing in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Results from the ReTrITA Study”
by Carlo Signorelli, Michele Basso, Maria Alessandra Calegari, Annunziato Anghelone, Alessandro Passardi, Chiara Gallio, Alessandro Bittoni, Jessica Lucchetti, Lorenzo Angotti, Emanuela Di Giacomo et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(20), 3316; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17203316
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/20/3316
8. “Real-World Evidence of Long-Term Disease Control in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated with a First-Line Combination of Trastuzumab and/or Pertuzumab Plus Chemotherapy”
by Loïc Chaigneau, Eva Lapp, Taha Jai, Erion Dobi, Berenger Martin, Elsa Curtit and Virginie Nerich
Cancers 2025, 17(21), 3532; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17213532
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/21/3532
9. “MRI-Based Radiomics Ensemble Model for Predicting Radiation Necrosis in Brain Metastasis Patients Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immunotherapy”
by Yijun Chen, Corbin Helis, Christina Cramer, Michael Munley, Ariel Raimundo Choi, Josh Tan, Fei Xing, Qing Lyu, Christopher Whitlow, Jeffrey Willey et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(12), 1974; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17121974
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/12/1974
10. “Antiplatelet Therapy Mitigates Brain Metastasis Risk in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Insights from a Comprehensive Retrospective Study”
by Carla Martín-Abreu, María García-Gil, Margarita Méndez-Monge, Helga Fariña-Jerónimo and Julio Plata-Bello
Cancers 2025, 17(13), 2059; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132059
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/13/2059
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