Cancers | Feature Papers from the First Half of 2025 in the “Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis” 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 first half of 2025 in the Section “Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis”, which are listed below:

1. “Methylation Biomarkers of Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Jacopo Dolcini, Manuela Chiavarini, Giorgio Firmani, Kasey J. M. Brennan, Andres Cardenas, Andrea A. Baccarelli and Pamela Barbadoro
Cancers 2025, 17(4), 690; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17040690
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/4/690

2. “Applications of Artificial Intelligence for the Prediction and Diagnosis of Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction in Oncology Patients”
by Isabel G. Scalia, Girish Pathangey, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Omar H. Ibrahim, Fatmaelzahraa E. Abdelfattah, Milagros Pereyra Pietri, Ramzi Ibrahim, Juan M. Farina, Imon Banerjee, Balaji K. Tamarappoo et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(4), 605; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17040605
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/4/605

3. “Updates on Liquid Biopsy and ctDNA in Transplant Oncology”
by Abigail Loszko, Matthew M. byrne, Cristina Jimenez-Soto, Koji Tomiyama, Yuki Bekki and Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro
Cancers 2025, 17(12), 1930; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17121930
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/12/1930

4. “Adjuvant Therapy in “Intermediate-Risk” Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Chiara Ripepi, Francesco Cracco, Giuseppe Ricci, Luigi Nappi, Stefano Restaino, Giuseppe Vizzielli, Stefania Carlucci and Guglielmo Stabile
Cancers 2025, 17(8), 1320; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17081320
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/8/1320

5. “Impact of the FIGO 2023 Staging System on the Adjuvant Treatment of Endometrial Cancer: A Comparative Analysis with FIGO 2009”
by Federico Ferrari, Elisa Gozzini, Jacopo Conforti, Andrea Giannini, Fabio Barra, Anna Fichera, Filippo Alberto Ferrari, Hooman Soleymani majd and Franco Odicino
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 934; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060934
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/934

6. “Distinguishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma from Cirrhotic Regenerative Nodules Using MR Cytometry”
by Xiaoyu Jiang, Mary Kay Washington, Manhal J. Izzy, Ming Lu, Xinqiang Yan, Zhongliang Zu, John C. Gore and Junzhong Xu
Cancers 2025, 17(7), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17071204
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/7/1204

7. “Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Systematic Review of Incidence, Types, and Clinical Outcomes”
by Sara Massironi, Lorenzo Gervaso, Fabrizio Fanizzi, Paoletta Preatoni, Giuseppe Dell’Anna, Nicola Fazio and Silvio Danese
Cancers 2025, 17(2), 212; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17020212
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/2/212

8. “Clinical and Pathological Staging Discrepancies in Laryngeal Cancer”
by Giancarlo Pecorari, Andrea Lorenzi, Matteo Caria, Gian Marco Motatto and Giuseppe Riv
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 455; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030455
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/455

9. “Soluble PD-L1 and Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-B May Independently Predict Prognosis in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Pembrolizumab”
by Eleni Kokkotou, Dimitra Grapsa, Anna Papadopoulou, Stylianos Gaitanakis, Petros Bakakos, Garyfallia Poulakou, Paraskevi Moutsatsou and Konstantinos Syrigos
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030421
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/421

10. “Predicting the Progression from Asymptomatic to Symptomatic Multiple Myeloma and Stage Classification Using Gene Expression Data”
by Nestoras Karathanasis and George M. Spyrou
Cancers 2025, 17(2), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17020332
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/2/332

11. “Re-Operation Rate for Breast Conserving Surgery Using Confocal Histolog Scanner for Intraoperative Margin Assessment—SHIELD Study”
by Michael P. Lux, Zlatna Schuller, Sara Heimann, Verena M. C. Reichert, Christian Kersting, Horst Buerger and Mariana-Felicia Sandor
Cancers 2025, 17(10), 1640; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17101640
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/10/1640

12. “A Multiparametric MRI and Baseline-Clinical-Feature-Based Dense Multimodal Fusion Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) Model to Predict Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression”
by Dianning He, Haoming Zhuang, Ying Ma, Bixuan Xia, Aritrick Chatterjee, Xiaobing Fan, Shouliang Qi, Wei Qian, Zhe Zhang and Jing Liu
Cancers 2025, 17(9), 1556; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17091556
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/9/1556

13. “HPV-Related Knowledge and Impact of Patient–Provider Communication on HPV-Associated Cervical Cancer Awareness and Pap Smear Completion in US Women Aged 21–65 Years”
by Adrienne Dean, Nada Eldawy, Jennifer Mendonca, Diana Lobaina, Yasmine Zerrouki, Goodness Okwaraji, Vama Jhumkhawala, Sara Burgoa, Chinenye Lynette Ejezie, Panagiota Kitsantas et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(7), 1188; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17071188
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/7/1188

14. “Comprehensive Serum Glycopeptide Spectra Analysis Combined with Machine Learning for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: A Case–Control Study”
by Koji Yamazaki, Shigeto Kawauchi, Masaki Okamoto, Kazuhiro Tanabe, Chihiro Hayashi, Mikio Mikami and Tetsuya Kusumoto
Cancers 2025, 17(9), 1474; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17091474
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/9/1474

15. “Osimertinib in the Treatment of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Early and Locally Advanced Stages of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives”
by Antonello Veccia, Mariachiara Dipasquale, Martina Lorenzi, Sara Monteverdi, Stefania Kinspergher, Elena Zambotti and Orazio Caffo
Cancers 2025, 17(4), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17040668
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/4/668

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