Announcements

Conference: 2024 CAMO Annual Scientific Meeting

Date: 24–26 October 2024

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada

The Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists (CAMO) is a national specialty society of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Their mission is to contribute to cancer control, through research, education, and clinical practice in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, supportive care, palliative care, and rehabilitation. The Association is committed to achieving and maintaining, among its members, excellence in clinical and scholarly activity, within a culture of compassion and respect for human dignity. CAMO Annual Scientific Meetings have been held since 2014.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at the 2024 CAMO Annual Scientific Meeting:

• Current Oncology;
• Cancers;
• Life;
• Onco;
• Women;
• Journal of Personalized Medicine;
• Journal of Molecular Pathology.

Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at the booth at the conference and answering any questions you may have. For more information regarding the conference, please visit the following link: https://camo-acom.ca/page-1549450.

As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Pediatric Oncology”, which are listed below: 

1. “Synovial Sarcoma in the Extremity: Diversity of Imaging Features for Diagnosis and Prognosis”
by Eun Byul Cho, Seul Ki Lee, Jee-Young Kim and Yuri Kim
Cancers 2023, 15(19), 4860; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194860
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/19/4860

2. “Pediatric Extra-Renal Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ Tumor): A Systematic Case-Based Review”
by Akzhol Karim, Kundyz Shaikhyzada, Nazgul Abulkhanova, Akzhunis Altyn, Bakytkali Ibraimov, Dair Nurgaliyev and Dimitri Poddighe
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2563; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092563
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2563

3. “Preclinical Models of Neuroblastoma—Current Status and Perspectives”
by Ewa Krawczyk and Joanna Kitlińska
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3314; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133314
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3314

4. “Naxitamab Combined with Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor as Consolidation for High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients in First Complete Remission under Compassionate Use—Updated Outcome Report”
by Jaume Mora, Alicia Castañeda, Maite Gorostegui, Amalia Varo, Sara Perez-Jaume, Margarida Simao, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Moira Garraus, Cristina Larrosa, Noelia Salvador et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2535; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2535

 5. “Functional Alteration in the Brain Due to Tumour Invasion in Paediatric Patients: A Systematic Review”
by Nur Shaheera Aidilla Sahrizan, Hanani Abdul Manan, Hamzaini Abdul Hamid, Jafri Malin Abdullah and Noorazrul Yahya
Cancers 2023, 15(7), 2168; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072168
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/7/2168

6. “Effect and Tolerance of N5 and N6 Chemotherapy Cycles in Combination with Dinutuximab Beta in Relapsed High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients Who Failed at Least One Second-Line Therapy”
by Holger N. Lode, Ruth Ladenstein, Sascha Troschke-Meurer, Linda Struppe, Nikolai Siebert, Maxi Zumpe, Karoline Ehlert, Stefanie Huber, Evgenia Glogova, Patrick Hundsdoerfer et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3364; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3364 

7. “Risk-Stratified Therapy for Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia”
by Daisuke Tomizawa and Shin-Ichi Tsujimoto
Cancers 2023, 15(16), 4171; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15164171
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/16/4171

8. “Biological Role and Clinical Implications of MYOD1L122R Mutation in Rhabdomyosarcoma”
by Daniela Di Carlo, Julia Chisholm, Anna Kelsey, Rita Alaggio, Gianni Bisogno, Veronique Minard-Colin, Meriel Jenney, Raquel Dávila Fajardo, Johannes H. M. Merks, Janet M. Shipley et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1644; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061644
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1644

9. “Ferroptosis Inducers Kill Mesenchymal Stem Cells Affected by Neuroblastoma”
by Xiangze Li, Qi Wang, Chencheng Xu, Lei Zhang, Jiquan Zhou, Jingchun Lv, Min Xu and Dapeng Jiang
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1301; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1301 

10. “Marine Cyanobacterial Peptides in Neuroblastoma: Search for Better Therapeutic Options”
by Salman Ahmed, Waqas Alam, Michael Aschner, Rosanna Filosa, Wai San Cheang, Philippe Jeandet, Luciano Saso and Haroon Khan
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2515; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092515
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2515 

11. “Dynamic Changes in Microvascular Density Can Predict Viable and Non-Viable Areas in High-Risk Neuroblastoma”
by Laura Privitera, Layla Musleh, Irene Paraboschi, Olumide Ogunlade, Olumide Ogunbiyi, J. Ciaran Hutchinson, Neil Sebire, Paul Beard and Stefano Giuliani
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 917; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030917
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/917

 13. “Intracranial Germinoma—Association between Delayed Diagnosis, Altered Clinical Manifestations, and Prognosis”
by Iwona Jabłońska, Marcin Goławski, Elżbieta Nowicka, Katarzyna Drosik-Rutowicz, Anna Trybus, Rafał Tarnawski and Marcin Miszczyk
Cancers 2023, 15(10), 2789; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15102789
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/10/2789 

14. “DICER1 Syndrome: A Multicenter Surgical Experience and Systematic Review”
by Claudio Spinelli, Marco Ghionzoli, Linda Idrissi Sahli, Carla Guglielmo, Silvia Frascella, Silvia Romano, Carlo Ferrari, Fabrizio Gennari, Giovanni Conzo, Riccardo Morganti et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(14), 3681; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143681
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/14/3681

15. “PRMT5 as a Potential Therapeutic Target in MYC-Amplified Medulloblastoma”
by Devendra Kumar, Stuti Jain, Don W. Coulter, Shantaram S. Joshi and Nagendra K. Chaturvedi
Cancers 2023, 15(24), 5855; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15245855
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/24/5855

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the journal Cancers. 

Cancers Editorial Office

As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023. The list of relevant papers can be seen below.

1. “Current Status and Future Prospects for Esophageal Cancer”
by Mahdi Sheikh, Gholamreza Roshandel, Valerie McCormack and Reza Malekzadeh
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 765; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030765
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/765

2.  “Mechanisms of ADC Toxicity and Strategies to Increase ADC Tolerability”
by Toan D. Nguyen, Brandon M. Bordeau and Joseph P. Balthasar
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 713; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030713
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/713

3. “What Is Known about Breast Cancer in Young Women?”
by Jie Wei Zhu, Parsa Charkhchi, Shadia Adekunte and Mohammad R. Akbari
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1917; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061917
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1917

4. “Drugs Targeting p53 Mutations with FDA Approval and in Clinical Trials”
by Shigeto Nishikawa and Tomoo Iwakuma
Cancers 2023, 15(2), 429; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15020429
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/429

5. “Steroidal Saponins: Naturally Occurring Compounds as Inhibitors of the Hallmarks of Cancer”
by Salwa Bouabdallah, Amna Al-Maktoum and Amr Amin
Cancers 2023, 15(15), 3900; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15153900
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/15/3900

6. “Hepatitis Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Recent Advances”
by Chen Shen, Xin Jiang, Mei Li and Yao Luo
Cancers 2023, 15(2), 533; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15020533
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/533

7. “Sodium Butyrate Induces CRC Cell Ferroptosis via the CD44/SLC7A11 Pathway and Exhibits a Synergistic Therapeutic Effect with Erastin”
by Zhongbo Bian, Xiaodie Sun, Lulin Liu, Yong Qin, Qiuyu Zhang, Huahuan Liu, Lianzhi Mao and Suxia Sun
Cancers 2023, 15(2), 423; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15020423
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/423

8. “AI-Powered Diagnosis of Skin Cancer: A Contemporary Review, Open Challenges and Future Research Directions”
by Navneet Melarkode, Kathiravan Srinivasan, Saeed Mian Qaisar and Pawel Plawiak
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1183; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1183

9. “Hyperparameter Optimizer with Deep Learning-Based Decision-Support Systems for Histopathological Breast Cancer Diagnosis”
by Marwa Obayya, Mashael S. Maashi, Nadhem Nemri, Heba Mohsen, Abdelwahed Motwakel, Azza Elneil Osman, Amani A. Alneil and Mohamed Ibrahim Alsaid
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 885; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030885
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/885

10. “Management of Patients Diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer: Comparison of Guidelines”
by Stefano Restaino, Chiara Paglietti, Martina Arcieri, Anna Biasioli, Monica Della Martina, Laura Mariuzzi, Claudia Andreetta, Francesca Titone, Giorgio Bogani, Diego Raimondo et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1091; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041091
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1091

11. “Osimertinib Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms and Emerging Treatment Options”
by Georgia Gomatou, Nikolaos Syrigos and Elias Kotteas
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 841; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030841
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/841

12. “Value of Artificial Intelligence in Evaluating Lymph Node Metastases”
by Nicolò Caldonazzi, Paola Chiara Rizzo, Albino Eccher, Ilaria Girolami, Giuseppe Nicolò Fanelli, Antonio Giuseppe Naccarato, Giuseppina Bonizzi, Nicola Fusco, Giulia d’Amati, Aldo Scarpa et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2491; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2491

13. “Risk of Cancer in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Keys for Patient Management”
by Viviana Laredo, Sandra García-Mateo, Samuel J. Martínez-Domínguez, Julia López de la Cruz, Carla J. Gargallo-Puyuelo and Fernando Gomollón
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 871; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030871
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/871

14. “Deep Learning for Medical Image-Based Cancer Diagnosis”
by Xiaoyan Jiang, Zuojin Hu, Shuihua Wang and Yudong Zhang
Cancers 2023, 15(14), 3608; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143608
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/14/3608

15. “The Function of NK Cells in Tumor Metastasis and NK Cell-Based Immunotherapy”
by Yanlin Yu
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2323; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082323
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2323

16. “APESTNet with Mask R-CNN for Liver Tumor Segmentation and Classification”
by Prabhu Kavin Balasubramanian, Wen-Cheng Lai, Gan Hong Seng, Kavitha C and Jeeva Selvaraj
Cancers 2023, 15(2), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15020330
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/330

17. “Fibroblasts as Turned Agents in Cancer Progression”
by Robert Wieder
Cancers 2023, 15(7), 2014; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/7/2014

18. “Sex Differences in Lung Cancer”
by Lauren May, Kathryn Shows, Patrick Nana-Sinkam, Howard Li and Joseph W. Landry
Cancers 2023, 15(12), 3111; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15123111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/12/3111

19. “hist2RNA: An Efficient Deep Learning Architecture to Predict Gene Expression from Breast Cancer Histopathology Images”
by Raktim Kumar Mondol, Ewan K. A. Millar, Peter H. Graham, Lois Browne, Arcot Sowmya and Erik Meijering
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2569; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092569
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2569

20. “Prediction of Surgical Outcome in Advanced Ovarian Cancer by Imaging and Laparoscopy: A Narrative Review”
by Patrícia Pinto, Andrea Burgetova, David Cibula, Ingfrid S. Haldorsen, Tereza Indrielle-Kelly and Daniela Fischerova
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1904; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061904
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1904

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the journal Cancers.

Cancers Editorial Office

We are pleased to invite you to read the highly cited papers in 2023 in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) in the Section “Systematic Review or Meta-Analysis in Cancer Research”. The list of relevant papers can be seen below.

“Recruitment and Retention Strategies Used in Dietary Randomized Controlled Interventions with Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review”
by Samantha J. Werts, Sarah A. Lavelle, Tracy E. Crane and Cynthia A. Thomson
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 5012; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15205012
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4366

“Different Outcomes According to Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis”
by Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Hye Won Lee, Arya Nielsen, L. Susan Wieland, Tae-Hun Kim, Stephen Birch, Terje Alraek and Myeong Soo Lee
Cancers 2023, 15(24), 5875; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15245875
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/24/5875  

“Interventions with Social Integration Components Addressing Psychosocial Outcomes of Young- and Middle-Aged Adult Cancer Individuals: A Systematic Review”
by Pragya G. Poudel, Madeline R. Horan, Tara M. Brinkman, Zhaoming Wang, Leslie L. Robison, Melissa M. Hudson and I-Chan Huang
Cancers 2023, 15(19), 4710; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194710
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/19/4710  

“The Assessment of White Matter Integrity Alteration Pattern in Patients with Brain Tumor Utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Systematic Review”
by Aiman Abdul Manan, Noorazrul Azmie Yahya, Nur Hartini Mohd Taib, Zamzuri Idris and Hanani Abdul Manan
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3326; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133326
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3326

“Multidimensional Predictors of Cancer-Related Fatigue Based on the Predisposing, Precipitating, and Perpetuating (3P) Model: A Systematic Review”
by Yiming Wang, Lv Tian, Xia Liu, Hao Zhang, Yongchun Tang, Hong Zhang, Wenbo Nie and Lisheng Wang
Cancers 2023, 15(24), 5879; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15245879
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/24/5879

“VEGF Inhibitors Improve Survival Outcomes in Patients with Liver Metastases across Cancer Types—A Meta-Analysis”
by Jordan W. Conway, Jorja Braden, Serigne N. Lo, Richard A. Scolyer, Matteo S. Carlino, Alexander M. Menzies, Georgina V. Long and Ines Pires da Silva
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 5012; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15205012
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5012

“From Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): Epidemiology, Incidence, Predictions, Risk Factors, and Prevention”
by Benedetta Maria Motta, Mario Masarone, Pietro Torre and Marcello Persico
 Cancers 2023, 15(22), 5458; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15225458
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/22/5458

“Treatment and Outcomes of Radiation-Induced Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities and Trunk—A Systematic Review of the Literature”
by  Maria L. Inchaustegui, Kelly Kon-Liao, Kim Ruiz-Arellanos, George Aquilino E. Silva, Marcos R. Gonzalez and Juan Pretell-Mazzini
Cancers 2023, 15(23), 5584; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15235584
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/23/5584

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the journal Cancers.

Cancers Editorial Office

As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention”, which are listed below:

1. “The Evolution of Ki-67 and Breast Carcinoma: Past Observations, Present Directions, and Future Considerations”
by Brian S. Finkelman, Huina Zhang, David G. Hicks and Bradley M. Turner
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 808; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030808
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/808

2. “Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Human Health: Effects on Metabolism, Diabetes and Cancer”
by Valerio Renzelli, Marco Gallo, Lelio Morviducci, Giampiero Marino, Alberto Ragni, Enzo Tuveri, Antongiulio Faggiano, Rossella Mazzilli, Annalisa Natalicchio, Maria Chiara Zatelli et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4237; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174237
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4237

3. “Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity, Oropharynx, and Larynx: A Scoping Review of Treatment Guidelines Worldwide”
by Lady Paola Aristizabal Arboleda, Genival Barbosa de Carvalho, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Gisele Aparecida Fernandes, Jose Guilherme Vartanian, David I. Conway, Shama Virani, Paul Brennan, Luiz Paulo Kowalski and Maria Paula Curado
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4405; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174405
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4405 

4. “Temporal Machine Learning Analysis of Prior Mammograms for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction”
by Hui Li, Kayla Robinson, Li Lan, Natalie Baughan, Chun-Wai Chan, Matthew Embury, Gary J. Whitman, Randa El-Zein, Isabelle Bedrosian and Maryellen L. Giger
Cancers 2023, 15(7), 2141; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072141
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/7/2141 

5. “Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies”
by Delphine Praud, Floriane Deygas, Amina Amadou, Maryline Bouilly, Federica Turati, Francesca Bravi, Tingting Xu, Lény Grassot, Thomas Coudon and Béatrice Fervers
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 927; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030927
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/927 

6. “Systemic Inflammation Indices and Association with Prostate Cancer Survival in a Diverse Patient Cohort”
by Maeve Bailey-Whyte, Tsion Z. Minas, Tiffany H. Dorsey, Cheryl J. Smith, Christopher A. Loffredo and Stefan Ambs
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1869; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061869
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1869 

7. “The Promise of Piperine in Cancer Chemoprevention”
by Salma Benayad, Hicham Wahnou, Riad El Kebbaj, Bertrand Liagre, Vincent Sol, Mounia Oudghiri, El Madani Saad, Raphaël Emmanuel Duval and Youness Limami
Cancers 2023, 15(22), 5488; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15225488
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/22/5488 

8. “Health-Related Quality of Life as Assessed by the EQ-5D-5L Predicts Outcomes of Patients Treated with Azacitidine—A Prospective Cohort Study by the AGMT”
by Lisa Pleyer, Sonja Heibl, Christoph Tinchon, Sonia Vallet, Martin Schreder, Thomas Melchardt, Norbert Stute, Kim Tamara Föhrenbach Quiroz, Michael Leisch, Alexander Egle et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1388; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051388
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1388 

9. “Rising Trend in the Prevalence of HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma during 2000–2022 in Northeastern Italy: Implication for Using p16INK4a as a Surrogate Marker for HPV-Driven Carcinogenesis”
by Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo, Jerry Polesel, Annarosa Del Mistro, Elisabetta Fratta, Chiara Lazzarin, Anna Menegaldo, Valentina Lupato, Giuseppe Fanetti, Fabrizio Zanconati, Maria Guido et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2643; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092643
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2643 

10. “Risk of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in One Hundred Patients with Oral Lichen Planus: A Follow-Up Study of Umberto I University Hospital of Rome”
by Gianluca Tenore, Ahmed Mohsen, Federica Rocchetti, Giulia Rossi, Andrea Cassoni, Andrea Battisti, Marco Della Monaca, Cira Rosaria Tiziana Di Gioia, Francesca De Felice, Andrea Botticelli et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(11), 3004; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15113004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/11/3004 

11. “Melanoma Mortality Trends in 28 European Countries: A Retrospective Analysis for the Years 1960–2020”
by Paweł Koczkodaj, Urszula Sulkowska, Joanna Didkowska, Piotr Rutkowski and Marta Mańczuk
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1514; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051514
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1514

12. “Development of Symbolic Expressions Ensemble for Breast Cancer Type Classification Using Genetic Programming Symbolic Classifier and Decision Tree Classifier”
by Nikola Anđelić and Sandi Baressi Šegota
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3411; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133411
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3411

13. “Combining Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Models”
by Zoe Guan, Theodore Huang, Anne Marie McCarthy, Kevin Hughes, Alan Semine, Hajime Uno, Lorenzo Trippa, Giovanni Parmigiani and Danielle Braun
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1090; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1090 

14. “Association between Prior Cytotoxic Therapy, Antecedent Hematologic Disorder, and Outcome after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia”
by Corentin Orvain, Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí, Megan Othus, Brenda M. Sandmaier, H. Joachim Deeg, Frederick R. and Roland B. Walter
Cancers 2023, 15(2), 352; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15020352
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/2/352 

15. “Lack of Influence of Non-Overlapping Mutations in BRAF, NRAS, or NF1 on 12-Month Best Objective Response and Long-Term Survival after Checkpoint Inhibitor-Based Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma”
by Alyssa Panning, Wolfram Samlowski and Gabriel Allred
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3572; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133527
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3527

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the journal Cancers.

Cancers Editorial Office

As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Cancer Biomarkers”, which are listed below:

1. “Advances in Genomic Data and Biomarkers: Revolutionizing NSCLC Diagnosis and Treatment”
by Juan Carlos Restrepo, Diana Dueñas, Zuray Corredor and Yamil Liscano
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3474; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133474   
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3474

2. “Performance of Node-RADS Scoring System for a Standardized Assessment of Regional Lymph Nodes in Bladder Cancer Patients”
by Costantino Leonardo, Rocco Simone Flammia, Sara Lucciola, Flavia Proietti, Martina Pecoraro, Bruno Bucca, Leslie Claire Licari, Antonella Borrelli, Eugenio Bologna, Nicholas Landini et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 580; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030580  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/580

3. “Emerging Biosensing Methods to Monitor Lung Cancer Biomarkers in Biological Samples: A Comprehensive Review”
by Raja Chinnappan, Tanveer Ahmad Mir, Sulaiman Alsalameh, Tariq Makhzoum, Alaa Alzhrani, Khalid Alnajjar, Salma Adeeb, Noor Al Eman, Zara Ahmed, Ismail Shakir et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3414; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133414  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3414

4. “PET/CT with Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitors in Breast Cancer: Diagnostic and Theranostic Application—A Literature Review”
by Silvia Taralli, Margherita Lorusso, Elisabetta Perrone, Germano Perotti, Luca Zagaria and Maria Lucia Calcagni
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 908; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030908  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/908

5. “Discordance of HER2-Low between Primary Tumors and Matched Distant Metastases in Breast Cancer”
by Katrin Almstedt, Lisa Krauthauser, Franziska Kappenberg, Daniel-Christoph Wagner, Anne-Sophie Heimes, Marco J. Battista, Katharina Anic, Slavomir Krajnak, Antje Lebrecht, Roxana Schwab et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1413; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051413  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1413

6. “LncRNA HCP5-Encoded Protein Regulates Ferroptosis to Promote the Progression of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer”
by Xiao Tong, Zhengling Yu, Jiani Xing, Haizhou Liu, Shunheng Zhou, Yu’e Huang, Jing Lin, Wei Jiang and Lihong Wang
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061880  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1880

7. “Clinical and Histopathological Features of an Italian Monocentric Series of Primary Small Bowel T-Cell Lymphomas”
by Marco Lucioni, Sara Fraticelli, Giovanni Santacroce, Arturo Bonometti, Nicola Aronico, Roberta Sciarra, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Paola Ilaria Bianchi, Giuseppe Neri, Monica Feltri et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(10), 2743; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15102743  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/10/2743

8. “Emerging Role of IGF-1 in Prostate Cancer: A Promising Biomarker and Therapeutic Target”
by Guoqiang Liu, Minggang Zhu, Mingrui Zhang and Feng Pan
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1287; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041287  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1287

9. “Body Composition of Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Sarcopenia, Low Psoas Muscle Index, and Myosteatosis Are Independent Risk Factors for Mortality”
by Simon U. Engelmann, Christoph Pickl, Maximilian Haas, Sebastian Kaelble, Valerie Hartmann, Maximilian Firsching, Laura Lehmann, Miodrag Gužvić, Bas W. G. van Rhijn, Johannes Breyer et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1778; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061778  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1778

10. “The Antithetic Roles of IQGAP2 and IQGAP3 in Cancers”
by Fei Song, Qingqing Dai, Marc-Oliver Grimm and Daniel Steinbach
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1115; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041115  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1115

11. “Unlocking the Potential of Circulating miRNAs in the Breast Cancer Neoadjuvant Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Paola Tiberio, Mariangela Gaudio, Silvia Belloni, Sebastiano Pindilli, Chiara Benvenuti, Flavia Jacobs, Giuseppe Saltalamacchia, Alberto Zambelli, Armando Santoro and Rita De Sanctis
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3424; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133424  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3424

12. “Assessment of Barriers and Challenges to Screening, Diagnosis, and Biomarker Testing in Early-Stage Lung Cancer”
by Reza Zarinshenas, Arya Amini, Isa Mambetsariev, Tariq Abuali, Jeremy Fricke, Colton Ladbury and Ravi Salgia
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1595; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051595  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1595

13. “RBM15 Promates the Proliferation, Migration and Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines”
by Hui Dong, Haidong Zhang, Xinyu Mao, Shiwei Liu, Wenjing Xu and Yewei Zhang
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1084; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041084  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1084

14. “The Importance of Detecting, Quantifying, and Characterizing Exosomes as a New Diagnostic/Prognostic Approach for Tumor Patients”
by Mariantonia Logozzi, Nicola Salvatore Orefice, Rossella Di Raimo, Davide Mizzoni and Stefano Fais
Cancers 2023, 15(11), 2878; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15112878  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/11/2878

15. “Accurate Detection of Urothelial Bladder Cancer Using Targeted Deep Sequencing of Urine DNA”
by Dongin Lee, Wookjae Lee, Hwang-Phill Kim, Myong Kim, Hyun Kyu Ahn, Duhee Bang and Kwang Hyun Kim
Cancers 2023, 15(10), 2868; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15102868
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/10/2868

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As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis”, which are listed below:

1. “Deep Learning in Different Ultrasound Methods for Breast Cancer, from Diagnosis to Prognosis: Current Trends, Challenges, and an Analysis”
by Humayra Afrin, Nicholas B. Larson, Mostafa Fatemi and Azra Alizad
Cancers 2023, 15(12), 3139; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15123139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/12/3139

2. “Multi-Method Analysis of Histopathological Image for Early Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Deep Learning and Hybrid Techniques”
by Mehran Ahmad, Muhammad Abeer Irfan, Umar Sadique, Ihtisham ul Haq, Atif Jan, Muhammad Irfan Khattak, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi and Hanan Aljuaid
Cancers 2023, 15(21), 5247; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15215247
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/21/5247

3. “Molecular Theranostics in Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer”
by Petra Petranović Ovčariček, Alfredo Campenni, Bart de Keizer, Desiree Deandreis, Michael C. Kreissl, Alexis Vrachimis, Murat Tuncel and Luca Giovanella
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4290; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174290
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4290

4. “AI-Assisted Screening of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders Using Smartphone-Based Photographic Images”
by Vivek Talwar, Pragya Singh, Nirza Mukhia, Anupama Shetty, Praveen Birur, Karishma M. Desai, Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Konala S. Varma, Ramanathan Sethuraman, C. V. Jawahar et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(16), 4120; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15164120
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/16/4120

5. “Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer: Global Epidemiology and Public Policy Implications”
by Sifon Ndon, Amritpal Singh, Patrick K. Ha, Joyce Aswani, Jason Ying-Kuen Chan and Mary Jue Xu
Cancers 2023, 15(16), 4080; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15164080
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/16/4080

6. “The Role of Staging Laparoscopy for Gastric Cancer Patients: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives”
by Carlo Alberto Schena, Vito Laterza, Davide De Sio, Giuseppe Quero, Claudio Fiorillo, Gayani Gunawardena, Antonia Strippoli, Vincenzo Tondolo, Nicola de’Angelis, Sergio Alfieri et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3425; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133425
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3425

7. “Stromal POSTN Enhances Motility of Both Cancer and Stromal Cells and Predicts Poor Survival in Colorectal Cancer”
by Akane Ueki, Masayuki Komura, Akira Koshino, Chengbo Wang, Kazuhiro Nagao, Mai Homochi, Yuki Tsukada, Masahide Ebi, Naotaka Ogasawara, Toyonori Tsuzuki et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 606; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030606
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/606

8. “Clinical-Radiomics Nomogram Based on Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Preoperative Prediction of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma”
by Liqing Jiang, Zijian Zhang, Shiyan Guo, Yongfeng Zhao and Ping Zhou
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1613; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051613
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1613

9. “Analysis of Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches Applied to Non-Invasive Imaging for Early Detection of Melanoma: A Systematic Review”
by Raj H. Patel, Emilie A. Foltz, Alexander Witkowski and Joanna Ludzik
Cancers 2023, 15(19), 4694; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/19/4694

10. “A Handheld Visible Resonance Raman Analyzer Used in Intraoperative Detection of Human Glioma”
by Liang Zhang, Yan Zhou, Binlin Wu, Shengjia Zhang, Ke Zhu, Cheng-Hui Liu, Xinguang Yu and Robert R. Alfano
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1752; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061752
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1752

11. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral and Cranial Nerve Tumors with Expert Recommendations: An EUropean Network for RAre CANcers (EURACAN) Initiative”
by Alessia Pellerino, Robert M. Verdijk, Lucia Nichelli, Nicolaus H. Andratschke, Ahmed Idbaih and Roland Goldbrunner
Cancers 2023, 15(7), 1930; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15071930
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/7/1930

12. “Evaluating the Potential of Delta Radiomics for Assessing Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment Response in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients”
by Ting-Wei Wang, Heng-Sheng Chao, Hwa-Yen Chiu, Yi-Hui Lin, Hung-Chun Chen, Chia-Feng Lu, Chien-Yi Liao, Yen Lee, Tsu-Hui Shiao, Yuh-Min Chen et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(21), 5125; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15215125
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/21/5125

13. “A Hybrid Algorithm of ML and XAI to Prevent Breast Cancer: A Strategy to Support Decision Making”
by Fabián Silva-Aravena, Hugo Núñez Delafuente, Jimmy H. Gutiérrez-Bahamondes and Jenny Morales
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2443; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092443
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2443

14. “SAINT: A Phase I/Expanded Phase II Study Using Safe Amounts of Ipilimumab, Nivolumab and Trabectedin as First-Line Treatment of Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma”
by Erlinda Maria Gordon, Sant P. Chawla, Walter Andree Tellez, Elan Younesi, Sonu Thomas, Victoria S. Chua-Alcala, Hripsime Chomoyan, Chrysler Valencia, Don Arlen Brigham, Ania Moradkhani et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 906; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030906
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/906

15. “Improving Prediction of Cervical Cancer Using KNN Imputed SMOTE Features and Multi-Model Ensemble Learning Approach”
by Hanen Karamti, Raed Alharthi, Amira Al Anizi, Reemah M. Alhebshi, Ala’ Abdulmajid Eshmawi, Shtwai Alsubai and Muhammad Umer
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4412; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174412
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4412

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As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life”, which are listed below:

1. “Depression, Inflammation, and Intestinal Permeability: Associations with Subjective and Objective Cognitive Functioning throughout Breast Cancer Survivorship”
by Annelise A. Madison, Rebecca Andridge, Anthony H. Kantaras, Megan E. Renna, Jeanette M. Bennett, Catherine M. Alfano, Stephen P. Povoski, Doreen M. Agnese, Maryam Lustberg, Robert Wesolowski et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4414; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174414
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4414

2. “First-Line Immunotherapy with Check-Point Inhibitors: Prospective Assessment of Cognitive Function”
by Jamie S. Myers, Adam C. Parks, Jonathan D. Mahnken, Kate J. Young, Harsh B. Pathak, Rajni V. Puri, Amber Unrein, Phyllis Switzer, Yazan Abdulateef, Samantha Sullivan et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1615; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051615
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1615

3. “Characteristics and Components of Self-Management Interventions for Improving Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review”
by Ben Rimmer, Morven C. Brown, Tumi Sotire, Fiona Beyer, Iakov Bolnykh, Michelle Balla, Catherine Richmond, Lizzie Dutton, Sophie Williams, Vera Araújo-Soares et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16010014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/1/14

4. “The Association between the Gut Microbiome and Development and Progression of Cancer Treatment Adverse Effects”
by Amanda S. Maddern, Janet K. Coller, Joanne M. Bowen and Rachel J. Gibson
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4301; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4301

5. “The Role of Exercise in Cancer-Related Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity”
by Argyro Papadopetraki, Antonios Giannopoulos, Maria Maridaki, Flora Zagouri, Stavroula Droufakou, Michael Koutsilieris and Anastassios Philippou
Cancers 2023, 15(24), 5856; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15245856
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/24/5856

6. “Preoperative CT-Based Skeletal Muscle Mass Depletion and Outcomes after Total Laryngectomy”
by Victoria Salati, Katerina Mandralis, Fabio Becce, Joachim Koerfer, Karma Lambercy, Christian Simon and François Gorostidi
Cancers 2023, 15(14), 3538; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143538
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/14/3538

7. “Consumer Perspectives on the Adoption of a Prehabilitation Multimodal Online Program for Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery”
by Daniel Steffens, Linda Denehy, Michael Solomon, Cherry Koh, Nabila Ansari, Kate McBride, Sharon Carey, Jenna Bartyn, Aaron Sean Lawrence, Kym Sheehan et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 5039; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15205039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5039

8. “A Novel Score Using Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio in Blood and Malignant Body Fluid for Predicting Prognosis of Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer”
by Min Jin Jeong, Yeo Nyeong Yoon, Yeon Kyung Kang, Chan Joo Kim, Hae Seong Nam and Yong Seok Lee
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2328; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082328
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2328

9. “Assessing the Needs of Those Who Serve the Underserved: A Qualitative Study among US Oncology Clinicians”
by Manali I. Patel, Leslie Hinyard, Fay J. Hlubocky, Janette K. Merrill, Kimberly T. Smith, Sailaja Kamaraju, Daniel Carrizosa, Tricia Kalwar, Lola Fashoyin-Aje, Scarlett L. Gomez et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3311; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133311
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3311

10. “Patient-Reported Mobility, Physical Activity, and Bicycle Use after Vulvar Carcinoma Surgery”
by Nick J. van de Berg, Franciscus P. van Beurden, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos, Marjolein Duijvestijn, Heleen J. van Beekhuizen, Marianne Maliepaard and Helena C. van Doorn
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2324; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082324
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2324

11. “Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Influence of Psychosocial Factors”
by Regina Moldes-Moro and María José de Dios-Duarte
Cancers 2023, 15(16), 4140; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15164140
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/16/4140

12. “Complications of Central Venous Access Devices Used in Palliative Care Settings for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Clement Chun-Him Wong, Horace Cheuk-Wai Choi and Victor Ho-Fun Lee
Cancers 2023, 15(19), 4712; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194712
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/19/4712

13. “Predicting Long-Term Care Service Demands for Cancer Patients: A Machine Learning Approach”
by Shuo-Chen Chien, Yu-Hung Chang, Chia-Ming Yen, Ying-Erh Chen, Chia-Chun Liu, Yu-Ping Hsiao, Ping-Yen Yang, Hong-Ming Lin, Xing-Hua Lu, I-Chien Wu et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(18), 4598; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184598
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/18/4598

14. “Treatment of Colorectal Cancer in Certified Centers: Results of a Large German Registry Study Focusing on Long-Term Survival”
by Vinzenz Völkel, Michael Gerken, Kees Kleihues-van Tol, Olaf Schoffer, Veronika Bierbaum, Christoph Bobeth, Martin Roessler, Christoph Reissfelder, Alois Fürst, Stefan Benz et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(18), 4568; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184568
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/18/4568

15. “Immunotherapy-Related Oral Adverse Effects: Immediate Sequelae, Chronicity and Secondary Cancer”
by Sharon Elad, Noam Yarom and Yehuda Zadik
Cancers 2023, 15(19), 4781; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15194781
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/19/4781

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As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in Section “Cancer Therapy” which are listed below.

1. “The Current Status of Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Treatment”
by Wenqi Jiang, Mingkang Liang, Qifang Lei, Guangzhi Li and Song Wu
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030585
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/585

2. “A Recent Review on Cancer Nanomedicine”
by Paras Mani Giri, Anurag Banerjee and Buddhadev Layek
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2256; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082256  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2256

3. “Systematic Review on CAR-T Cell Clinical Trials Up to 2022: Academic Center Input”
by Valentine Wang, Mélanie Gauthier, Véronique Decot, Loïc Reppel and Danièle Bensoussan
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1003

4. “Updated Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer in Asia: Decreased Incidence but Still a Big Challenge”
by Wing Sum Shin, Fuda Xie, Bonan Chen, Peiyao Yu, Jun Yu, Ka Fai To and Wei Kang
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2639; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092639   
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2639

5. “Targetable Molecular Alterations in the Treatment of Biliary Tract Cancers: An Overview of the Available Treatments”
by Marine Valery, Damien Vasseur, Francesco Fachinetti, Alice Boilève, Cristina Smolenschi, Anthony Tarabay, Leony Antoun, Audrey Perret, Alina Fuerea, Thomas Pudlarz et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(18), 4446; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184446  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/18/4446

6. “CAR T Cell Therapy in Glioblastoma: Overcoming Challenges Related to Antigen Expression”
by Andrew S. Luksik, Eli Yazigi, Pavan Shah and Christopher M. Jackson
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1414; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051414  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1414

7. “Prognostic Values of Systemic Inflammatory Immunological Markers in Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Pawel Jarmuzek, Klaudia Kozlowska, Piotr Defort, Marcin Kot and Agnieszka Zembron-Lacny
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3339; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133339  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3339

8. “Novel Agents as Main Drivers for Continued Improvement in Survival in Multiple Myeloma”
by Borja Puertas, Verónica González-Calle, Eduardo Sobejano-Fuertes, Fernando Escalante, José A. Queizán, Abelardo Bárez, Jorge Labrador, José María Alonso-Alonso, Alfonso García de Coca, Alberto Cantalapiedra et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1558; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051558
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1558

9. “Immunotherapy in Biliary Tract Cancers: Current Standard-of-Care and Emerging Strategies”
by Justin H. Lo, Rajiv Agarwal, Laura W. Goff and Thatcher R. Heumann
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3312; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133312
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3312

10. “MET Amplification as a Resistance Driver to TKI Therapies in Lung Cancer: Clinical Challenges and Opportunities”
by Kang Qin, Lingzhi Hong, Jianjun Zhang and Xiuning Le
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 612; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030612  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/612

11. “Overview of Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology in Europe and Recommendations for Screening in High-Risk Populations”
by Olga Partyka, Monika Pajewska, Daria Kwaśniewska, Aleksandra Czerw, Andrzej Deptała, Michał Budzik, Elżbieta Cipora, Izabela Gąska, Lucyna Gazdowicz, Aneta Mielnik et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(14), 3634; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143634  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/14/3634

12. “BRAF Mutations in Melanoma: Biological Aspects, Therapeutic Implications, and Circulating Biomarkers”
by Giorgia Castellani, Mariachiara Buccarelli, Maria Beatrice Arasi, Stefania Rossi, Maria Elena Pisanu, Maria Bellenghi, Carla Lintas and Claudio Tabolacci
Cancers 2023, 15(16), 4026; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15164026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/16/4026

13. “10 Years of Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Andrea Di Giorgio, Antonio Macrì, Federica Ferracci, Manuela Robella, Mario Visaloco, Giovanni De Manzoni, Paolo Sammartino, Antonio Sommariva, Daniele Biacchi, Franco Roviello et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1125; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041125  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1125

14. “Discovering the Clinical and Prognostic Role of Pan-Immune-Inflammation Values on Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
by Chia-Chi Yeh, Huang-Kai Kao, Yenlin Huang, Tsung-You Tsai, Chi-Kuang Young, Shao-Yu Hung, Chuieng-Yi Lu and Kai-Ping Chang
Cancers 2023, 15(1), 322; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15010322
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/1/322

15. “The Role of Carbon Ion Therapy in the Changing Oncology Landscape—A Narrative Review of the Literature and the Decade of Carbon Ion Experience at the Italian National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy”
by Ester Orlandi, Amelia Barcellini, Barbara Vischioni, Maria Rosaria Fiore, Viviana Vitolo, Alberto Iannalfi, Maria Bonora, Agnieszka Chalaszczyk, Rossana Ingargiola, Giulia Riva et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 5068; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15205068  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5068

16. “Multi-Functional Boron-Delivery Agents for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Cancers”
by Sebastian O. Oloo, Kevin M. Smith and Maria da Graça H. Vicente
Cancers 2023, 15(13), 3277; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133277
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3277

17. “The Prognostic Role of Human Papillomavirus and p16 Status in Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma—A Systematic Review”
by Kevin Parza, Arfa Mustasam, Filip Ionescu, Mahati Paravathaneni, Reagan Sandstrom, Houssein Safa, G. Daniel Grass, Peter A. Johnstone, Steven A. Eschrich, Juskaran Chadha et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(14), 3713; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143713  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/14/3713

18. “Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Anti-Angiogenic Therapy in Glioblastoma”
by Ashley B. Zhang, Khashayar Mozaffari, Brian Aguirre, Victor Li, Rohan Kubba, Nilay C. Desai, Darren Wei, Isaac Yang and Madhuri Wadehra
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 830; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030830  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/830

19. “Image-Guided Proton Therapy: A Comprehensive Review”
by Shelby A. Lane, Jason M. Slater and Gary Y. Yang
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2555; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092555  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2555

20. “Senolytic Flavonoids Enhance Type-I and Type-II Cell Death in Human Radioresistant Colon Cancer Cells through AMPK/MAPK Pathway”
by Maria Russo, Stefania Moccia, Diomira Luongo and Gian Luigi Russo
Cancers 2023, 15(9), 2660, https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092660  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/9/2660

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As all of the articles published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023 in the Section “Infectious Agents and Cancer”, which are listed below:

1. “Intestinal Microbes and Hematological Malignancies”
by Yinghong Zhu, Qiaohui Yang, Qin Yang, Yanjuan He and Wen Zhou
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2284; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082284
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2284

2. “Overexpression of E6/E7 mRNA HPV Is a Prognostic Biomarker for Residual Disease Progression in Women Undergoing LEEP for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 3”
by Maria Teresa Bruno, Giulia Bonanno, Francesco Sgalambro, Antonino Cavallaro and Sara Boemi
Cancers 2023, 15(17), 4203; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15174203
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/17/4203

3. “Unveiling the Association between HPV and Pan-Cancers: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study”
by Jianxuan Sun, Jiacheng Xiang, Ye An, Jinzhou Xu, Yifan Xiong, Shaogang Wang and Qidong Xia
Cancers 2023, 15(21), 5147; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15215147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/21/5147

4. “Study of Helicobacter pylori Isolated from a High-Gastric-Cancer-Risk Population: Unveiling the Comprehensive Analysis of Virulence-Associated Genes including Secretion Systems, and Genome-Wide Association Study”
by Batsaikhan Saruuljavkhlan, Ricky Indra Alfaray, Khasag Oyuntsetseg, Boldbaatar Gantuya, Ayush Khangai, Namsrai Renchinsengee, Takashi Matsumoto, Junko Akada, Dashdorj Azzaya, Duger Davaadorj et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(18), 4528; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184528
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/18/4528

5. “Oral Bacteria, Virus and Fungi in Saliva and Tissue Samples from Adult Subjects with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Umbrella Review”
by Federica Di Spirito, Maria Pia Di Palo, Veronica Folliero, Davide Cannatà, Gianluigi Franci, Stefano Martina and Massimo Amato
Cancers 2023, 15(23), 5540; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15235540
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/23/5540

6. “Triage Strategies for Non-16/Non-18 HPV-Positive Women in Primary HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening: p16/Ki67 Dual Stain vs. Cytology”
by Karolina Mazurec, Martyna Trzeszcz, Maciej Mazurec, Joanna Streb, Agnieszka Halon and Robert Jach
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 5095; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15205095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5095

7. “Microbial-Related Metabolites May Be Involved in Eight Major Biological Processes and Represent Potential Diagnostic Markers in Gastric Cancer”
by Siru Nie, Ang Wang, Xiaohui Chen, Yuehua Gong and Yuan Yuan
Cancers 2023, 15(21), 5271; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15215271
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/21/5271

8. “Changing Prevalence of AIDS and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancers in an Incident Cohort of People Living with HIV over 28 Years”
by Anna Maria Cattelan, Maria Mazzitelli, Nicolò Presa, Claudia Cozzolino, Lolita Sasset, Davide Leoni, Beatrice Bragato, Vincenzo Scaglione, Vincenzo Baldo and Saverio Giuseppe Parisi
Cancers 2024, 16(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16010070
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/1/70

9. “Prevalence and Characteristics of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Papilloma”
by Dongbin Ahn, Ji-Hye Kwak, Gil-Joon Lee and Jin-Ho Sohn
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 810; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030810
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/810

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