Oncology: State-of-the-Art Research in UK, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1856

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Interests: breast cancer; geriatric oncology; breast surgery

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the second edition of the previous one, Oncology: State-of-the-Art Research in UK. (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/Oncology_UK).

Among many other countries, the UK is at the forefront of cancer research. There are commitments from stakeholders from academic institutions, health service organisations, industries, funding bodies and public and patient advocacy groups to support the research of all types of cancer. We have a unique National Health Service, which emphasises the needs of everyone and is free at the point of delivery. It believes that integrating research into the health service organisation will improve outcomes and transform cancer care.

In this Special Issue, we aim to showcase state-of-the-art research in oncology in the UK. We invite submissions looking at all kinds of research covering all cancer types and stages, from basic laboratory research to translational and clinical research, including cohort studies, randomised controlled trials and epidemiological studies. Narrated reviews describing the history and significant contributions of cancer research in the UK are also welcome.  

Prof. Dr. Kwok-Leung Cheung
Dr. Ruth Parks
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • cancer
  • oncology
  • research
  • United Kingdom
  • UK

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Anogenital HPV-Related Cancers in Women: Investigating Trends and Sociodemographic Risk Factors
by Micol Lupi, Sofia Tsokani, Ann-Marie Howell, Mosab Ahmed, Danielle Brogden, Paris Tekkis, Christos Kontovounisios and Sarah Mills
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2177; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122177 - 8 Jun 2024
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The incidences of anogenital HPV-related cancers in women are on the rise; this is especially true for anal cancer. Medical societies are now beginning to recommend anal cancer screening in certain high-risk populations, including high-risk women with a history of genital dysplasia. The [...] Read more.
The incidences of anogenital HPV-related cancers in women are on the rise; this is especially true for anal cancer. Medical societies are now beginning to recommend anal cancer screening in certain high-risk populations, including high-risk women with a history of genital dysplasia. The aim of this study is to investigate national anogenital HPV cancer trends as well as the role of demographics, deprivation, and ethnicity on anogenital cancer incidence in England, in an attempt to better understand this cohort of women which is increasingly affected by anogenital HPV-related disease. Demographic data from the Clinical Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD) were extracted for all patients diagnosed with anal, cervical, vulval and vaginal cancer in England between 2014 and 2020. Outcomes included age, ethnicity, deprivation status and staging. An age over 55 years, non-white ethnicity and high deprivation are significant risk factors for late cancer staging, as per logistic regression. In 2019, the incidences of anal and vulval cancer in white women aged 55–74 years surpassed that of cervical cancer. More needs to be done to educate women on HPV-related disease and their lifetime risk of these conditions. Full article
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