Cancers | Feature Papers from the First Half of 2025 in the “Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life” 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 “Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life” Section, which are listed below:

1. “From Diagnosis to Survivorship: The Role of Social Determinants in Cancer Care”
by Abiha Abdullah, Zeyu Liu and Michele Molinari
Cancers 2025, 17(7), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17071067
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/7/1067

2. “Right-Sided Versus Left-Sided Colon Cancer—A 5-Year Single-Center Observational Study”
by Julia Szostek, Michał Serafin, Magdalena Mąka, Beata Jabłońska and Sławomir Mrowiec
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 537; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030537
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/537

3. “Initial Use Experience of Durvalumab Plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer in a Japanese Territory Center”
by Kento Shionoya, Atsushi Sofuni, Shuntaro Mukai, Yoshiya Yamauchi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Reina Tanaka, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Kenjiro Yamamoto, Kazumasa Nagai, Yukitoshi Matsunami et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(2), 314; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17020314
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/2/314

4. “Revolutionizing Oncology Through AI: Addressing Cancer Disparities by Improving Screening, Treatment, and Survival Outcomes via Integration of Social Determinants of Health”
by Amit Kumar Srivastav, Aryan Singh, Shailesh Singh, Brian Rivers, James W. Lillard, Jr. and Rajesh Singh
Cancers 2025, 17(17), 2866; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17172866
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/17/2866

5. “Racial and Socioeconomic Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Helena Fiats Ribeiro, Fernando Castilho Pelloso, Beatriz Sousa da Fonseca, Camila Wohlenberg Camparoto, Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho, Vlaudimir Dias Marques, Mariá Romanio Bitencourt, Kely Paviani Stevanato, Pedro Beraldo Borba, Deise Helena Pelloso Borghesan et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(10), 1641; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17101641
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/10/1641

6. “Sleep and Cancer”
by Courtney M. Vaughn and Bradley V. Vaughn
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 911; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060911
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/911

7. “An Evaluation of Rare Cancer Policies in Europe: A Survey Among Healthcare Providers”
by Kostadin Kostadinov, Georgi Iskrov, Nina Musurlieva and Rumen Stefanov
Cancers 2025, 17(2), 164; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17020164
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/2/164

8. “Timing Matters: A Systematic Review of Early Versus Delayed Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer”
by Ioana Creangă-Murariu, Eliza-Maria Froicu, Dragos Viorel Scripcariu, Gema Bacoanu, Mihaela Poroch, Mihaela Moscalu, Claudia Cristina Tarniceriu, Teodora Alexa-Stratulat and Vladimir Poroch
Cancers 2025, 17(15), 2598; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17152598
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/15/2598

9. “Evolution of Survival in Patients with Multiple Myeloma over Two Decades: A Real-World Experience from a Medium-Level Hospital”
by Esther Ortega-Vida, Abel Rosado-Rodriguez, Rocio Fe, Victoria Verdugo, Rocio Gavira and Sebastián Garzón
Cancers 2025, 17(5), 793; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17050793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/5/793

10. “Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Assessments in Research on Patients with Adult Rare Solid Cancers: A State-of-the-Art Review”
by Catarina S. Padilla, Cristiane D. Bergerot, Kim Dijke, Evelyne Roets, Gabriela Boková, Veronika Innerhofer, Samantha C. Sodergren, Rosanna Mancari, Cristiana Bergamini, Kirsty M. Way et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 387; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030387
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/387

11. “Positive Prognostic Overall Survival Impacts of Methylated TGFB2 and MGMT in Adult Glioblastoma Patients”
by Sanjive Qazi, Michael Potts, Scott Myers, Stephen Richardson and Vuong Trieu
Cancers 2025, 17(7), 1122; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17071122
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/7/1122

12. “Evaluating Treatment Preferences and the Efficacy of Capsaicin 179 mg Patch vs. Pregabalin in a Randomized Trial for Postsurgical Neuropathic Pain in Breast Cancer: CAPTRANE”
by Denis Dupoiron, Florent Bienfait, Valérie Seegers, François-Xavier Piloquet, Yves-Marie Pluchon, Marie Pechard, Karima Mezaib, Gisèle Chvetzoff, Jésus Diaz, Abesse Ahmeidi et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(2), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17020313
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/2/313

13. “Long-Term Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Total Laryngectomy”
by Maria Octavia Murariu, Eugen Radu Boia, Adrian Mihail Sitaru, Cristian Ion Mot, Mihaela Cristina Negru, Alexandru Cristian Brici, Delia Elena Zahoi and Nicolae Constantin Balica
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 1011; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17061011
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/1011

14. “Assessment Tools to Examine Illness Understanding in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials”
by Ashlyn Tu, Allison de la Rosa, Kate Krause, Jessica H. Brown and David Hui
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 385; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030385
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/385

15. “Immersive Virtual Reality for Enabling Patient Experience and Enrollment in Oncology Clinical Trials: A Feasibility Study”
by Frank Tsai, Landon Gray, Amy Mirabella, Margaux Steinbach, Jacqueline M. Garrick, Nadine J. Barrett, Nelson Chao and Frederic Zenhausern
Cancers 2025, 17(7), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17071148
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/7/1148

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