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30 Nov 2017

Role of Genetic Variations in Determining Treatment Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer

Worldwide, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is responsible for >550,000 diagnoses and 380,000 deaths annually. It originates in the upper…
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24 Nov 2017

Editor’s Pick: Simple, Low-Cost, and Timely Optical Biosensors for the Detection of Epigenetic Biomarkers: The Future of Cancer Diagnosis

The cancer burden continues to grow with enormous physical, emotional, and financial pressure on individuals, families, communities, and health systems.
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24 Oct 2017

The Janus-Faced Role of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer (PC) still represents an unresolved therapeutic challenge due to the associated poor prognosis and the lack of responsiveness to…
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24 Oct 2017

Post-Surgical Strategies for Prostate Cancer: Clinicopathologic and Genomics Criteria

Radical prostatectomy is widely used as the primary modality of treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer.
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24 Oct 2017

Prognostic and Predictive Value of FDG-PET as an Aid in Oesophageal Cancer Management

FDG-PET is widely used for cancer staging before treatment and detection of recurrence during post-treatment surveillance.
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24 Oct 2017

Understanding the Microenvironment of Melanoma Cells for the Development of Target Drug Delivery Systems

Melanoma is the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. The high rate of patient death is related to advanced melanoma metastasis, which usually…
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24 Oct 2017

Chemotherapy for Extracranial Germ Cell Tumours in Paediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients

Extracranial germ cell tumours are derived from dysregulated, unipotent to totipotent, primordial germ cells and can arise from heterogeneous sites and…
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24 Oct 2017

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Spotlight on Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

Pleural malignancies constitute either primary pleural malignancies, such as malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), or secondary pleural tumours, either…