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  1. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a globally severe cancer with an unfavorable prognosis. PANoptosis, a form of cell death regulated by PANoptosomes, plays a role in numerous cancer types. However, th...

    Authors: Kangkang Yang, Yushuang Wang, Yuli Jian, Bo Wang, Hao Du, Yuqing Xia, Jianlei Bi, Meihua Guo, Zhi Li and Ning Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:8
  2. Super-enhancers (SEs) represent a distinct category of cis-regulatory elements notable for their robust transcriptional activation capabilities. In tumor cells, SEs intricately regulate the expression of oncog...

    Authors: Xuejin Lu, Meizi Zhu, Xingyue Pei, Jinhu Ma, Rui Wang, Yi Wang, Shuwen Chen, Yan Yan and Yaling Zhu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:7
  3. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a globally prevalent malignancy, primarily affecting the colon and rectum, characterized by uncontrolled cellular changes in the intestinal wall lining. Recent evidence underlines th...

    Authors: Hossein Khorramdelazad, Kowsar Bagherzadeh, Ali Rahimi, Ali Darehkordi, Alireza Najafi, Milad Karimi, Majid Khoshmirsafa, Gholamhossein Hassanshahi, Elaheh Safari and Reza Falak
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:5
  4. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) continues to be a major cause of cancer-related death worldwide, primarily due to delays in diagnosis and resistance to existing treatments. Recent research has identified ATP-de...

    Authors: Chao Xu, Litao Liang, Guoqing Liu, Yanzhi Feng, Bin Xu, Deming Zhu, Wenbo Jia, Jinyi Wang, Wenhu Zhao, Xiangyu Ling, Yongping Zhou, Wenzhou Ding and Lianbao Kong
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:4
  5. Breast cancer will overtake all other cancers in terms of diagnoses in 2024. Breast cancer counts highest among women in terms of cancer incidence and death rates. Innovative treatment approaches are desperate...

    Authors: Hany E. Marei, Khaled Bedair, Anwarul Hasan, Layla Al-Mansoori, Sara Caratelli, Giuseppe Sconocchia, Alice Gaiba and Carlo Cenciarelli
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:3
  6. Tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in tumor growth and metastasis. Exploring biomarkers that are significantly associated with TME can help guide individualized treatment of patients.

    Authors: Linxue Zhang, Yu-wei Li, Tianyi Xie, Ke Sun, Xiang Huang, Wei Xiong and Rui-ji Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:1
  7. Tumor organoids have emerged as powerful tools for in vitro cancer research due to their ability to retain the structural and genetic characteristics of tumors. Nevertheless, the absence of a complete tumor micro...

    Authors: Peng Li, Minli Huang, Yifan Ma, Yongbin Zhang and Changhong Shi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:438
  8. Authors: Mingzhou Li, Chengmei Huang, Yuanyuan Wu, Lina Zhu, Yaxin Zhang, Yi Zhou, Huali Li, Zhihao Liu, Xinyan Pan, Xin Wang, Junfeng Qiu, Fengtian Li and Wenting Liao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:436

    The original article was published in Cancer Cell International 2023 23:27

  9. Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most invasive and lethal skin malignant tumors. Compared to primary melanoma, metastatic melanoma (MM) presents poorer treatment outcomes and a higher mortality rate. The tumor...

    Authors: Rongyao Sun, Shuqiang Wei, Ying Yu, Zhuo Wang, Tonghao Yao, Yining Zhang, Luping Cui and Xu Ma
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:435
  10. Gas therapy represents a promising strategy for cancer treatment, with nitric oxide (NO) therapy showing particular potential in tumor therapy. However, ensuring sufficient production of NO remains a significa...

    Authors: Haiyan Yang, Guangrong Zheng, GuoChen Li, Jincui Chen, Licui Qi, Yong Luo, Tengfei Ke, Jie Xiong and Xiaojuan Ji
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:434
  11. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a type of cancer characterized by a vast intracellular accumulation of lipids that are critical to sustain growth and viability of the cells in the tumour microenviro...

    Authors: Barbara Guerra, Kristina Jurcic, Rachelle van der Poel, Samantha Lynn Cousineau, Thomas K. Doktor, Laura M. Buchwald, Scott E. Roffey, Caroline A. Lindegaard, Anna Z. Ferrer, Mohammad A. Siddiqui, Laszlo Gyenis, Brage S. Andresen and David W. Litchfield
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:432
  12. Oral cancer progresses from asymptomatic to advanced stages, often involving cervical lymph node metastasis, resistance to chemotherapy, and an unfavorable prognosis. Clarifying its potential mechanisms is vit...

    Authors: Jiajun Wu, Chanjuan Zhang, Hongfang Li, Shuo Zhang, Jingxin Chen and Li Qin
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:431
  13. Drug resistance remains a significant obstacle to Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) successful treatment, often leading to therapeutic failure. Our previous studies demonstrated that Glioma-associated oncogene-1 (G...

    Authors: Cheng Zhou, Liang Zhao, Ming Zhou, Chao Wu, Guanghua Liu, Jiangwen Long, Yuanxiang Shi and Can Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:430
  14. Gliomas are the most common tumors of the central nervous system, with glioblastoma (GBM) being particularly aggressive and fatal. Current treatments for GBM, including surgery and chemotherapy, are limited by...

    Authors: Yin Wang, Wenxuan Hu, Boya Zhou, Yu Zhao, Yufei Tang, Zhiyong Deng and Minbin Chen
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:429
  15. Due to current challenges in the early detection, less than 40% of individuals diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are viable candidates for surgical intervention. Therefore, validating and launching...

    Authors: Roya Solhi, Mahsa Pourhamzeh, Ali Zarrabi, Moustapha Hassan, Hamed Mirzaei and Massoud Vosough
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:428
  16. Bioinformatics models greatly contribute to individualized assessments of cancer patients. However, considerable research neglected some critical technological points, including comparisons of multiple modelin...

    Authors: Fangshi Xu, Zongyu Li, Hao Guan and Jiancang Ma
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:427
  17. Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a widely expressed membrane-anchored glycoprotein, which has been associated with the development and progression of several types of human malignancies, controlling cancer stem c...

    Authors: Alessandro Corsaro, Irene Dellacasagrande, Michele Tomanelli, Aldo Pagano, Federica Barbieri, Stefano Thellung and Tullio Florio
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:426
  18. Chronic alcohol consumption and tobacco usage are major risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Excessive tobacco and alcohol consumption lead to oxidative stress and the generation of reac...

    Authors: Shau-Hsuan Li, Wan-Ting Huang, Yen-Hao Chen, Hung-I Lu, Chien-Ming Lo, Hsin-Ting Tsai and Chang-Han Chen
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:425
  19. Incessant ovulation is the main etiologic factor of ovarian high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC), which mostly originate from the fallopian tube epithelium (FTE). Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ligands essentia...

    Authors: Aye Aye Khine, Pao-Chu Chen, Ying-Hsi Chen, Sung-Chao Chu, Hsuan-Shun Huang and Tang-Yuan Chu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:424
  20. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a crucial role in the migration and invasion capabilities of glioblastoma (GBM) cells. Several studies have established tubulin as a significant regulator of the E...

    Authors: Junxi Li, Zhengjun Zhou, Junrong Zhang, Ming Wang, Xingzhao Luan, Mingkuan Zhao, Geng Jiang, Guiyuan Wang, Shenjie Li, Wei Xiang, Ligang Chen and Jie Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:423
  21. Epigenetic phytochemicals are considered as an efficacious and safe alternative to synthetic drugs in drug discovery. In this regard, combinatorial interventions enable simultaneously _targeting various neoplas...

    Authors: Mohammad Mijanur Rahman and Trygve O. Tollefsbol
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:422
  22. Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is a catalytic subunit of telomerase and required for cancer development. This study aims to reveal its clinical utility for diagnosis and prognosis of resectable NSCLC.

    Authors: Guanxuan Chen, Shiwen Wang, Qianru Zhang, Junyan Liu, Wanqi Zhu, Xianrang Song and Xingguo Song
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:420
  23. Ovarian cancer (OC) is often associated with an unfavorable prognosis. Given the crucial involvement of lysosomes in tumor advancement, lysosome-related genes (LRGs) hold promise as potential therapeutic _targets.

    Authors: Ran Sun, Siyi Li, Wanlu Ye and Yanming Lu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:419
  24. Prolactinoma is the leading type of pituitary adenoma. Aside from the mass-like effect of prolactinoma, its hormonal effect is the main pathological cause of endocrine dysregulation and infertility. The dopami...

    Authors: Sevil Ghaffarzadeh Rad, Fatemeh Nejadi Orang and Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:418
  25. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of subsequent chemotherapy with single eribulin or utidelone combined with a capecitabine regimen in patients with advanced breast cancer who ...

    Authors: Mengya Feng, Pingping Bi, Yihua Kang, Dechun Yang, Shengnan Ren, Xianping Lu, Guojian Xie, Hai Lei and Dan Mo
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:416
  26. The long non-coding RNA HOTAIR is overexpressed in many cancers and is associated with several cancer-promoting effects, including increased cell proliferation, migration and treatment resistance. HOTAIR levels c...

    Authors: Majid Nazari, Emad Babakhanzadeh, Arghavan Mollazadeh, Mohadese Ahmadzade, Elham Mohammadi Soleimani and Elnaz Hajimaqsoudi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:415
  27. Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally, affecting approximately one-quarter of all female cancer patients and accounting for one-sixth of cancer-related deaths...

    Authors: Qianqian Jiang, Fei Tong, Yun Xu, Cheng Liu and Qiaoping Xu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:414
  28. Cervical cancer (CC) ranks as the fourth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally, with declining incidence and mortality rates in recent decades. Previous ...

    Authors: Qin Li, Min Su, Yanyun Wang, Zhilong Li, Yaping Song, Bin Zhou and Lin Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:413
  29. The development of resistance to therapy is characteristic of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the 6th most common cancer, and is often attributed to cancer stem cells (CSCs). By proteomic approa...

    Authors: Kristina Vukovic Derfi, Tea Vasiljevic, Tea Dragicevic and Tanja Matijevic Glavan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:412
  30. Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary malignant bone neoplasm. Growing researches have highlighted the tumor promoting role of miR-615-3p in various cancers. Notwithstanding, the biological function and...

    Authors: Xuecheng Yu, Xin Wang, Fan Xu, Xinyi Zhang, Muyi Wang, Ruikai Zhou, Zhengyi Sun, Xiaohui Pan, Lin Feng, Wanchao Zhang, Yong Sun, Wenting Zhang, Dong Zhou and Yuqing Jiang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:411
  31. Hematological malignancies are typically treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy as the first-line conventional therapies. However, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a rapidly expanding field of study in cancer ...

    Authors: Samira Anvari, Mohsen Nikbakht, Mohammad Vaezi, Sedigheh Amini-Kafiabad and Mohammad Ahmadvand
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:410
  32. Paclitaxel resistance and recurrence are major obstacles in ovarian cancer, which is the leading cause of death among gynecologic cancers. During cancer cell progression, cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) drive...

    Authors: Gyeongmi Kim, Se-Kyeong Jang, Se Hee Ahn, Selim Kim, Chan Sub Park, Min-Ki Seong, Hyun-Ah Kim, Seunghee Bae, Jae Ho Lee, Hyunggee Kim, Hyeon-Ok Jin and In-Chul Park
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:409
  33. S-nitrosylation (SNO) modification, a nitric oxide (NO)-mediated post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins, plays an important role in protein microstructure, degradation, activity, and stability. Due t.....

    Authors: Feng Liang, Min Wang, Jiannan Li and Jie Guo
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:408
  34. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) represents the most prevalent form of primary malignant tumor within the central nervous system. The emergence of resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy represents a signific...

    Authors: Wenrui Zang, Yangwu Liu, Jiajun Zheng, Yifeng Huang, Lei Chen, Chiyang Li, Jiakun Zhao, Qiang Zhou, Yangheng Xu, Zhenyuan Wang, Yongfu Cao, Wanling Zhang, Junjie Li and Yuntao Lu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:407
  35. Cancer remains a significant global challenge, and despite the numerous strategies developed to advance cancer therapy, an effective cure for metastatic cancer remains elusive. A major hurdle in treatment succ...

    Authors: Bemrew Admassu Mengistu, Tirunesh Tsegaw, Yitayew Demessie, Kalkidan Getnet, Abebe Belete Bitew, Mebrie Zemene Kinde, Asnakew Mulaw Beirhun, Atsede Solomon Mebratu, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Melaku Getahun Feleke and Melkie Dagnaw Fenta
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:406
  36. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is recognized as a highly malignant tumor. _targeted combination immunotherapy, the initially approved regimen, is compromised by adverse side effects and low response rates durin...

    Authors: Mengqing Ma, Rui Hu, Qi Huang, Jing Li, Minling Lv, Jialing Sun, Xin Zhong, Jinyu Yi, Lanfen Peng, Wenxing Feng, Wenfeng Ma, Zhiyi Han, Wei Zhang, Xinfeng Sun, Bolin Zhan, Xingning Liu…
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:405
  37. Retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RLPS) is a mesenchymal malignant tumor characterized by different degrees of adipocytic differentiation. Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS) and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (D...

    Authors: Xiaopeng Wang, Jingjing Ye, Yan Wu, Hongtao Zhang, Chengpeng Li, Bonan Liu, Xiaoya Guan, Xiuyun Tian, Weiwei Jia, Qiao Liu, Shuquan Li, Rongze Sun, Daoning Liu, Guoqiang Xue, Zhen Wang, Liang Yan…
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:404
  38. Breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent and highly lethal cancer in females. Like other cancer types, the intricate cellular and molecular heterogeneity leads to the variation of therapeutic outcomes. The developmen...

    Authors: Parisa Khanicheragh, Zahra Abbasi-Malati, Solmaz Saghebasl, Parisa Hassanpour, Soheil Zamen Milani, Reza Rahbarghazi and Akbar Hasani
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:402
  39. This study aimed to compare the performance of amide proton transfer–weighted imaging (APTWI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions, evaluate molecular su...

    Authors: Haiyan Shan, Tengfei Ke, Shasha Bao, Yifan Liu, Na Tan, Xinyan Zhou, Guochen Li, Guangrong Zheng, Yongzhou Xu, Yu Xie, Chengde Liao and Jun Yang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:401
  40. Histone lactylation is a novel epigenetic modification that is involved in a variety of critical biological regulations. However, the role of lactylation-related genes in lung adenocarcinoma has yet to be inve...

    Authors: Mingjun Gao, Mengmeng Wang, Siding Zhou, Jiaqi Hou, Wenbo He, Yusheng Shu and Xiaolin Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:400
  41. Gastric cancer (GC) remains a significant global health challenge due to its high morbidity and mortality rates. The development of GC is a multi-hit process and the exploration of precancerous lesions is cruc...

    Authors: Xuyu Chen, Bengang Zhou, Siying Wang, Xin Jiang, Yukun Ping, Jianlei Xia, Feiyu Yu, Yaoyao Li, Min Zhang and Yanbing Ding
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:399
  42. Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a crucial component of transcription and potential _target for anti-cancer therapies, particularly for hematological malignancies. However, the precise mechanisms underlying ...

    Authors: Xi Xie, Baoyuan Zhang, Donghe Li, Jiaming Gao, Jiaoyang Li, Chenxuan Liu, Yuqing Dan, Pengfei Xu, Lei Yan, Xu Huang, Rui Zhang, Yunying Yao, Wei Huang, Jiawei Nie, Xinru Wang, Bo Jiao…
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2024 24:396

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