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  1. Ferroptosis is a distinct form of regulated cell death characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, playing a critical role in various diseases, including cancer, neurodegeneration, and tissue damage. T...

    Authors: Yimeng Dai, Chunguo Cui, Dan Jiao and Xuewei Zhu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:83
  2. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are highly heterogeneous cells and important components of the breast tumor microenvironment (TME). However, their role and clinical value in ER-positive breast cancer have...

    Authors: Zhi-Hao Yu, Huan-Ling Xu, Shuo Wang, Ying-Xi Li, Gui-Xin Wang, Yao Tian, Zhao-Hui Chen, Wen-Bin Song, Long He, Xin Wang, Xu-Chen Cao and Yue Yu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:82
  3. Camptothecin (CPT) derivatives are widely used in cancer therapies, but their efficacy can be attenuated by resistance mechanisms such as autophagy. We recently showed that the aniline compound 4-[4-(4-aminoph...

    Authors: Han-Lin Chou, I-Ling Lin, Yei-Tsung Chen, Wen-Tsan Chang, Ann Yu, Wei-Chun Chen, Chang-Yi Wu, Shean-Jaw Chiou, Chih-Wen Shu, Chien-Chih Chiu and Pei-Feng Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:81
  4. Colorectal cancer (CRC) poses a significant clinical challenge because of drug resistance, which can adversely impact patient outcomes. Recent research has shown that abnormalities within the tumor microenviro...

    Authors: Wei-Ming Cheng, Po-Chen Li, Minh Tran-Binh Nguyen, Yu-Teng Lin, Yu-Tang Huang, Tai-Shan Cheng, Thi-Huong Nguyen, Thu-Ha Tran, Tzu-Yi Huang, Thu-Huyen Hoang, Sin-Yu Chen, Yu-Chieh Chu, Chih-Wei Wu, Ming-Fen Lee, Yi-Shiou Chiou, Hsiao-Sheng Liu…
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:79
  5. Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the three most common malignant tumors of the female reproductive system, with the highest mortality rate among gynecologic malignancies. Like other tumors, OC cells undergo metab...

    Authors: Bowen Jin, Zehua Miao, Junjie Pan, Zhen Zhang, Yibei Yang, Yidong Zhou, Yuanxiang Jin, Zheng Niu and Qiaoping Xu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:78
  6. Triple-positive breast cancer (TPBC), a unique subtype of luminal breast cancer, is characterized by concurrent positivity for estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth fac...

    Authors: Jie Xie, Zhihui Yang, Zhuolin Li, Tianyu Zhang, Huan Chen, Xueru Chen, Zehua Dai, Tao Chen and Jing Hou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:77
  7. SLC25A13, a pivotal component of the mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate carrier, is integral to cellular metabolism and has been linked to various diseases. However, its role in cancer biology remains largely u...

    Authors: Wenjie Wu, Simin Liu, Huili Ren, Yuxin Rao, Jun Nie, Keke Wei and Xiaobing Jiang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:76
  8. At present, there is no effective prognostic indicator for muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). A liquid biopsy method, plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detection, was evaluated for use in predicting the...

    Authors: Xindong Gao, Wenqiang Qi, Junxian Li, Yangyang Xia, Pengzhong Ding, Dongyue Guo, Benkang Shi and Xuewen Jiang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:75
  9. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a prevalent and aggressive subtype of esophageal cancer, posing a significant mortality and economic burden, especially in East and Southeast Asia. Current therapeu...

    Authors: Zhao Huang, Zhuangzhuang Cong, Jing Luo, Bingmei Qiu, Kang Wang, Chuan Gao, Yang Xu, Nan Yang, Zhiqiang Zou, Liwen Hu and Yi Shen
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:74
  10. Glioma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the central nervous system, and due to the limited effectiveness of traditional single-target therapies, there is an urgent need for new therapeutic targets...

    Authors: Junhong Li, Moxuan Zhang, Qiang Sun, Xinglan Li, Fei Du, Yanhao Cheng, Shuzhi Li and Jian Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:73
  11. Cancer-associated fibroblast cells (CAFs) play a key role in the breast cancer (BC) microenvironment that induces resistance to chemotherapy. Adipose mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) derived exosomes were utili...

    Authors: Fatemeh Akhavan Attar, Shiva Irani, Mana Oloomi, Azam Bolhassani, Loabat Geranpayeh and Fatemeh Atyabi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:72
  12. Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene is one of the first truncal events in clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC) tumorigenesis. The accumulation of Hypoxia Induced Factor (HIFα) ...

    Authors: Patric M. Page, Sonia A. Dastous, Patrick O. Richard, Michel Pavic, Tamiko Nishimura, Yasser Riazalhosseini, Nicolas Crapoulet, Mykella Martin and Sandra Turcotte
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:71
  13. E3 ubiquitin ligases are acknowledged as the principal catalysts in the ubiquitination process due to their capacity to identify, bind and recruit specific substrates for modification. However, knowledge about...

    Authors: Bo Hu, Tong Zhao, Yongshan Li, Kai Li, Luming Shen, Qingyi Zhu, Baojie Ma and Yong Wei
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:70
  14. α5-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α5‐nAChR) participates in chronic stress-promoted lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) progression. Neuropilin and tolloid-like 2 (NETO2) contributes to fear expression and extinctio...

    Authors: Jingting Wang, Jiaying Cai, Zengping Wang, Shuran Yang, Jing Wang, Yanfei Jia, Haiji Sun and Xiaoli Ma
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:67
  15. Oral malignancies are among the common head and neck cancers. Various therapeutic modalities are used for targeting oral cancers. It was shown that quercetin (a flavonoid) has an anti-cancer effect on differen...

    Authors: Mohamed J. Saadh, Hanan Hassan Ahmed, Muktesh Chandra, Ali Fawzi Al-Hussainy, Junainah Abd Hamid, Anurag Mishra, Waam Mohammed Taher, Mariem Alwan, Mahmood Jasem Jawad, Ali M. Ali Al-Nuaimi, Fahad Alsaikhan, Bagher Farhood and Reza Akhavan-Sigari
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:66
  16. Prostate cancer (PCa) ranks as the second most common malignancy and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men. A critical challenge lies in accurately identifying those patients at high risk ...

    Authors: Chenxi Pan, Wei Wang, Yi He and Bo Yang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:65
  17. Cancer immunotherapy has reshaped the landscape of cancer treatment over the past decades. Genetic manipulation of T cells to express synthetic receptors, known as chimeric antigen receptors (CAR), has led to ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Nasiri, Pouya Safarzadeh Kozani, Faeze Salem, Maral Mahboubi Kancha, Setareh Dashti Shokoohi and Pooria Safarzadeh Kozani
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:64
  18. Angiogenesis is one of the important factors related to tumorigenesis, invasion, and metastasis. Cancer-secreted exosomes are essential mediators of intercellular cross-talk and participate in angiogenesis and...

    Authors: Jingbo Sun, Junjie Luo, Jialong Liu, Hongmei Wu, Yanyan Li, Yangwei Xu, Lixin Liu, Xiaolong Liu and Qingling Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:63
  19. Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a malignancy of gastrointestinal tract threatening the life of people around the world. In spite of the advances in the treatment of PC, the overall survival of this disease in advanc...

    Authors: XiaoLiang Chen, Feixia Sun, Xuqin Wang, Xiaoqiang Feng, Amir Reza Aref, Yu Tian, Milad Ashrafizadeh and Dengfeng Wu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:62
  20. High heterogeneity in gastric cancer (GC) remains a challenge for standard treatments and prognosis prediction. Dysregulation of sialic acid metabolism (SiaM) is recognized as a key metabolic hallmark of tumor...

    Authors: Junjie Jiang, Yiran Chen, Yangyang Zheng, Yongfeng Ding, Haiyong Wang, Quan Zhou, Lisong Teng and Xiaofeng Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:61
  21. Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (ERPBC) accounts for approximately 70% of breast cancers in women worldwide. The therapeutic strategy process for ERPBC is well-established and significantly reduces th...

    Authors: Joseph Lin, Yueh-Te Lin, Kai-Wen Hsu, Yi-En Liu, Yun-Cen Chen, Yung-Liang Yeh, Hsin-Ya Huang, Chang-Chi Hsieh, Dar-Ren Chen and Han-Tsang Wu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:60
  22. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a serious threat to human health with the third morbidity and the second cancer-related mortality worldwide. It is urgent to explore more effective strategy for CRC because of the ac...

    Authors: Gen Yang, Boning Qian, Liya He, Chi Zhang, Jianqiang Wang, Xinlai Qian and Yongxia Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:59
  23. Glioma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the central nervous system in adults, characterized by high mortality, low cure rate and high recurrence rate. Among gliomas, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) ...

    Authors: Ziang Geng, Zheyuan Zhang, Miaohan Wang, Zhongxue Yu, Siqi Wang, Jun Lu, Shisong Wang, Shu Guan, Jinna Li, Tiancong Liu and Chen Zhu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:58
  24. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most fatal malignant tumor that focuses on men and the elderly (40–85 years) and is aggressive. Its surgical resection rate is only 10-44%, and the rate of local recurre...

    Authors: Xue Zhang, Ling-Xiao Zhao, Si-Qi Cheng and Ye-Fu Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:57
  25. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive types of solid tumor, and novel strategies must be developed for treating it. Previous studies predominantly utilized circular RNA (circRNA...

    Authors: Kun-Lin Lee, Jun-Jen Liu, Wei-Jan Huang, Ching-Sheng Hung and Yu-Chih Liang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:56
  26. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive type of breast malignancy, with chemotherapy as the only mainstay treatment. TNBC patients have the worst prognoses as a large fraction of them do no...

    Authors: Nazia Chaudhary, Bhagya Shree Choudhary, Anusha Shivashankar, Subhakankha Manna, Khyati Ved, Shagufa Shaikh, Sonal Khanna, Jeetnet Baar, Jagruti Dani, Sarthak Sahoo, R. Soundharya, Mohit Kumar Jolly and Nandini Verma
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:55
  27. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a malignant form of cancer with the worst survival rate and an extremely low rate of response to treatments. The development and molecular characterization of pancrea...

    Authors: Ju Eun Maeng, Jae-Hyeon Kim, Soon-Chan Kim, Won-Gun Yun, Wooil Kwon, Youngmin Han, Do-Youn Oh, Sang Hyub Lee, Jin-Young Jang and Ja-Lok Ku
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:53
  28. Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is the kind of cell death that triggers the immune system. It affects several tumors, whereas its significance for prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains uncertain. AML ...

    Authors: Changqing Jiao, Xiaoyu Ma, Jianling Cui, Bobin Su, Fei Xu, Enbo Chen, Junjie Zhou, Jifei Dai, Mengya Pan, Zhangbiao Long and Jian Ge
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:52
  29. Postoperative depression significantly affects the quality of life of breast cancer patients. This study explores the potential therapeutic effects of esketamine on postoperative depression through modulation ...

    Authors: Jiachi Xu, Mingcan Li, Yu Hu, Qin Yang, Qiang Long and Hui Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:51
  30. Researchers have found that mutations in the BRCA gene associated with breast cancer have a 40–50% chance of being associated with high risk for hereditary breast cancer (BC). Therefore, detecting BRCA1 is cru...

    Authors: Yalda Yazdani, Fereshtehsadat Jalali, Habib Tahmasbi, Mitra Akbari, Neda Talebi, Seyed Abbas Shahrtash, Ahmad Mobed, Mahsa Alem, Farhood Ghazi and Mehdi Dadashpour
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:50
  31. Ferroptosis is a therapeutic strategy for breast carcinoma (BC). Solasonine (SS) was linked to ferroptosis as a tumor suppressor. However, whether SS could treat BC by activating ferroptosis and its underlying...

    Authors: Wenkai Ge, Min Gao, Yingqi Dai, Gang Zheng, Li Yang, Wenshu Zuo and Xingsong Tian
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:49
  32. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the primary method of postoperative perfusion treatment for bladder cancer. The myeloid cell leukemia gene-1 (Mcl-1) is closely associated with the development of malignant tumor...

    Authors: Caixia Tan, Chen Li, Ruihan Ge, Wei Zhang, Ziyi Wu, Shengpeng Wang, Haotian Cui, Xinmin Wang and Le Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:48
  33. The persistent activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) leads to the activation of downstream oncogenic kinases and transcription factors, resulting in tumor progression and an increased resis...

    Authors: Chih-Hung Chiang, Jr-Di Yang, Wei-Lin Liu, Fang-Yu Chang, Che-Jui Yang, Kai-Wen Hsu, I-Tsang Chiang and Fei-Ting Hsu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:47
  34. Gastrointestinal tumors remain the leading causes of cancer-related deaths, and their morbidity and mortality remain high, which imposes a great socio-economic burden globally. Mitochondrial homeostasis depend...

    Authors: Yihong Liu, Hao Wang, Shen Zhang, Na Peng, Shuangshuang Hai, Haibo Zhao, Jingwei Liu and Weixin Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:46
  35. Cervical cancer ranks as the fourth most common cancer among women, with cisplatin resistance posing a significant challenge to the long-term survival of patients.

    Authors: Jiang Haiye, Wang Xiangzhu, Zhang Yunfei, Gui Shumin, Ni Chang, Jiang Yaohui, Yin Heng and Nie Xinmin
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:45
  36. Prostate cancer is the most common male malignancy. Current diagnostic methods using single TPSA and PHI lack specificity. Some researches have created nomograms for predicting risk, but these are not easily v...

    Authors: Jiyuan Hu, Qi Miao, Jiayi Ren, Hongbo Su, Xianlu Zhang, Jianbin Bi and Gejun Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:44
  37. Breast cancer, a highly heterogeneous and complex disease, remains the leading cause of cancer-related death among women worldwide. Despite advances in treatment modalities, effective prognostic models and the...

    Authors: Tao Wang, Shu Wang, Zhuolin Li, Jie Xie, Qi Jia and Jing Hou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:43
  38. Despite advancements in targeted therapy and immunotherapy, cutaneous melanoma continues to have a high mortality rate and poor prognosis, with therapies having limited efficacy in advanced melanoma. Therefore...

    Authors: Dokyeong Kim, Junseong Park, Yoon-Seob Kim, Okcho Na, Minyoung Park, Songzi Zhang, Sumin Cho and Yeun-Jun Chung
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:42
  39. Cancer cells undergo a metabolic shift termed the Warburg effect, transitioning from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis and promoting rapid tumor proliferation. Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1), a cy...

    Authors: Yixuan Wang, Houkun Zhou, Ying Liu, Xingyu Zhao, Shuhao Wang and Zhenhua Lin
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:41
  40. Breast cancer remains the most prevalent malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. The primary factors contributing to the deterioration and death of patients with bre...

    Authors: Yidi Jia, Luoming Zhang, Wei Zhou, Shuhua Chen, He Zhang, Liming Liu, Hui Guo, Zhiyong Wang, Yanfen Cui, Ruifang Niu and Fei Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:40
  41. This investigation assessed the therapeutic potential of combining linperlisib, a targeted inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ), with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GEMOX) for patients with r...

    Authors: Peng Sun, Hong Cen, Haiyan Yang, Rui Huang, Zhen Cai, Xuekui Gu, Hanying Bao, Zusheng Xu, Zuhong Xu and Zhi-Ming Li
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:39
  42. Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the digestive system. However, the development of its targeted therapies has been slow. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms of malignant behavi...

    Authors: Shiya Yu, Shiyao Zheng, Jinwei Qiu, Hongming Lin, Xiaojuan Yu, Huiyan Chen, Junhong Wu, Weihang Wu, Jiong Chen, Yongyuan Chen, Jianwei Chen, Hu Zhao and Yu Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:38
  43. TWIST1 is known to promote glycolysis and contribute to pancreatic cancer development; however, its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by whic...

    Authors: Xinxing Wang, Mingze Ma, Shuai Shao, Xianwen Xu, Chuan Qin, Ruxin Gao and Zhenhai Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:37
  44. Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC), a therapy-resistant aggressive kidney cancer, exhibits resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Altered sialylation is involved in tumor development, affecting immu...

    Authors: Yuli Jian, Kangkang Yang, Jinjing Li, Ling Tang, Guang Zeng, Xiaoxin Sun, Xiao Yu, Abdullah Al-danakh, Qiwei Chen, Deyong Yang and Shujing Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:36
  45. In previous research, we revealed that murine leukemia cells L1210 with induced expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp, a membrane drug transporter, product of the Abcb1 gene) are better able to withstand endoplasmic...

    Authors: Simona Kurekova, Lucia Pavlikova, Mario Seres, Viera Bohacova, Jana Spaldova, Albert Breier and Zdena Sulova
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:35
  46. Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma (UCEC) is a highly heterogeneous tumor, and limitations in current diagnostic methods, along with treatment resistance in some patients, pose significant challenges for man...

    Authors: Yiming Liu, Yusi Wang, Shu Tan, Xiaochen Shi, Jinglin Wen, Dejia Chen, Yue Zhao, Wenjing Pan, Zhaoyang Jia, Chunru Lu and Ge Lou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:34
  47. Reproductive cancers, including prostate and ovarian cancer, are highly prevalent worldwide and pose significant health challenges. The molecular underpinnings of these cancers are complex and involve dysregul...

    Authors: Ayodeji Folorunsho Ajayi, Mega Obukohwo Oyovwi, Oyedayo Phillips Akano, Grace Bosede Akanbi and Florence Bukola Adisa
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:33

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