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  1. Breast cancer (BRCA) is the most common malignant tumor in women, and distant metastasis is an important cause of death. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important factor in tumor cell metastasis,...

    Authors: Chenchen Geng, Ke Dong, Junhua An, Ziqian Liu, Qianqian Zhao and Yanrong Lv
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:181
  2. The therapeutic options for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma (EC) were still limited and the prognosis remained unfavorable. F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 18 (FBXL18), belonging to the F-bo...

    Authors: Jie Pi, Yong Wang, Yuzi Zhao and Jing Yang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:180
  3. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the predominant subtype of renal cancer, with a poor prognosis driven by therapy resistance and a propensity for recurrence. Tumor microenvironment (TME)-associated f...

    Authors: Kai Wang, Xihao Shen, Jiyue Wu, Qing Bi, Zihao Gao, Zejia Sun and Wei Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:179
  4. How to screen beneficiary populations has always been a clinical challenge in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Routine blood tests, due to their adv...

    Authors: Ting Zang, Xiaorong Luo, Yangyu Mo, Jietao Lin, Weiguo Lu, Zhiling Li, Yingchun Zhou and Shulin Chen
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:178
  5. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by the absence of targeted therapies and a dismal prognosis, necessitating a critical exploration of the molecular mechanisms driving TNBC pathogenesis and...

    Authors: Shi-Yi Wu, Zi-Mei Peng, Feng-Yi Deng, Jin-Yong Xiong, Pu-Ying Luo, Xiao-Jian Han and Zhen Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:177
  6. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is influenced by microenvironmental nutrients, glucose (Glc), and glutamine (Gln) which regulate cell proliferation, viability, and the expression of the driver oncoprotein (BCR:...

    Authors: Caterina Mancini, Giulio Menegazzi, Silvia Peppicelli, Giampaolo Versienti, Daniele Guasti, Giuseppe Pieraccini, Elisabetta Rovida, Matteo Lulli, Laura Papucci, Persio Dello Sbarba and Alessio Biagioni
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:176
  7. Myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) represent a heterogeneous group of malignant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) disorders characterized by cytopenia, ineffective hematopoiesis, as well as the potent...

    Authors: Forouzan Bahmani, Maryam Shayanmanesh, Mahdi Safari, Amirarsalan Alaei, Yasaman Pouriafar, Zahra Rasti, Farhad Zaker, Shahrbano Rostami, Fatemeh Damerchiloo and Majid Safa
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:175
  8. Research on the genomic characteristics of common esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell lines, including exome mutations and mRNA expression, is limited. This study aims to elucidate the malignancy, i...

    Authors: Chao Zhang, Chenghao Li, Jian Zhong Su, Kuaile Zhao, Longlong Shao and Jiaying Deng
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:174
  9. Lysine demethylase 4D (KDM4D) and aberrant lipid metabolism are implicated in the development and progression of colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Moxibustion, a therapeutic approach in traditional Chinese medi...

    Authors: Guona Li, Jindan Ma, Luyi Wu, Hanxiao Zhang, Yaying Lin, Hongxiao Xu, Muen Gu, Kunshan Li, Hongsheng Dong, Yan Huang and Huangan Wu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:173
  10. Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The applicability of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for predicting treatment response and prognosis in MCL remains underexpl...

    Authors: Zhou Ouyang, Ruolan Zeng, Song Wang, Xiaoying Wu, Yajun Li, Yizi He, Caiqin Wang, Chen Xia, Qiuxiang Ou, Hua Bao, Wei Yang, Ling Xiao and Hui Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:172
  11. Subunits of the Switch/Sucrose-non-fermentable (Swi/Snf) complex, such as ARID1A, SMARCA4, SMARCA2, etc., have been implicated in the development of gynecologic cancers. However, their prevalence and clinical ...

    Authors: Chao Cao, Zi-Yun Wu, Wei Liao, Li-Jun Wei, Hao-Yu Liang, Xia Yang, Rong-Zhen Luo and Li-Li Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:170
  12. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are currently being used in clinical trials for the treatment of a wide range of diseases and have a wide range of applications in the fields of tissue engineering and regeneratio...

    Authors: Defa Huang, Wenlong Huang, Meijin Liu, Jie Chen, Dewang Xiao, Zongbo Peng, Haoquan He, Haibin Shen, Qing Jin, Linli Chen, Dingyu Rao, Minghong Zhao and Junyun Huang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:169
  13. SLC16A3, belonging to the SLC16 gene family, is involved in the transportation of monocarboxylate. SLC16A family members play important roles in tumorigenesis, nonetheless, the specific involvement of SLC16A3 ...

    Authors: Ping Yang, Jiayu Yin, Gongyin Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Tongtong Chen, Wanying Zhao, Jinhai Tang, Li Lv and Xiupeng Lv
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:168
  14. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a prevalent haematologic malignancy characterized by significant heterogeneity. Despite the application of aggressive therapeutic approaches, AML remains associated with poor p...

    Authors: Shuiqing Liu, Xingyu Wan, Yang Gou, Wuchen Yang, Wei Xu, Yuxuan Du, Xiangui Peng, Xiaoqi Wang and Xi Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:167
  15. This study aims to develop a novel cuproptosis-related model through bioinformatics analysis, providing new insights into HCC classification. It also explores the correlation between the cuproptosis-related ri...

    Authors: Shuo Wang, Xinzi Xue, Hongyan Bai, Junwen Qi, Sujuan Fei and Bei Miao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:166
  16. The human microbiome has always been an important determinant of health and recently, its role has also been described in cancer. The altered microbiome could aid cancer progression, modulate chemoresistance a...

    Authors: Yogita K. Adlakha and Ravindresh Chhabra
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:165
  17. Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) plays a pivotal role in promoting the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Emerging evidence shows that inducing YAP1 degradation represents a promising strategy. Here...

    Authors: Huizhuang Shan, Jiaguo Yuan, Luhua Xian, Wenmin Li, Yanfen Ge, Lei Zhang, Ting Lin, Mingwei Lan, Junru Liu, Yanfei Luo, Yingli Wu and Xinhua Xiao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:164
  18. Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs involved in transposon silencing and linked to cancer progression. However, their role in Wilms tumors (WT) remains unexplored. We conducted a thorough ...

    Authors: Fatma S. Mohamed, Deena Jalal, Youssef M. Fadel, Samir F. El-Mashtoly, Wael Z. Khaled, Ahmed A. Sayed and Mohamed A. Ghazy
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:163
  19. For patients with nodules detected in imaging that are indeterminate for malignancy, achieving accurate, early, and non-invasive diagnosis of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma (LUSC) remains a significant challenge...

    Authors: Sheng Ma, Na Zhao, Xin Dong, Yaru Wang, Lei Song, Ruiqi Zheng, Xiaochen Zhi, Congcong Ma, Shujun Cheng, Jie Li, Yutao Liu and Ting Xiao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:161
  20. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the foremost prevalent and highly aggressive intracranial malignancy, which urgently needs safer and more efficacious therapeutic strategies. Our research aimed to investigate ...

    Authors: Xiumin Xue, Ziwan He, Furui Liu, Qian Wang, Zhichao Chen, Lin Lin, Danni Chen, Yinfeng Yuan, Zhihui Huang and Yongjie Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:160
  21. Dysregulation of R-loops has been implicated in tumor development, progression, and the regulation of tumor immune microenvironment (TME). However, their roles in osteosarcoma (OS) remain underexplored. In thi...

    Authors: Jiangbo Nie, Shijiang Wang, Yanxin Zhong, Feng Yang, Jiaming Liu and Zhili Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:159
  22. The global incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) has been rising annually, and early diagnosis and treatment remain pivotal for improving therapeutic outcomes and patient prognosis. Concurrently, advancements in ...

    Authors: Xingyu Zhong, Yuxuan Yang, Haodong He, Yifan Xiong, Mingliang Zhong, Shaogang Wang and Qidong Xia
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:158
  23. Despite its rapid growth and early metastasis, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is more chemosensitive than other lung cancers. However, some patients with extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC) do not respond to first-l...

    Authors: Zhan Gu, Yongqing Heng, Rui Fan, Jie Luo and Lixia Ju
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:157
  24. According to the data released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2020, lung cancer ranks second among newly diagnosed malignant tumors globally. As a special class of non-coding RNA,...

    Authors: Sixuan Li, Zhigang Cui, Min Gao, Yanan Shan, Yihong Ren, Yuxin Zhao, Di Wang, Tingyu Meng, Hongxu Liu and Zhihua Yin
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:156
  25. Radiation resistance in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains a primary obstacle limiting radiotherapy efficacy. However, the detailed factors and molecular mechanisms influencing LUAD radiosensitivity are not fu...

    Authors: Ying Wang, Yangyang Shang, Mingyu Hua, Yidi Wang, Beina Hui, Weibin Hu, Mengke Zhu, Xiaozhi Zhang and Jing Li
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:155
  26. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) as a subgroup of cells within a tumor capable of self-renewal, thereby driving tumor initiation and spread. Addressing treatment failures in cancer, linked to CSCs and their resistance...

    Authors: Amirhesam Babajnai, Saeed Rahmani, Mohammad Jamal Asadi, Elmira Gheytanchi, Glavizh Adibhesami, Faezeh Vakhshiteh and Zahra Madjd
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:154
  27. With all diagnostic and therapeutic advances, such as surgery, radiation- and chemo-therapy, cervical cancer (CC) is still ranked fourth among the most frequent cancers in women globally. New biomarkers and th...

    Authors: Mohammad Taghizadieh, Masoumeh Kalantari, Roksana Bakhshali, Sepehr Kobravi, Shayan Khalilollah, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Mobina Bayat, Javid Sadri Nahand and Reza Akhavan-Sigari
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:153
  28. Given the substantial inconvenience caused by weekly bleomycin administration, we initiated a study to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the modified bleomycin combined with EP (modified-BEP) regimen in Ch...

    Authors: Ditian Shu, Riqing Huang, Meiting Chen, Haifeng Li, Xin An, Cong Xue, Anqi Hu, Fangjian Zhou, Kai Yao, Zhuowei Liu and Yanxia Shi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:151
  29. Melanoma, being one of the most dangerous forms of skin cancer, is characterized by its aggressive and metastatic nature, with the potential to develop resistance to various treatments. This resistance makes t...

    Authors: Mina Afrashteh Nour, Mansour Rajabivahid, Marjan Sadat Seyed Mehdi, Safa Tahmasebi, Sepideh Nasirzadeh Dashtgol, Mahmoud Dehghani-Ghorbi, Ahmad Ghorbani Vanan and Farid Ghorbaninezhad
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:149
  30. Diagnostic methods for urothelial cancer (UC) are often invasive, while urinary cytology, a non-invasive alternative, suffers from limited sensitivity. This study aimed to identify differentially methylated ma...

    Authors: Ningning Wu, Zhen Wu, Yanwen Wang, Anqi Zhang, Yongfei Peng, Yan Cheng, Hongsong Lei, Siwen Liu, Jie Zhao, Tianbao Li and Guangpeng Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:148
  31. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that traditionally recognized as negative regulators of gene expression through post-transcriptional regulation in the cytoplasm. However, recent discoveries have u...

    Authors: Xiang Ren, Gang Liu and Jianping Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:147
  32. Lipid metabolism is implicated in the initiation and progression of human colorectal cancer (CRC). Carbonyl reductase 4 (CBR4), a member of the carbonyl reductase family, plays a role in the biosynthesis of fa...

    Authors: Jingjing Zhang, Tiaotiao Chen, Wencheng Wu, Chunhua Hu, Bangting Wang, Xiaofeng Jia and Mujie Ye
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:146
  33. The microRNA miR-126 supports endothelial cells and blood vessel integrity. Recent research has shown that it also serves as a key link between exercise and cancer. This article delves into how exercise affect...

    Authors: Zhengqiong Liu, Shanbin Ke and Yuwen Wan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:145
  34. Cervical cancer constitutes a formidable health challenge imperiling the well-being and lives of women globally, particularly in underdeveloped nations. The survival rates among patients diagnosed with cervica...

    Authors: Li Yuan, Baogang Wen, Xiuying Li, Haike Lei, Dongling Zou and Qi Zhou
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:142
  35. Platinum was the first drug with proven activity against gastric cancer (GC), the combination with fluoropyrimidine is the standard first-line systemic therapy for patients of GC. However, a major cause of tre...

    Authors: Wenjing Yan, Nan Zhu, Yupeng Zhao, Qingqing Sang, Jianfang Li, Bingya Liu, Zhongyin Yang and Beiqin Yu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:141
  36. Hereditary cancer syndromes account for 6–10% of all colorectal cancer (CRC) cases and 20% of early-onset CRC. Identifying novel pathogenic germline variants can impact genetic testing, counseling, and surveil...

    Authors: Lena Goshayeshi, Saeed Hoorang, Benyamin Hoseini, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Maryam Afrazeh, Maliheh Alimardani, Fatemeh Maghool, Milad Shademan, Morteza Zahedi, Mehrdad Zeinalian, Foroogh Alborzi, Mohammad Reza Keramati, Ashkan Torshizian, Hassan Vosoghinia, Farnood Rajabzadeh, Alireza Bary…
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:140
  37. Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the predominant form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Mitochondrial quality-related genes (MQRGs) contribute to the genesis and advancement of tumors. Despite advances in LU...

    Authors: Lijun Zeng, Sixuan Wu, Zhimin Li, Yuanbin Tang, Yeru Tan, Renji Liang and Yuehua Li
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:138
  38. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the main phenotype of liver cancer with a poor prognosis. Copper is vital in liver function, and HCC cells rely on it for growth and metastasis, leading to cuproplasia. Excess...

    Authors: Ruoyu Zhang, Yunfei Tan, Ke Xu, Ning Huang, Jian Wang, Mei Liu and Liming Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:137
  39. Lysosomes, as crucial organelles within cells, carry out diverse biological functions such as waste degradation, regulation of the cellular environment, and precise control of cell signaling. This paper review...

    Authors: Jianlei Bi, Yincong Sun, Meihua Guo, Xiaoxin Sun, Jie sun, Rujiao Jiang, Ning Wang and Gena Huang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:136
  40. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a malignant hematologic disorder with limited curative options, primarily reliant on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Anemia, a prevalent symptom of MDS, has few effec...

    Authors: Hao Xu, Kexin Hu, Yanlu Wang, Shuyang Cai, Fan Wu, Jizhang Bao, Qi Hu, Yu Guan, Yuchen Tao and Jiahui Lu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:135
  41. CD44, a widely recognized cancer stem cell marker, displayed a vital participation in the cancer immune invasion and may related with the response to the immunotherapy. However, the role of CD44 in cancer immu...

    Authors: Ya-Juan Zhu, Si-Ying Li, Shan-Shan Yang, Yang Du, Zhuo-Yuan Zhang and Ji-Yan Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:134
  42. The incidence and mortality rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) are rising, and it is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although the transcription factor, Brachyury is intricately l...

    Authors: Ming Chen, Huiheng Qu, Xiao Liang, Ying Huang, Zhengjie Yang, Pei Lu, Keqin Shi, Peng Chen, Yanjing Zhang, Hui Zhou, Jiazeng Xia and Jun Shen
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:132

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