Management of the rectal cancer early diagnostics improvement by «Onkopatrul» and quality of medical care improvement with intraoperative radiation by M. V. Kazantseva

“…The Kuban «Onkopatrul» preventive project results in decreasing of III and IV rectal cancer stages from 39,9% in 2010 to 36,5% in 2012-2013. …”
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Are cardiovascular comorbidities always associated with a worse prognosis in patients with lung cancer? by Sabina Mędrek, Sebastian Szmit

“…In the case of high-grade and advanced lung cancer stage especially in an unresectable stadium, the prognosis depends primarily on the factors related to the histopathological and molecular diagnosis. …”
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Oligometastatic Disease: Clinical State of the Art and Perspectives by Rémy Kinj, Emilien Muggeo, Luis Schiappacasse, Jean Bourhis, Fernanda G. Herrera

“…Stereotactic body radiation therapy is crucial in two cancer stages: early primary cancer and oligometastatic disease, with the goal of inducing complete cancer remission in both. …”
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Predictors of surgery choices in women with early-stage breast cancer in China: a retrospective study by Sijia Huang, Qingmo Yang, Xujuan Zheng, Ka Ming Chow, Junhua Wu, Jiemin Zhu

“…Women with different demographic and clinical characteristics underwent different types of surgery. Cancer stage, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and the choice of hospital were found to be predictors of breast-conserving surgery. …”
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Clinical performance and utility of a noninvasive urine-based methylation biomarker: TWIST1/Vimentin to detect urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Chanchan Zhang, Xiaohong Xu, Tao Wang, Yan Lu, Zhiheng Lu, Tuantuan Wang, Zhiwen Pan

“…In the relationship between TWIST1/Vimentin methylation and clinicopathological features of BC patients from our center, we found there was no significant association between TWIST1/Vimentin status and proteinuria and/or hematuria, and hypermethylation of TWIST1 / VIM genes was found in both high and low tumor grade and in both non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (stages Tis, Ta, or T1) and muscle-invasive bladder cancer (stage T2 or above). …”
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“I want to live, but …” the desire to live and its physical, psychological, spiritual, and social factors among advanced cancer patients: evidence from the APPROACH study in India... by Anjum S. Khan Joad, Arati Hota, Pratima Agarwal, Krimal Patel, Kinjal Patel, Jyotika Puri, Soye Shin

“…We aim to examine the relationship between DTL and physical, psychological, spiritual, and social factors measuring patients’ QoL alongside their awareness of their late cancer stage. Methods We surveyed 200 patients from a tertiary cancer hospital in India to collect their DTL, awareness of cancer stage, demographic characteristics, and standardized measures for patients’ QoL. …”
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Prognostic significance of Deprivation on Esophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (EGD) outcome by Catherine Eley, Neil D Hawkes, Emma Barlow, Richard John Egan, Wyn Lewis

“…Deprivation was associated with more advanced staged cancer (stage III Q1 16.7% v Q5 5.6%, OR 0.997, p=0.006: stage IV Q1 16.7% v Q2 38.9% v Q5 22.2%, OR 0.998, p=0.049). …”
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Adherence to antiretroviral and cancer chemotherapy, and associated factors among patients with HIV–cancer co-morbidity at the Uganda Cancer Institute: a cross sectional study by Caroline Achieng, Nelson Bunani, Joseph Kagaayi, Fred Nuwaha

“…Factors significantly associated with adherence were: knowledge of the cancer stage by the patient, the type of cancer diagnosis, source of ART and affordability/ availability of medications. …”
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Unraveling SARS-CoV-2-associated lncRNAs' prognostic significance in lung adenocarcinoma-survival, immunity, and chemotherapy responses by Qianhui Zhou, Ting Yuan, Zhimin Xie, Ying Chen

“…Furthermore, the risk score was an independent prognostic factor, correlating with the cancer stage. Notably, differences in immune function, drug sensitivity, and immune checkpoint expression were observed between high- and low-risk groups. …”
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A study on the correlation between HMGB1 and clinical characteristics and immune function in patients with breast cancer by ZHANG Xiaoyan , LI Qingxiang , LIU Yong , LI Hang , QIU Lijuan , FENG Xinran , TAN Liming

“…Conclusion: The level of HMGB1 is related to breast cancer stage, lymph node metastasis and cellular immune function, and helps predict the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.…”
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Introduction to “Spiritual Care for People with Cancer” by Anja Visser

“…This Special Issue of <i>Religions</i> focusses on studies examining spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions among people with early-stage cancer (stages 0–III) or who have chronic/returning types of cancer. …”
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Metformin Treatment Reduces CRC Aggressiveness in a Glucose-Independent Manner: An <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>Ex Vivo</i> Study by Marie Boutaud, Clément Auger, Mireille Verdier, Niki Christou

“…However, its mechanisms are still really unknown, raising questions about the possibility of its positive impact on non-diabetic patients with CRC. (2) Methods: An <i>in vitro</i> study based on human colon cancer cell lines and an <i>ex vivo</i> study with different colon cancer stages with proteomic and transcriptomic analyses were initiated. (3) Results: Metformin seems to protect from colon cancer invasive acquisition, irrespective of glucose concentration. (4) Conclusions: Metformin could be used as an adjuvant treatment to surgery for both diabetic and non-diabetic patients in order to prevent the acquisition of aggressiveness and, ultimately, recurrences.…”
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Population surveillance of navigation frequency and palliative care contact before death among cancer patients by Grace M. Johnston, Grace Park, Robin Urquhart, Gordon Walsh, Meg McCallum, Krista Rigby

“…Variations were observed by geographic area, cancer stage, time from diagnosis to death, and whether the person died of cancer. …”
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Treatment of chronic pain syndrome of patients with advanced forms of uterine cervical cancer in ambulatory conditions by M. N. Burgoeva

“…The analysis of the effectiveness of the use of morphine sulfate tablets in chronic pain syndrome in 52 patients with advanced cervical cancer (stage III–IV), which were under our supervision in 2015–2016, is presented. …”
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PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE AFTER ORGAN-SAVING SURGERY OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER by T. A. Sveklina, V. N. Krupin

“…The article represents the study of survival rate (common, oncology-specific, disease-free) and frequency and nature of the recurrence after organ-saving surgery of patients with muscleinvasive bladder cancer stages T2b and T3aN0M0G1-G3 with full diagnosis of bladder mucosa, the adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy on pre-operative stage. …”
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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mortality among patients with colorectal cancer in Hiroshima, Japan: A large cancer registry study by Daisuke Miyamori, Tsukasa Kamitani, Shuhei Yoshida, Yuya Shigenobu, Kotaro Ikeda, Yuka Kikuchi, Saori Kashima, Yosuke Yamamoto

“…The distribution of cancer stages showed little variation between the pre‐pandemic and pandemic periods. …”
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A metabolome-wide case-control study of african american breast cancer patients by Jiajun Luo, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Hui Chen, Karen Kim, Habibul Ahsan, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Christopher S. Olopade, Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy, Dezheng Huo

“…Positive lymph nodes and advanced cancer stage may strengthen changes in these pathways.…”
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Psychological distress and associated factors among cancer patients in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Frehiwot Negussie, Berhanu Wordofa Giru, Nete Tewfik Yusuf, Debela Gela

“…Conclusion The prevalence of psychological distress among cancer patients in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was high, and age, marital status, place of residence, cancer stage, co-morbidity, and social support were associated with psychological distress. …”
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Identify AGAP2 as prognostic biomarker in clear cell renal cell carcinoma based on bioinformatics and IHC staining by Zekun Xu, Yuxuan Wang, Jiangnan Xu, Xiaojie Ang, Nianxin Ge, Min Xu, Changsong Pei

“…The association between AGAP2 and clinical cancer stages was explored by TCGA dataset and UALCAN. …”
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Significant correlation between HSPA4 and prognosis and immune regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma by Bing-Bing Shang, Jun Chen, Zhi-Guo Wang, Hui Liu

“…Overexpression of HSPA4 considerably correlated with cancer stage and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level in HCC. …”
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