Innovation to Advance Cancer Control Equitably by Tezer Kutluk, Sonali Johnson, Zuzanna Tittenbrun

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Ten Years of the International Cancer Control Partnership: Promoting National Cancer Control Plans to Shape the Health System Response for Cancer Control by Julie S. Torode, Zuzanna Tittenbrun, Yannick Romero, Sonali E. Johnson, Jean-Marc Bourque, Leslie S. Given, Karin E. Hohman, Ernest Hawk, Lisa M. Stevens

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It Is Time to Close the Gap in Cancer Care by Jeff Dunn

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Driving Equitable Access to Cancer Services Through the Engagement of People Living With Cancer: Regional Perspectives by Mélanie Samson, Maria Fatima Garcia-Lorenzo, Carol El Jabari

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Examining the Landscape of Prognostic Factors and Clinical Outcomes for Cancer Control by Meredith Elana Giuliani, Eleni Giannopoulos, Mary Krystyna Gospodarowicz, Michaela Broadhurst, Brian O’Sullivan, Zuzanna Tittenbrun, Sonali Johnson, James Brierley

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Scoping review protocol on the impact of antimicrobial resistance on cancer management and outcomes by Lillian Sung, Danielle Rodin, Rouhi Fazelzad, Vanessa F Bratti, Brooke E Wilson, Aliyah Pabani, Shalini J Zurn, Sonali Johnson

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Cancer Classification at the Crossroads by Antonino Carbone

“…Internationally accepted classifications of malignant tumors, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), are based on the histotype, site of origin, morphologic grade, and spread of cancer throughout the body. …”
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Pathological Features and Prognostication in Colorectal Cancer by Kabytto Chen, Geoffrey Collins, Henry Wang, James Wei Tatt Toh

“…The prognostication of colorectal cancer (CRC) has traditionally relied on staging as defined by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging classifications. …”
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Large Axillary Defect after Lymph Node Dissection Directly Closed by Suturing the Pectoralis Major to the Latissimus Dorsi by Jun Matsunaga, MD, Takayuki Konno, MD, Tamio Suzuki, MD

“…Summary: In 2009, the Union for International Cancer Control defined lymph node (LN) metastasis ≥6 cm in diameter as stage 4 in squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. …”
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A case of gastric adenocarcinoma extirpated with total gastrectomy involving jejunal pouch reconstruction by Mohan Nayak Guguloth, Sai Kiran Kuchana, Tarun Kumar Suvvari, Anthony Reddy Gopu, Rohith Kode

“…Infiltration was up to the muscularis layer and mesenteric lymph nodes showed partial effacement of architecture with reactive changes and few multinucleated foreign body giant cells confirming the diagnosis as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach of II B class (T2 N2 M0) as per the Union for International Cancer Control guidelines.…”
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Essential updates 2017/2018: Recent topics in the treatment and research of gastric cancer in Japan by Shuhei Komatsu, Eigo Otsuji

“…Between January 2017 and December 2018, various fascinating reports of managements and research were published, including the new 15th Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma reflecting the 8th American Joint Committee on Cancer/Union for International Cancer Control (AJCC/UICC) tumor, node and metastasis (TNM) classification (October 2017) and the new Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines version 5 (January 2018). …”
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P53 and survivin expression in renal cell carcinoma by Milan Radovanovic, Miloš Petrović, Veljko Šantrić, Bogomir Milojević, Aleksa Zubelić, Aleksandra Isaković

“…Tumors were staged according to the UICC (The Union for International Cancer Control) TNM classification system and histopathologically graded according to Fuhrman nuclear grade system. …”
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Recurrent Transient Asymptomatic Pulmonary Opacity with Long-Term Afatinib: A Case Report by Keisuke Watanabe, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Takeshi Kaneko

“…A 64-year-old male had the diagnosis of stage IV (The 7th edition of the staging system by the Union for International Cancer Control) lung adenocarcinoma harboring EGFR del 19 mutation. …”
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Lung Cancer Staging: Imaging and Potential Pitfalls by Lauren T. Erasmus, Taylor A. Strange, Rishi Agrawal, Chad D. Strange, Jitesh Ahuja, Girish S. Shroff, Mylene T. Truong

“…The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has made multiple revisions to the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging system used by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer to stage lung cancer. …”
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Chemerin and Chemokine-like Receptor 1 Expression Are Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression in European Patients by Florian Weber, Kirsten Utpatel, Katja Evert, Oliver Treeck, Christa Buechler

“…High chemerin protein in the HCC tissues was related to the T stage, vessel invasion, histologic grade, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) stage and tumor size. …”
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Tenascin C in radiation‐induced lung damage: Pathological expression and serum level elevation by Yutaka Toyomasu, Kenta Matsui, Kazuki Omori, Akinori Takada, Kyoko Imanaka‐Yoshida, Isao Tawara, Akira Shimamoto, Motoshi Takao, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Atsushi Tomaru, Hajime Fujimoto, Tetsu Kobayashi, Haiime Sakuma, Yoshihito Nomoto

“…We report the unique case of a 36‐year‐old man with adenocarcinoma of the lung, Union for International Cancer Control stage IIIB, who was treated with radiotherapy before lung surgery. …”
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Complex Liver Resections for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Tim Reese, Gregor Pagel, Bettina A. Bause, York von Rittberg, Kim C. Wagner, Karl J. Oldhafer

“…Preoperative characteristics were not different between the groups, except for Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) stages. The postoperative course for complex liver resections was associated with more complications and perioperative mortality. …”
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Adenocarcinoma arising from widespread heterotopic gastric mucosa in the cervicothoracic esophagus: a case report by Shohei Nogi, Kazuhiro Noma, Masashi Hashimoto, Takuya Kato, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

“…We diagnosed the lesion as cT2N0M0 cStageIIB [Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) 8th Ed] cancer and performed subtotal esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection. …”
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The Potential of CD16 on Plasma-Derived Exosomes as a Liquid Biomarker in Head and Neck Cancer by Linda Hofmann, Sonja Ludwig, Patrick J. Schuler, Thomas K. Hoffmann, Cornelia Brunner, Marie-Nicole Theodoraki

“…Patients with advanced tumor stages T3/4 and Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) stages III/IV had significantly higher CD16 levels on total exosomes compared to patients with early tumor stages T1/2 and UICC stages I/II, respectively. …”
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Clinical Results of Proton Beam Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Multicenter Retrospective Study in Japan by Takashi Ono, Hitoshi Wada, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Hiroyasu Tamamura, Sunao Tokumaru

“…Two hundred and two patients (including 90 inoperable patients) fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 100 patients (49.5%) had stage III/IV cancer (Union for International Cancer Control 8th). The 3-year and 5-year overall survival rate was 66.7% and 56.3%, respectively. …”
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