Cross-sectional study for derivation of a cut-off value for identification of an early versus delayed diagnosis of endometriosis based on analytical and descriptive research method... by Iris Brandes, Katja Kleine-Budde, Nicole Heinze, Sebastian Binder, Constanze Klug, Cordula Schippert, Andreas D. Ebert, Gülden Halis

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Prevalence and Spectrum of <i>BRCA</i> Germline Variants in Central Italian High Risk or Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer Patients: A Monocentric Study by Jennifer Foglietta, Vienna Ludovini, Fortunato Bianconi, Lorenza Pistola, Maria Sole Reda, Antonella Al-Refaie, Francesca Romana Tofanetti, Annamaria Mosconi, Elisa Minenza, Paola Anastasi, Carmen Molica, Fabrizio Stracci, Fausto Roila

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Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork by Rosanna D’Antona, Silvia Deandrea, Elisabetta Sestini, Loredana Pau, Francesca Ferrè, Catia Angiolini, Marina Bortul, Lauro Bucchi, Francesca Caumo, Lucio Fortunato, Livia Giordano, Monica Giordano, Paola Mantellini, Irene Martelli, Giuseppe Melucci, Carlo Naldoni, Eugenio Paci, Gianni Saguatti, Corrado Tinterri, Milena Vainieri, Luigi Cataliotti

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Age Specific Risks of Uterine Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Comorbidities in Taiwan by Hui-Shan Liu, Chin-Der Chen, Chung-Chen Lee, Yong-Chen Chen, Wen-Fang Cheng

“…Methods: Using data derived from the National Health Insurance database and Taiwan Cancer Registry, multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models were adapted to analyze the risk factors of uterine cancer with potential confounding variables. …”
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Determinants and mediating mechanisms of quality of life and disease-specific symptoms among thyroid cancer patients: the design of the WaTCh study by Floortje Mols, Dounya Schoormans, Romana Netea-Maier, Olga Husson, Sandra Beijer, Katrijn Van Deun, Wouter Zandee, Marleen Kars, Pleun C. M. Wouters van Poppel, Suat Simsek, Patrick van Battum, Jérôme M. H. Kisters, Jan Paul de Boer, Elske Massolt, Rachel van Leeuwaarde, Wilma Oranje, Sean Roerink, Mechteld Vermeulen, Lonneke van de Poll-Franse

“…Sociodemographic and clinical information is available from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Patients fill-out validated questionnaires at each time-point to assess quality of life, TC-specific symptoms, physical activity, anxiety, depression, health care use, and employment. …”
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Age-specific and genotype-specific carcinogenic human papillomavirus prevalence in a country with a high cervical cancer burden: results of a cross-sectional study in Estonia by Mari Nygård, Kersti Pärna, Karolin Toompere, Anneli Uusküla, Jana Zodzika, Anna Tisler, Paul Naaber, Kaspar Ratnik, Anda Ķīvīte Urtāne, Mindaugas Stankūnas, Nicholas Baltzer

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Cancer Incidence Trend in Chinese Longevity Town Cenxi City from 2016 to 2020 by WU Fanying, LYU Wu, DU Kun, ZHOU Jingfan, HUANG Guolin, FENG Jie

“…Methods Data on cancer incidence in Cenxi from 2016 to 2020 were obtained from the Cancer Registry System of Cenxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention. …”
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Cancer Testis Antigens and Immunotherapy: Expression of PRAME Is Associated with Prognosis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma by Markus Albertsmeier, Annelore Altendorf-Hofmann, Lars H. Lindner, Rolf D. Issels, Eric Kampmann, Hans-Roland Dürr, Gabriele Schubert-Fritschle, Martin K. Angele, Thomas Kirchner, Achim A. Jungbluth, Thomas Knösel

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Incidence, mortality and survival analysis of small intestine cancer in Shanghai population-based study from 2002 to 2016 by WU Chunxiao, GU Kai, PANG Yi, WANG Chunfang, SHI Liang, XIANG Yongmei, GONG Yangming, DOU Jianming, SHI Yan, FU Chen

“…Methods: Data of new small intestine cancer cases and deaths from 2002 to 2016 were obtained from the population-based cancer registry and Vital Statistics System of Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. …”
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Global comparative transcriptomes uncover novel and population-specific gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Amal Alotaibi, Veerendra P. Gadekar, Pranav Swaroop Gundla, Sumana Mandarthi, Nidhi Jayendra, Asna Tungekar, B. V. Lavanya, Ashok Kumar Bhagavath, Mary Anne Wong Cordero, Janne Pitkaniemi, Shaik Kalimulla Niazi, Raghavendra Upadhya, Asmatanzeem Bepari, Prashantha Hebbar

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Epidemiological Study of Malignant Paediatric Liver Tumours in Denmark 1985–2020 by Thomas N. Nissen, Catherine Rechnitzer, Birgitte K. Albertsen, Lotte Borgwardt, Vibeke B. Christensen, Eva Fallentin, Henrik Hasle, Lars S. Johansen, Lisa L. Maroun, Karin B. Nissen, Allan Rasmussen, Mathias Rathe, Steen Rosthøj, Nicolai A. Schultz, Peder S. Wehner, Marianne H. Jørgensen, Jesper Brok

“…Methods: We identified all liver tumours from the Danish Childhood Cancer Registry and reviewed the case records for patient and tumour characteristics, treatment and clinical outcome. …”
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The levels and trends of cancer incidence in the elderly population at national and sub‐national scales in Iran from 1990 to 2016 by Zahra Shokri Varniab, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Ashkan Pourabhari Langroudi, Sina Azadnajafabad, Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Ali Sheidaei, Kimiya Gohari, Yosef Farzi, Zeinab Shirzad Moghaddam, Hanye Sohrabi, Mohsen Shati

“…Material and Results We used the dataset of the Iran Cancer Registry to estimate cancer incidences by sex, age, province, and year. …”
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Comparison of surgical complications after curative surgery in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and sarcopenia by Shuang Zeng, Chia‐Hao Chang, Mingyang Sun, Wan‐Ming Chen, Szu‐Yuan Wu, Jiaqiang Zhang

“…A retrospective analysis of a large national data set from the Taiwan Cancer Registry Database was conducted. At least two claims for patients with a principal diagnosis of sarcopenia within the 12‐month preoperative period were defined as the criteria for sarcopenia diagnosis (ICD‐10‐CM code M62.84). …”
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Hematologic Malignancy Risk in Inflammatory Arthritis Patients Treated with TNF Inhibitors: The Real-Life Data from the HUR-BIO Registry by Emine Duran, Zeynep Ozge Ozturk, Emre Bilgin, Yahya Büyükaşık, Omer Dizdar, Gozde Kubra Yardimci, Bayram Farisogullari, Zehra Özsoy, Gizem Ayan, Gullu Sandal Uzun, Mustafa Ekici, Erdinc Unaldi, Levent Kilic, Ali Akdoğan, Omer Karadag, Şule Apraş Bilgen, Sedat Kiraz, Umut Kalyoncu, Ali Ihsan Ertenli

“…Standardized incidence rates (SIR) were calculated after adjustment for age and gender and compared with the 2017 Turkish National Cancer Registry (TNCR). Results Of the 6139 patients registered in the HUR-BIO, 5355 used any TNFi at least once. …”
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Establishing the Swiss Spinal Tumor Registry (Swiss-STR): a prospective observation of surgical treatment patterns and long-term outcomes in patients with primary and metastatic sp... by Edin Nevzati, Edin Nevzati, Nicolas Poletti, Alexander Spiessberger, Sabrina Bäbler, Sabrina Bäbler, Gabriela Studer, Christian Riklin, Joachim Diebold, Grégoire P. Chatain, Michael Finn, Jens-Peter Witt, Manuel Moser, Manuel Moser, Luigi Mariani

“…This narrative review discusses our rationale and process of establishing this spinal cancer registry.MethodsA REDCap-based registry was created for the standardized collection of clinical, radiographic, surgical, histological, radio-oncologial and oncological variables, as well as patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).DiscussionWe propose that the Swiss-STR will inform on the effectiveness of current practices in spinal oncology and their impact on patient outcomes. …”
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Prognostic Implication of KRAS G12C Mutation in a Real-World KRAS-Mutated Stage IV NSCLC Cohort Treated With Immunotherapy in The Netherlands by Anneloes L. Noordhof, MD, Esther M. Swart, MSc, Ronald A.M. Damhuis, PhD, Lizza E.L. Hendriks, MD, PhD, Peter W.A. Kunst, MD, PhD, Mieke J. Aarts, PhD, Wouter H. van Geffen, MD, PhD

“…Methods: This nationwide population-based study used real-world data from The Netherlands Cancer Registry. We selected patients with stage IV KRAS-mutated lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed in 2019 to 2020 who received first-line (chemo-)immunotherapy. …”
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Engaging communities to inform the development of a diverse cohort of cancer survivors: formative research for the eat move sleep study (EMOVES) by Ghilamichael Andemeskel, Nynikka R. Palmer, Rena Pasick, Erin L. Van Blarigan, Stacey A. Kenfield, Rebecca E. Graff, Michael Shaw, Wil Yu, Mayte Sanchez, Roberto Hernandez, Samuel L. Washington, Salma Shariff-Marco, Kim F. Rhoads, June M. Chan

“…Our community guided strategies will be tested as we conduct enrollment through community advisor networks and via the state cancer registry.…”
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Posterior Fossa Tumours in the First Year of Life: A Two-Centre Retrospective Study by Stefania Picariello, Pietro Spennato, Jonathan Roth, Nir Shimony, Alessandra Marini, Lucia De Martino, Giancarlo Nicosia, Giuseppe Mirone, Maria Serena De Santi, Fabio Savoia, Maria Elena Errico, Lucia Quaglietta, Shlomi Costantini, Giuseppe Cinalli

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Efficacy and Safety of Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in Patients with Advanced Renal or Urothelial Cell Carcinoma and Concomitant Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort St... by Florian Seydel, Susanne Delecluse, Martin Zeier, Tim Holland-Letz, Georg Martin Haag, Anne Katrin Berger, Barbara Christine Grün, Nina Bougatf, Markus Hohenfellner, Stefan Duensing, Dirk Jäger, Stefanie Zschäbitz

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The association between tyrosine kinase inhibitors and fatal arrhythmia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in Taiwan by Wei-Ting Chang, Wei-Ting Chang, Wei-Ting Chang, Hui-Wen Lin, Hui-Wen Lin, Ting-Chia Chang, Sheng-Hsiang Lin, Sheng-Hsiang Lin, Sheng-Hsiang Lin, Yi-Heng Li

“…With the prevalence of EGFR mutations in Asian populations, the risk of arrhythmia among patients with NSCLC remains unclear.MethodsUsing data from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database and National Cancer Registry, we identified patients with NSCLC from 2001 to 2014. …”
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