Towards elimination of cervical cancer – human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening in Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance (ANCCA) member countriesSear... by Sok King Ong, Sarah K. Abe, Shyamala Thilagaratnam, Rei Haruyama, Ruchi Pathak, Harindra Jayasekara, Kayo Togawa, Aliza K.C. Bhandari, Abhishek Shankar, Ashrafun Nessa, Uranbolor Jugder, Julyanti Agustina, Mohammed Biglari, Aasim Yusuf, Ugyen Tshomo, Eshani Fernando, Clarito Cairo, Kyaw Kan Kaung, Beauta Rath, Champadeng Vongdala, Kishore Kumar Pradhananga, Jeongseon Kim, Youn Kyung Chung, Tran Thi Thanh Huong, Suleeporn Sangrajran, Yawei Zhang, Partha Basu, Yin Ling Woo, Babu Sukumaran, William Y.K. Hwang

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Association between thyroid cancer and cardiovascular disease risk: a nationwide observation study by Ming-Chieh Tsai, Cheng-Tzu Hsieh, Hsin-Yin Hsu, Tzu-Lin Yeh, Wen-Chung Lee, Chun-Ju Chiang, Bo-Yu Hsiao, Jing-Rong Jhuang, Wen-Hsuan Tsai, Shih-Ping Cheng, Chao-Liang Chou, Chun-Chuan Lee, Sung-Chen Liu, Po-Jung Tseng, Kuo-Liong Chien

“…This study analyzed the data of Taiwanese thyroid cancer patients registered on the National Taiwan Cancer Registry Database, with CHD and IS. SIR models were used to evaluate the association between thyroid cancer and CHD, IS, AF, and cardiovascular disease outcome, stratified by age and sex. …”
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Are Thalamic Intrinsic Lesions Operable? No-Man’s Land Revisited by the Analysis of a Large Retrospective, Mono-Institutional, Cohort by Paolo Ferroli, Francesco Restelli, Giacomo Bertolini, Emanuele Monti, Jacopo Falco, Giulio Bonomo, Irene Tramacere, Bianca Pollo, Chiara Calatozzolo, Monica Patanè, Silvia Schiavolin, Morgan Broggi, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandra Erbetta, Silvia Esposito, Elio Mazzapicchi, Emanuele La Corte, Ignazio Gaspare Vetrano, Giovanni Broggi, Marco Schiariti

“…We reviewed our Institutional Cancer Registry, identifying patients who underwent surgery for thalamic gliomas between 2006 and 2020. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENCE RATE OF COLORECTAL CANCER AMONG RESIDENTS OF THE SUMY REGION by V. V. Kostiuchenko, Y. V. Moskalenko, S. V. Tarasenko, O. I. Vynnychenko, V. V. Shevchenko, I. O. Vynnychenko

“…The primary statistical material was the data of the regional cancer registry and the journals of the results of biopsies of the pathological department of the Sumy regional clinical oncological dispensary. …”
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Young-Onset Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Survival Trends in the Northern Territory, Australia, with Emphasis on Indigenous Peoples by Mia Shepherdson, Shalem Leemaqz, Gurmeet Singh, Courtney Ryder, Shahid Ullah, Karla Canuto, Joanne P. Young, Timothy J. Price, Ross A. McKinnon, Stephen J. Pandol, Claire T. Roberts, Savio George Barreto

“…Methods: This cross-sectional analysis of a prospective longitudinal database, NT Cancer Registry (1990–2017), includes all reported cases of GI (oesophagus, gastric, small intestinal, pancreas, colon, and rectum) adenocarcinomas. …”
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Association between dietary fat intake and colorectal cancer: A multicenter case-control study in Iran by Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Giulia Collatuzzo, Inge Huybrechts, Maryam Hadji, Maryam Hadji, Hamideh Rashidian, Roya Safari-Faramani, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, Farin Kamangar, Arash Etemadi, Arash Etemadi, Eero Pukkala, Eero Pukkala, Marc J. Gunter, Veronique Chajes, Paolo Boffetta, Paolo Boffetta, Kazem Zendehdel, Kazem Zendehdel

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Neoadjuvant Therapy Is Associated with Improved Chemotherapy Delivery and Overall Survival Compared to Upfront Resection in Pancreatic Cancer without Increasing Perioperative Compl... by Christopher Ryan Deig, Thomas Lee Sutton, Blake Beneville, Kristin Trone, Amanda Stratton, Ali N. Gunesch, Amy Ivy Liu, Alaaeddin Alrohaibani, Maedeh Mohebnasab, Solange Bassale, Alison Grossblatt-Wait, Dove Keith, Fouad Attia, Erin W. Gilbert, Charles D. Lopez, Adel Kardosh, Emerson Y. Chen, Kenneth G. Bensch, Nima Nabavizadeh, Charles R. Thomas, Skye C. Mayo, Brett C. Sheppard, Aaron Grossberg

“…Data were abstracted from the electronic medical record using an institutional cancer registry and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. …”
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Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor in Taiwan: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study by Yen-Lin Liu, Min-Lan Tsai, Chang-I Chen, Noi Yar, Ching-Wen Tsai, Hsin-Lun Lee, Chia-Chun Kuo, Wan-Ling Ho, Kevin Li-Chun Hsieh, Sung-Hui Tseng, James S. Miser, Chia-Yau Chang, Hsi Chang, Wen-Chang Huang, Tai-Tong Wong, Alexander T. H. Wu, Yu-Chun Yen

“…Methods: We performed a nationwide, population-based study of AT/RT (ICD-O-3 code: 9508/3) in Taiwan using the Taiwan Cancer Registry Database and the National Death Certificate Database. …”
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Cohort profile: the Scottish Diabetes Research Network national diabetes cohort – a population-based cohort of people with diabetes in Scotland by Naveed Sattar, Sarah Wild, David McAllister, Katherine Hughes, Ewan R Pearson, Helen M Colhoun, Paul M McKeigue, Sam Philip, John Petrie, John McKnight, Robert Lindsay, Graham P Leese, Anna Barnett, Stuart J. McGurnaghan, Luke A. K. Blackbourn, Thomas M. Caparrotta, Joseph Mellor, Andy Collier

“…Data are captured from all key clinical encounters for diabetes-related care, including diabetes clinic, primary care and podiatry and comprise clinical history and measurements with linkage to blood results, microbiology, prescribed and dispensed drug and devices, retinopathy screening, outpatient, day case and inpatient episodes, birth outcomes, cancer registry, renal registry and causes of death.Findings to date There have been >50 publications using the SDRN-NDS. …”
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A population-based assessment of metastatic hepatoblastoma in Texas reveals ethnic disparities by Andres F. Espinoza, Michael E. Scheurer, Tiffany M. Chambers, Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, Philip J. Lupo

“…Therefore, we conducted a population-based epidemiologic study of hepatoblastoma in Texas, a large state characterized by ethnic and geographic diversity.MethodsInformation on children diagnosed with hepatoblastoma at 0–19 years of age for the period of 1995–2018 was obtained from the Texas Cancer Registry (TCR). Demographic and clinical variables including sex, race/ethnicity, age at diagnosis, urban-rural status, and residence along the Texas-Mexico border were evaluated. …”
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Understanding cancer genetic risk assessment motivations in a remote tailored risk communication and navigation intervention randomized controlled trial by Circe Gray Le Compte, Shou-En Lu, Julianne Ani, Jean McDougall, Scott T. Walters, Deborah Toppmeyer, Tawny W. Boyce, Antoinette Stroup, Lisa Paddock, Sherry Grumet, Yong Lin, Emily Heidt, Anita Y. Kinney

“…Selected behavioral variables were theorized to mediate CGRA intentions.Methods: Breast and ovarian cancer survivors meeting criteria for guideline-based CGRA were recruited from three state cancer registries (N = 654), completed a baseline survey, and were randomized. …”
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Synchronous and metachronous multiple primary cancers in melanoma survivors: a gender perspective by Stefano Guzzinati, Alessandra Buja, Giulia Grotto, Manuel Zorzi, Mariagiovanna Manfredi, Eleonora Bovo, Paolo Del Fiore, Saveria Tropea, Luigi Dall’Olmo, Luigi Dall’Olmo, Carlo R. Rossi, Simone Mocellin, Simone Mocellin, Massimo Rugge, Massimo Rugge

“…This retrospective population-based study differentially assesses the risk of synchronous and metachronous cancers in a cohort of CMM survivors stratified by sex.MethodsThe cohort study (1999–2018) included 9,726 CMM survivors (M = 4,873, F = 4,853) recorded by the cancer registry of all 5,000,000 residents in the Italian Veneto Region. …”
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Smoking can increase nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk by repeatedly reactivating Epstein‐Barr Virus: An analysis of a prospective study in southern China by Ting Hu, Chu‐Yang Lin, Shang‐Hang Xie, Geng‐Hang Chen, Yu‐Qiang Lu, Wei Ling, Qi‐Hong Huang, Qing Liu, Su‐Mei Cao

“…New NPC cases were identified through local cancer registry. Cox's regression model was used to estimate the adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) of smoking on NPC incidence. …”
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PD-L1 is Fascinating but IDO Needs Attention in Non-HCV and Non-HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients by Asghar K, Bashir S, Ali Rana I, Abu Bakar M, Farooq A, Hassan M, Asif Z, Afzal M, Masood I, Ishaq M, Tahseen M, Bilal S, Mehmood S, Kanwal N, Ud Din I, Loya A

“…Kashif Asghar,1 Shaarif Bashir,2 Iftikhar Ali Rana,2 Muhammad Abu Bakar,3 Asim Farooq,1 Muhammad Hassan,1 Zukhruf Asif,1 Mahnoor Afzal,1 Iqra Masood,4 Muhammad Ishaq,2 Muhammad Tahseen,2 Sundus Bilal,5 Shafqat Mehmood,5 Nosheen Kanwal,6 Islah Ud Din,6 Asif Loya2 1Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 2Department of Pathology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 3Department of Cancer Registry and Clinical Data Management, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 4Department of Clinical Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 5Department of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology), Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 6Department of Radiology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Punjab, PakistanCorrespondence: Kashif Asghar, Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, 7-A Block R-3, Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, Pakistan, Tel +92-42-35905000, Fax +92-42-35945206, Email kashifasghar@skm.org.pkBackground/Aim: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common forms of liver cancer that is modulated by the immune system. …”
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Incidence of malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (С70–C72) in Siberia and the Russian Far East by L. D. Zhuikova, E. L. Choynzonov, O. A. Ananina, L. V. Pikalova, I. N. Odintsova, G. A. Kononova

“…Using data from the population-based cancer registry in Siberia and the Russian Far East, we calculated the cancer incidence rates, the age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR), the index accuracy (the ratio of the number of cancer-related deaths to the number of new cases) of malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors during the period 2010 to 2019.Results. …”
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Gene expression variability in long-term survivors of childhood cancer and cancer-free controls in response to ionizing irradiation by Caine Lucas Grandt, Lara Kim Brackmann, Ronja Foraita, Heike Schwarz, Willempje Hummel-Bartenschlager, Thomas Hankeln, Christiane Kraemer, Sebastian Zahnreich, Philipp Drees, Johanna Mirsch, Claudia Spix, Maria Blettner, Heinz Schmidberger, Harald Binder, Moritz Hess, Danuta Galetzka, Federico Marini, Alicia Poplawski, Manuela Marron

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Tenofovir use is associated with a decreased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among men with HIV irrespective of coinfection status by Mei-Hsuan Lee, Ping-Feng Wu, Tzu-I Chen, Chi Chan, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Yi-Tsung Lin, Chien-Jen Chen

“…Four major nationwide registries – the Human Immunodeficiency Virus surveillance database, Taiwan Cancer Registry, Death Certification System, and National Health Insurance Database – were applied to define ART and comorbidities and ascertain newly diagnosed HCC. …”
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Cross Species Analysis and Comparison of Tumors in Dogs and Cats, by Age, Sex, Topography and Main Morphologies. Data from Vet-OncoNet by Katia Pinello, Isabel Pires, Ana Filipa Castro, Paulo Tiago Carvalho, Andreia Santos, Augusto de Matos, Felisbina Queiroga, Ana Canadas-Sousa, Patrícia Dias-Pereira, José Catarino, Pedro Faísca, Sandra Branco, Cristiana Lopes, Filipa Marcos, Maria C. Peleteiro, Hugo Pissarra, Pedro Ruivo, Rui Magalhães, Milton Severo, João Niza-Ribeiro

“…The present work aims to describe, analyze, and compare frequencies and associations of tumors in dogs and cats based on the Animal Cancer Registry created by Vet-OncoNet. With 9079 registries, regarding 2019 and 2020, 81% (<i>n</i> = 7355) belonged to dogs. …”
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Biochemical progression free and overall survival among Black men with stage IV prostate cancer in South Africa: Results from a prospective cohort study by Yoanna S. Pumpalova, Adarsh Ramakrishnan, Michael May, Audrey Pentz, Shauli Minkowitz, Sean Doherty, Elvira Singh, Wenlong Carl Chen, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Alfred I. Neugut, Maureen Joffe

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Impact of diabetes on stage I lung cancer treatment patterns and prognosis in older adults: A population-based cohort study by Amanda Leiter, Christian Stephens, Grace Mhango, Chung Yin Kong, Keith Sigel, Jenny J. Lin, Emily J. Gallagher, Derek LeRoith, Juan P. Wisnivesky

“…Methods: Using national cancer registry data linked to Medicare, we identified patients ≥65 years old with Stage I NSCLC. …”
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