World Cancer Research Journal focused on all areas of cancer: basic cancer research, cancer prevention, translational research, environment and cancer, life style and cancer, pharmacology and pharmacogenomics aspects, cancer treatments, elderly cancer patients, virus-related tumors, cancer survivorship, psycho-oncology; innovative aspects regarding diagnosis, pathology, clinical-experimental oncology.
Last April I turned 70. I am a doctor. I have just finished reading “The ablation”: Tahar Ben Jelloun’s last book. I was bound to read it. The main character in the book and I have one thing in common: … Continued
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INTRODUCTION Complete cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CCRS+HIPEC) is on the verge of becoming the gold standard treatment for diffuse peritoneal seeding, for peritoneal pseudomyxoma, peritoneal mesothelioma, and peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from colorectal cancer (when disease is limited in … Continued
INTRODUCTION Testicular cancer represents between 1% and 1.5% of male neoplasms and 5% of urological tumours. The vast majority of tumours are diagnosed in the third and fourth decade of life. The histological type varies, although there is a clear … Continued
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INTRODUCTION Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies and the second cause of cancer death in the US and most European countries. Its incidence has been increasing in the last decades, primarily as a consequence of the … Continued
INTRODUCTION Toxicity profile of Oxaliplatin is well documented and often this adverse reaction leads to the suspension of therapy and potentially compromises patient benefit. Primarily toxicities include severe peripheral neuropathy linked to acute and cumulative doses of Oxalipaltin 1. Current … Continued
INTRODUCTION Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the second most common malignancy in Western countries, representing 85% of all lung cancers in the elderly 1. The vast majority of NSCLC occurr in subjects aged 65 years or older 2, and … Continued
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INTRODUCTION Over the past 30 years, the clinical laboratory has evolved into a complex, technology-driven enterprise whose main purposes are diagnosing and screening for disease, monitoring health and therapeutic response, and gauging deviations from normal physiology in humans. Advances in … Continued
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INTRODUCTION For thousands of generations we have evolved with food shortage: genes and molecules that control metabolism have been formed during this period 1. Our DNA has been programmed to store fat for famine periods, when getting food to eat … Continued
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INTRODUCTION The majority of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with cancer will eventually become long-term survivors. Thus, the long-term adverse effects of the treatments received are becoming more important. In female cancer survivor, chemotherapy induced ovarian damage substantially impairs … Continued
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The recent article published in World Cancer Research Journal shows the results of a retrospective analysis of postoperative radiotherapy for elderly endometrial cancer patients. Fiorica and colleagues 1 have tried to improve our understanding of the role and feasibility of … Continued