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Our findings reveal that long-term survivors on IO experienced their journey in two phases: one in which their cancer had taken over their lives mentally, physically, and spiritually, and another in which their cancer consumed only a part of their everyday lives. Patients who survived longer th...
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Poorly controlled type II diabetes mellitus significantly enhances postoperative chemoresistance in patients with stage III colon cancer Ruo-Yu Guan, Jia-Wei Wu, Zi-Yun Yuan, Zhi-Yuan Liu, Zi-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Cong Xiao, Jing-Hui Li, Cheng-Zhi Huang, Jun-Jiang Wang, Xue-Qing Yao Ruo-Yu Gu...
Late-stage relapse (LSR) in patients with breast cancer (BC) occurs more than five years and up to 10 years after initial treatment and has less than 30% 5-year relative survival rate. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in BC yet have no
Liquid biopsy is now considered a valuable diagnostic tool for advanced metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In NSCLC, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis has been shown to increase the chances of identifying the presence of targetable mutat
Among older breast cancer survivors, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death2. The increased risk of heart disease after breast cancer treatment has been reported broadly. According to an American Heart Association report, all current adjuvant treatments that are used widely, such as ...
Diabetes is associated with an increased incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). There exists conflicting evidence regarding the impact of diabetes on CRC-sp
4 However, significant heterogeneity in clinical outcomes has been reported in patients with stage III colon cancer who receive similar treatments: the survival probability ranges from 15% to 75%.5-7 These findings suggest that the current TNM staging system fails to provide sufficient progno...