Volume 130(9); 2024 May 18

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Review Articles

Ranolazine: a potential anti-metastatic drug targeting voltage-gated sodium channels

Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1415–1419. Published online 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02622-w

PMCID:: PMC11058819

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Incidental pathogenic germline alterations detected through liquid biopsy in patients with solid tumors: prevalence, clinical utility and implications

Juan Carlos Laguna, Belén Pastor, Irene Nalda, Sara Hijazo-Pechero, Cristina Teixido, Miriam Potrony, Joan Antón Puig-Butillé, Laura Mezquita

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1420–1431. Published online 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02607-9

PMCID:: PMC11059286

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 26, 2025; PubMed

Correspondence

Comment on: “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is noninferior to chemoradiotherapy for early-onset locally advanced rectal cancer in the FOWARC trial”

Letian Qiao, Yuan Liu, Qiumin Yang

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1432–1433. Published online 2024 Apr 22. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02690-y

PMCID:: PMC11058783

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Apr 22, 2025; PubMed

Articles

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is noninferior to chemoradiotherapy for early-onset locally advanced rectal cancer in the FOWARC trial

Jinlin Cai, Kaixin Lin, Tongfeng Luo, Jingrong Weng, Haotian Liu, Ze Yuan, Zixiao Wan, Junyi Han, Jinxin Lin, Xiaoxia Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Meijin Huang, Yanxin Luo, Huichuan Yu

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1434–1440. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02652-4

PMCID:: PMC11058860

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 12, 2025; PubMed

Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure, and incidence of childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a US population-based dataset

Mark P. Little, Jim Z. Mai, Michelle Fang, Pavel Chernyavskiy, Victoria Kennerley, Elizabeth K. Cahoon, Myles G. Cockburn, Gerald M. Kendall, Michael G. Kimlin

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1441–1452. Published online 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02629-3

PMCID:: PMC11059281

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A cellular model provides insights into the pathogenicity of the oncogenic FOXL2 somatic variant p.Cys134Trp

Laetitia Herman, Angélique Amo, Berangère Legois, Caterina Di Carlo, Reiner A. Veitia, Anne-Laure Todeschini

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1453–1462. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02613-x

PMCID:: PMC11059147

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 1, 2025; PubMed

Targeting Galectin 3 illuminates its contributions to the pathology of uterine serous carcinoma

Yusuke Matoba, Dominique T. Zarrella, Venkatesh Pooladanda, Maryam Azimi Mohammadabadi, Eugene Kim, Shaan Kumar, Mengyao Xu, Xingping Qin, Lauren J Ray, Kyle M. Devins, Raj Kumar, Artem Kononenko, Eric Eisenhauer, Irva E. Veillard, Wataru Yamagami, Sarah J. Hill, Kristopher A. Sarosiek, Oladapo O. Yeku, David R. Spriggs, Bo R. Rueda

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1463–1476. Published online 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02621-x

PMCID:: PMC11058234

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Early onset pancreatic cancer—exploring contemporary treatment and outcomes using real-world data

Shehara Mendis, Lara Lipton, Yat Hang To, Sumitra Ananda, Michael Michael, Sue-Anne McLachlan, Benjamin Thomson, Benjamin Loveday, Brett Knowles, Adrian Fox, Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Val Usatoff, Julia Shapiro, Kate Clarke, Sharon Pattison, Cheng Ean Chee, Rob Zielinski, Rachel Wong, Peter Gibbs, Belinda Lee

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1477–1484. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02619-5

PMCID:: PMC11058801

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 6, 2025; PubMed

Risk and adverse clinical outcomes of thrombocytopenia among patients with solid tumors—a Danish population-based cohort study

Kasper Adelborg, Katalin Veres, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, Mary Clouser, Hossam Saad, Henrik Toft Sørensen

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1485–1492. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02630-w

PMCID:: PMC11058247

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PRRX1-TOP2A interaction is a malignancy-promoting factor in human malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours

Shota Takihira, Daisuke Yamada, Tatsunori Osone, Tomoka Takao, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Michiyuki Hakozaki, Takuto Itano, Eiji Nakata, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Toshifumi Ozaki, Takeshi Takarada

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1493–1504. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02632-8

PMCID:: PMC11058259

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Pirfenidone alleviates fibrosis by acting on tumour–stroma interplay in pancreatic cancer

Yalan Lei, Jin Xu, Mingming Xiao, Di Wu, He Xu, Jing Yang, Xiaoqi Mao, Haoqi Pan, Xianjun Yu, Si Shi

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1505–1516. Published online 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02631-9

PMCID:: PMC11058874

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 7, 2025; PubMed

EIF4A3-negatively driven circular RNA β-catenin (circβ-catenin) promotes colorectal cancer progression via miR-197-3p/CTNND1 regulatory axis

Li-Qiang Deng, Chuan-Jian Shi, Shu-Ting Zhou, Wei-Qiang Zeng, Yan-Fang Xian, Yu-Yan Wang, Wei-Ming Fu, Han-Li Lin, Wei Liu, Jin-Fang Zhang

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1517–1528. Published online 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02612-y

PMCID:: PMC11058807

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 8, 2025; PubMed

Cannabinoids induce cell death in leukaemic cells through Parthanatos and PARP-related metabolic disruptions

M. Medrano, M. Contreras, T. Caballero-Velázquez, L. Martínez, J. A. Bejarano-García, R. Calderón-Ruiz, C. B. García-Calderón, I. V. Rosado, J. A. Pérez-Simón

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1529–1541. Published online 2024 Mar 9. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02618-6

PMCID:: PMC11058274

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Platelets induce CD39 expression in tumor cells to facilitate tumor metastasis

Zhaochen Ning, Keyan Liu, Hui Zhang, Guanjun Dong, Xiaotong Wang, Huabao Xiong

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1542–1551. Published online 2024 Mar 9. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02640-8

PMCID:: PMC11058827

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 9, 2025; PubMed

Anti-integrin αvβ6 autoantibodies are a potential biomarker for ulcerative colitis-like immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis

Masataka Yokode, Masahiro Shiokawa, Hisato Kawakami, Takeshi Kuwada, Yoshihiro Nishikawa, Yuya Muramoto, Hiroki Kitamoto, Makoto Okabe, Hajime Yamazaki, Norihiro Okamoto, Toshihiro Morita, Kazuya Ohno, Risa Nakanishi, Ikuhisa Takimoto, Muneji Yasuda, Koki Chikugo, Shimpei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Sakiko Ota, Takeharu Nakamura, Hirokazu Okada, Tomonori Hirano, Nobuyuki Kakiuchi, Tomoaki Matsumori, Shuji Yamamoto, Norimitsu Uza, Makoto Ooi, Yuzo Kodama, Tsutomu Chiba, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Hiroshi Seno

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1552–1560. Published online 2024 Mar 9. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02647-1

PMCID:: PMC11058246

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Long-term trends in incidence, characteristics and prognosis of screen-detected and interval cancers in women participating in the Dutch breast cancer screening programme

Daniëlle E. ten Velde, Lucien E. M. Duijm, Maurice J. C. van der Sangen, Robert-Jan Schipper, Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen, Willem Vreuls, Luc J. A. Strobbe, Adri C. Voogd

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1561–1570. Published online 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02633-7

PMCID:: PMC11059155

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 11, 2025; PubMed

RNA expression of 6 genes from metastatic mucosal gastric cancer serves as the global prognostic marker for gastric cancer with functional validation

Yun-Suhk Suh, Jieun Lee, Joshy George, Donghyeok Seol, Kyoungyun Jeong, Seung-Young Oh, Chanmi Bang, Yukyung Jun, Seong-Ho Kong, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Jong-Il Kim, Woo Ho Kim, Han-Kwang Yang, Charles Lee

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1571–1584. Published online 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02642-6

PMCID:: PMC11059174

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Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and survival outcomes of colorectal cancer: evidence from population-based prospective cohorts and Mendelian randomisation

Xiaomeng Zhang, Yazhou He, Xue Li, Rasha Shraim, Wei Xu, Lijuan Wang, Susan M. Farrington, Harry Campbell, Maria Timofeeva, Lina Zgaga, Peter Vaughan-Shaw, Evropi Theodoratou, Malcolm G. Dunlop

Br J Cancer. 2024 May 18; 130(9): 1585–1591. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02643-5

PMCID:: PMC11058806

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