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  1. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common type of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and the effect of zymosan (ZYM), a component of the yeast cell wall, on oral cancer remains unclear...

    Authors: Xu Chen, Qingqiong Luo, Jieying Ding, Meng Yang, Ruiyang Zhang and Fuxiang Chen

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:51

    Content type: Research Article

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  2. HIV-associated cellular immune dysfunction has been linked to higher risk of cervical dysplasia and cancer in HIV infected women. We sought to understand the relationship between HIV and development of epithel...

    Authors: Jonah Musa, Supriya D. Mehta, Chad J. Achenbach, Charlesnika T. Evans, Neil Jordan, Francis A. Magaji, Victor C. Pam, Patrick H. Daru, Olugbenga A. Silas, Atiene S. Sagay, Rose Anorlu, Yinan Zheng, Mamoudou Maiga, Isaac F. Adewole, Robert L. Murphy, Lifang Hou…

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:50

    Content type: Research Article

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  3. Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) transmission within endemic areas may vary. KSHV seroprevalence has been studied by different groups of researchers using different methods, making it difficult t...

    Authors: Angela Nalwoga, Emily L. Webb, Claudios Muserere, Belinda Chihota, Wendell Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Alison Elliott, Stephen Cose, Denise Whitby and Robert Newton

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:49

    Content type: Short Report

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  4. Breast cancer is reported as one of the most common cancers among females worldwide. Infectious agents especially viruses have been considered as role players in the development of breast cancer. Although some...

    Authors: Alireza Khatami, Ali Pormohammad, Rana Farzi, Hassan Saadati, Maryam Mehrabi, Seyed Jalal Kiani and Saied Ghorbani

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:48

    Content type: Review

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  5. HPV causes specific cell-mediated immunity in the cervix. Mononuclear cells such as helper T cells (CD4+), cytotoxic T cells (CD8+), and dendritic cells play a critical role in the initiation of the HPV-specif...

    Authors: Ceyda Sancakli Usta, Eren Altun, Selim Afsar, Cagla Bahar Bulbul, Akin Usta and Ertan Adalı

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:47

    Content type: Research Article

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  6. High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is notoriously associated with tumor progression in a broad spectrum of malignancies. Detection of HR-HPV is clinically important in the management of HPV-related carcin...

    Authors: Federica Zito Marino, Andrea Ronchi, Marianna Stilo, Immacolata Cozzolino, Elvira La Mantia, Nicola Colacurci, Giuseppe Colella and Renato Franco

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:46

    Content type: Research Article

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  8. Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (WLWH), especially those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), are at increased risk of cervical cancer. The optimal cervical-cancer screening strate...

    Authors: Philip E. Castle, Rogers Ajeh, Anastase Dzudie, Ernestine Kendowo, Norbert Fuhngwa, Andre Gaetan Simo-Wambo, Denis Nsame, Enow Orock, Tiffany M. Hebert, Amanda J. Pierz, Daniel Murokora, Kathryn Anastos and Adebola Adedimeji

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:45

    Content type: Short Report

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  10. Sinonasal inverted papillomas (SIP) and sinonasal squamous cell carcinomas (SNSCC) are sinonasal tumors with unclear etiology and pathogenesis. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been detected in these tumors but in...

    Authors: Thawaree Nukpook, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Watchareporn Teeramatwanich, Natcha Patarapadungkit, Surachat Chaiwiriyakul, Patravoot Vatanasapt, Sirinart Aromseree and Chamsai Pientong

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:43

    Content type: Research Article

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  11. EBV produces miRNAs with important functions in cancer growth, tumor invasion and host immune surveillance. The discovery of EBV miR-BARTs is recent, and most of their functions are still unknown. Nonetheless,...

    Authors: Valli De Re, Laura Caggiari, Mariangela De Zorzi, Valentina Fanotto, Gianmaria Miolo, Fabio Puglisi, Renato Cannizzaro, Vincenzo Canzonieri, Agostino Steffan, Piero Farruggia, Egesta Lopci, Emanuele S. G. d’Amore, Roberta Burnelli, Lara Mussolin and Maurizio Mascarin

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:42

    Content type: Review

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  12. The anatomical complexity of the oropharynx and the difficulty in reaching its distal portion have always conditioned the surgical accessibility.

    Authors: Fraco Ionna, Agostino Guida, Luigi Califano, Gaetano Motta, Giovanni Salzano, Ettore Pavone, Corrado Aversa, Francesco Longo, Salvatore Villano, Ludovica Marcella Ponzo, Pierluigi Franco, Simona Losito, Franco Maria Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello and Maria Grazia Maglione

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:40

    Content type: Research Article

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  13. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Massimo Granai, Lucia Mundo, Ayse U. Akarca, Maria Chiara Siciliano, Hasan Rizvi, Virginia Mancini, Noel Onyango, Joshua Nyagol, Nicholas Othieno Abinya, Ibrahim Maha, Sandra Margielewska, Wenbin Wei, Michele Bibas, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Falko Fend…

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:39

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:28

  15. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), along with Hepatitis C virus chronic infection, represents a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. However, molecular mechanisms involved in the development...

    Authors: Davod Javanmard, Mohammad Najafi, Mohammad Reza Babaei, Mohammad Hadi Karbalaie Niya, Maryam Esghaei, Mahshid Panahi, Fahimeh Safarnezhad Tameshkel, Ahmad Tavakoli, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri, Hadi Ghaffari, Angila Ataei-Pirkooh, Seyed Hamidreaz Monavari and Farah Bokharaei-Salim

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:37

    Content type: Research Article

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  16. Information on HPV-associated sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC) is very limited in China. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HPV in a large cohort of SNSCC patients in China.

    Authors: Chunyan Hu, Huatao Quan, Li Yan, Ji Sun, Lin Lan and Shengzi Wang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:36

    Content type: Research Article

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  17. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and anti-HCV therapy is a significant measure to reduce the incidence of HCC, however development of HCC in...

    Authors: Javeria Khalid, Mohammad Umar, Tofeeq Ur-Rehman, Mashhood Ali and Gul Majid Khan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:35

    Content type: Research Article

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  18. To investigate high-risk HPV (hr-HPV) genotype distributions and the association between hr-HPV infection with severity of the cervical lesions in women with normal cytology.

    Authors: Zhiling Wang, Ting Liu, Yunjian Wang, Ying Gu, Hui Wang, Jingkang Liu, Baoxia Cui and Xingsheng Yang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:34

    Content type: Research Article

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  19. There has been limited research on the comparison of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC) of cervical cancer and that lack of information may have significant bearing on the treatment of patie...

    Authors: Tian Tian, Xing Gong, Xudong Gao, Yanqing Li, Wen Ju and Yiqin Ai

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:33

    Content type: Research Article

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  21. Despite the demonstrated role of human Papillomavirus (HPV) in the etiology of cervical cancer and the strong evidence suggesting the importance of HPV in the development of oropharyngeal cancer, several aspects ...

    Authors: Tamy Taianne Suehiro, Gabrielle Marconi Zago Ferreira Damke, Edilson Damke, Paloma Luana Rodrigues de Azevedo Ramos, Marcela de Andrade Pereira Silva, Sandra Marisa Pelloso, Warner K. Huh, Ricardo Argemiro Fonseca Franco, Vânia Ramos Sela da Silva, Isabel Cristina Scarinci and Marcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:31

    Content type: Short Report

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  22. Viral infections can reduce early cancer development through enhancement of cancer immunosurveillance. This study was performed to analyse this effect of viral infection in a mouse model of solid tumor.

    Authors: Mohamed F. Mandour, Pyone Pyone Soe, Catherine Uyttenhove, Jacques Van Snick, Etienne Marbaix and Jean-Paul Coutelier

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:30

    Content type: Research Article

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  23. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted viruses worldwide. HPV infection in men is a serious clinical issue as they could be considered as a reservoir for inadvertently tr...

    Authors: Mehrdad Davarmanesh, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri, Mehrouz Dezfulian and Mohammad Javad Gharavi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:29

    Content type: Research Article

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  24. The Tumor Microenviroment (TME) is a complex milieu that is increasingly recognized as a key factor in multiple stages of disease progression and responses to therapy as well as escape from immune surveillance...

    Authors: Massimo Granai, Lucia Mundo, Ayse U. Akarca, Maria Chiara Siciliano, Hasan Rizvi, Virginia Mancini, Noel Onyango, Joshua Nyagol, Nicholas Othieno Abinya, Ibrahim Maha, Sandra Margielewska, Wenbin Wei, Michele Bibas, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Falko Fend…

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:28

    Content type: Research Article

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:39

  27. The detection of the Epstein–Barr capsid antigen (VCA) immunoglobulin A (IgA) is widely used in the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but a reference standard for evaluating the presence of VCA-IgA ...

    Authors: Hao Chen, Qiaohua Zhong, Xiaobin Wu, Yanling Ding, Qi Chen, Ning Xue, Yiwei Xu and Shulin Chen

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:25

    Content type: Research Article

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  28. Cervical cancer is a major public health problem. In 2018, globally 569,847 cervical cancer were diagnosed and 311,000 deaths were projected due to this preventable disease. Worldwide, therefore, the cervical ...

    Authors: Dominique Diouf, Gora Diop, Cheikh Ahmadou Tidian Diarra, Aminata Issa Ngom, Khadija Niane, Moussa Ndiaye, Sidy Ka, Oumar Faye and Ahmadou Dem

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:24

    Content type: Research Article

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  29. The cause of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is not elucidated. Viral infection may induce chronic inflammatory infection and play a role in the pathogenesis of cancers. Some viruses are considered to be oncom...

    Authors: Min Yin, Aiping Chen, Fei Zhao, Xuechao Ji, Chuan Li and Guangning Wang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:23

    Content type: Research Article

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  30. Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) can cause benign and malignant tumours in the anogenital tract and the oropharynx both in men and women. The aim of the presented study was to investigate cervical,...

    Authors: Maria Nasioutziki, Kimon Chatzistamatiou, Panagiotis-Dimitrios Loufopoulos, Eleftherios Vavoulidis, Nikolaos Tsampazis, George-Chrysostomos Pratilas, Anastasios Liberis, Vasiliki Karpa, Evanggelos Parcharidis, Angelos Daniilidis, Konstantinos Spanos and Konstantinos Dinas

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:22

    Content type: Research Article

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  31. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a primary liver malignancy in which the risk of development is always multifunctional. Interleukin-6 is a proinflammatory and multifunctional cytokine, which plays an important role...

    Authors: Faisal Adnan, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Aqib Iqbal, Ijaz Ali, Arnolfo Petruzziello, Rocco Sabatino, Annunziata Guzzo, Giovanna Loquercio, Gerardo Botti, Sanaullah Khan, Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Ismail Khan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:21

    Content type: Research Article

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  32. Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC) is a rare malignancy of the female genital tract. We aimed to determine the mucosal high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-attributable fraction of VSCCs from Italian women ...

    Authors: Mario Preti, John Charles Rotondo, Dana Holzinger, Leonardo Micheletti, Niccolò Gallio, Sandrine McKay-Chopin, Christine Carreira, Sebastiana Silvana Privitera, Reiko Watanabe, Ruediger Ridder, Michael Pawlita, Chiara Benedetto, Massimo Tommasino and Tarik Gheit

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:20

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  33. The human endogenous retroviruses HERV-K HML-2 have been considered a possible cause of human breast cancer (BrC). A HERV-K HML-2 fully intact provirus Xq21.33 was recently identified in some West African peop...

    Authors: Mark H. Kaplan, Rafael Contreras-Galindo, Evelyn Jiagge, Sofia D. Merajver, Lisa Newman, Galya Bigman, Michael H. Dosik, Ganesh S. Palapattu, Javed Siddiqui, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Sally Adebamowo and Clement Adebamowo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:19

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  34. Persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections is associated with squamous cell carcinomas of different human anatomic sites. Several studies have suggested a potential role for HPV infection, particular...

    Authors: Sandra F. Martins, Vânia Mariano, Mesquita Rodrigues and Adhemar Longatto-Filho

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:17

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  35. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer among women in Swaziland; however, a low rate of cervical screening in this population has led to high rates of morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer.

    Authors: Ibironke O. Aina, Smruti M. Raul, Luz A. Padilla, Simangele Mthethwa-Hleta, Peter O. Preko and Pauline E. Jolly

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:16

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  36. The first HPV vaccines licensed targeted two HPV types responsible for most cervical cancers. A 9-valent vaccine (9vHPV), targeting 5 additional types, was introduced in 2016 and is currently the only HPV vacc...

    Authors: N. J. Murphy, L. R. Bulkow, M. Steinau, E. F. Dunne, E. Meites, L. E. Markowitz, E. R. Unger and T. W. Hennessy

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:13

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  37. Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy of the female lower genital tract. In our previous study, we found that TLR4 promotes cervical cancer cell growth in vitro. The aim of this study was to further ex...

    Authors: Ninghong Jiang, Feng Xie, Limei Chen, Fang Chen and Long Sui

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:12

    Content type: Research Article

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  39. The efficacy of cervical cancer screening programs is dependent on the participation rate. To increase participation among women not attending cervical cancer screening, self-collected samples for detection of...

    Authors: Avalon Ernstson, Annika Urdell, Ola Forslund and Christer Borgfeldt

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:10

    Content type: Research Article

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  40. Genital infection with certain types of Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major cause of cervical cancer globally. For early detection of premalignant dysplasia, evidences are coming out on the usefulness of HPV...

    Authors: Awoke Derbie, Daniel Mekonnen, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Xaveer Van Ostade and Tamrat Abebe

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:9

    Content type: Review

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  42. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes around 90% of cervical cancer cases, and cervical cancer is a leading cause of female mortality worldwide. HPV-derived oncoprotein E7 participates in cervical carcin...

    Authors: Nopphamon Na Rangsee, Pattamawadee Yanatatsaneejit, Trairak Pisitkun, Poorichaya Somparn, Pornrutsami Jintaridth and Supachai Topanurak

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:7

    Content type: Research Article

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  43. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignant tumor in women worldwide. The persistent infection of high-risk Human Papillomavirus (hrHPV) is considered to be the primary cause of this disease. As an inn...

    Authors: Xubin Liu, Hanyu Ma, Lingyan Fei, Mengjie Jiang, Meng Xia, Lihong Bai, Xufang Pi, Shangwu Chen and Li Yu

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:6

    Content type: Research Article

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  44. Co-existence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cystic echinococcus (CE) is extremely rare. Echinococcus granulosus may exhibit a protective effect against cancer. Herein, this study aimed to evaluate the poss...

    Authors: Ran Bo, Aimaiti Yasen, Yingmei Shao, Wenbao Zhang, Renyong Lin, Tiemin Jiang, Hao Wen, Hui Xiao and Tuerganaili Aji

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:5

    Content type: Research Article

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  45. The role of human polyomaviruses (HPyVs) in epithelial tumors such as head and neck carcinomas (HNSCCs) including oral and oropharyngeal carcinomas has not been established. In this study, we evaluated for the...

    Authors: Juan P. Muñoz, Rancés Blanco, Julio C. Osorio, Carolina Oliva, María José Diaz, Diego Carrillo-Beltrán, Rebeca Aguayo, Andrés Castillo, Julio C. Tapia, Gloria M. Calaf, Aldo Gaggero and Francisco Aguayo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:4

    Content type: Research Article

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  46. The original publication of this article [1] contained 4 errors in column 1 of Table 4. In this correction article the errors and updated table are published.

    Authors: E. A. Matyunina, A. V. Emelyanov, T. V. Kurbatova, A. A. Makashov, I. V. Mizgirev and A. P. Kozlov

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:3

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2019 14:46

  47. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), represents a subtype of breast cancer in which the estrogens receptor (ER) negative, the progesterone receptor (PR) negative and the human epidermal growth factor receptor...

    Authors: Sabrina Bimonte, Marco Cascella, Antonio Barbieri, Claudio Arra and Arturo Cuomo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:2

    Content type: Review

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  48. Given the paucity of data and widely variable rates that have been reported, the main objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of HPV-positivity in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) in...

    Authors: Christopher A. Maroun, Karine Al Feghali, Henri Traboulsi, Helene Dabbous, Fatmeh Abbas, Gabriel Dunya, Georges Ziade, Rami Mahfouz, Bassem Youssef, Hani Tamim, Fady Geara, Ibrahim Khalifeh and Roger V. Moukarbel

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:1

    Content type: Research Article

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  49. In the original publication of this article [1] several figures and tables were incorrectly displayed. In this correction article the correct overview of the tables and figures are published. The original arti...

    Authors: José Revilla-López, Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, Luis Casanova Marquez, Katrina Weeks, Suzanne Pollard, Adriel Olórtegui-Yzú, María Ruiz-Velazco, Alba Davila-Edquen, Daniel Castro-Dorer, Juan Wong-Barrenechea, Jossira Abad-Seminario, Pamela Gonzáles-Ramos, Fiorella Rivera-Sandoval and Carlos Carracedo-Gonzáles

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2019 14:50

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2019 14:44

  50. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of the serum γ-glutamyltransferase (γ-GT)-to-prealbumin ratio (GPR) and whether combining this ratio with other parameters can lead to an im...

    Authors: Q. Wang, P. Zhao, N. He, J. P. Sun, K. Li, C. R. Zang, Y. N. Zhao, Y. Zhao and Y. H. Zhang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2019 14:49

    Content type: Research Article

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