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  1. Content type: Research article

    Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G is an immune checkpoint molecule, which expression in cervical cancer cells enables them to escape immunosurveillance. To date, limited information has been published on the ass...

    Authors: Hui-Hui Xu, Xia Zhang, Hai-Hong Zheng, Qiu-Yue Han, Ai-Fen Lin and Wei-Hua Yan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:42

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  2. Content type: Research article

    Chronic diseases such as chagasic megaesophagus (secondary to Chagas’ disease) have been suggested as etiological factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are ...

    Authors: Fernanda Franco Munari, Adriana Cruvinel-Carloni, Croider Franco Lacerda, Antônio Talvane Torres de Oliveira, Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto, Sandra Regina Morini da Silva, Eduardo Crema, Sheila Jorge Adad, Maria Aparecida Marchesan Rodrigues, Maria Aparecida Coelho Arruda Henry, Denise Peixoto Guimarães, Adhemar Longatto-Filho and Rui Manuel Reis

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:43

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  3. Content type: Research article

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant cancer of the liver and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been known to have a direct causal relati...

    Authors: Amos Otedo, Kenneth O. Simbiri, Vincent Were, Omollo Ongati and Benson A. Estambale

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:41

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  4. Content type: Research article

    To determine the clinical features and survival difference of HBV related and Non-HBV related diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and to evaluate the occurrence of HBV reactivation in DLBCL patients and rela...

    Authors: Ya-fei Guo, Jing-xin Pan and Wei-huang Zhuang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:40

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  5. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) is a neoplasm associated with a group of malignancies called AIDs-Defining Malignancies (ADMs) in Human-Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -patients. Similar to the case of NHL in Latin Am...

    Authors: Mirtha P. Rivera-Castillo, Diana Quispe-Pineda and Aldo J. Lucchetti

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:39

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  6. Content type: Research article

    The aims of this study were to evaluate whether HPV infection has a prognostic role in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent oncological treatment and also to compare the heat shock pr...

    Authors: Laura Bognár, Ivett Hegedűs, Szabolcs Bellyei, Éva Pozsgai, László Zoltán, Katalin Gombos, Örs Péter Horváth, András Vereczkei and András Papp

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:38

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer. Using a vaccine to prevent HPV infections could be a cost-effective strategy to decrease the incidence of cervical cancer. Le...

    Authors: Chanqiong Zhang, Chongan Huang, Xiang Zheng and Dan Pan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:37

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Cervical cancer is attributable to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in the majority cases. E1, an HPV derived-protein, plays an important role in the initiation and development of cervical cancer. Our stu...

    Authors: Miaomiao Ma, Yaning Feng, Peiwen Fan, Xuan Yao, Yanchun Peng, Tao Dong and Ruozheng Wang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:35

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  10. Content type: Research article

    Chronic prostatic inflammation, caused by Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes), has been proposed to influence the risk of prostate cancer development. In vitro studies have demonstrated the capacity of C. acnes to ind...

    Authors: Henrik Ugge, Jessica Carlsson, Bo Söderquist, Katja Fall, Ove Andén and Sabina Davidsson

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:34

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  11. Content type: Short Report

    Oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC and OPSCC) represent the majority of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important etiologic factor together w...

    Authors: Francesco Broccolo, Giulia Ciccarese, Agostino Rossi, Luca Anselmi, Francesco Drago and Antonio Toniolo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:32

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  12. Content type: Short Report

    Endemic Kaposi sarcoma (KS) was first described in African children over fifty years ago, but has recently been overshadowed by HIV-related disease. We aimed to evaluate the similarities and differences betwee...

    Authors: Nader Kim El-Mallawany, Jimmy Villiera, William Kamiyango, Erin C. Peckham-Gregory, Michael E. Scheurer, Carl E. Allen, Casey L. McAtee, Alejandra Legarreta, Dirk P. Dittmer, Carrie L. Kovarik, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, Stephen C. Martin, Nmazuo W. Ozuah, Parth S. Mehta and Peter N. Kazembe

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:33

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  14. Content type: Research Article

    The impact of different anti-virus regimens on prognosis of Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) related cirrhosis remains to be explored. We aim to investigate whether CHB-related HCC patients receiving nucleoside analo...

    Authors: Ping Zhang, Qingli Liu, Mei Yuan and Lina Wang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:30

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  15. Content type: Research Article

    Despite the high prevalences of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infections and cervical cancer in Nigeria, utilization of the HPV vaccine as a highly effective preventive measure remains low. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Adaobi I. Bisi-Onyemaechi, Ugo N. Chikani and Obinna Nduagubam

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:29

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  16. Content type: Research Article

    Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among women of child-bearing age in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to determine human papilloma virus (HPV) genotype distribution among HIV-negative wom...

    Authors: Dawit Wolday, Muluken Derese, Solomon Gebressellassie, Bekure Tsegaye, Wondwossen Ergete, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Orit Caplan, Dana G. Wolf and Shlomo Maayan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:28

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  17. Content type: Research Article

    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the most common cancer in people with HIV. Although 95% of HIV patients are in developing countries like Peru, the majority of these studies have been conducted in developed count...

    Authors: Luis Ernesto Cuellar, Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, Alexis Manuel Holguín, Juan Velarde, Diana Portillo-Alvarez, Marco Antonio Zuñiga-Ninaquispe, Esther Rosa Luna-Reyes, Jule Vásquez, Joanne Marie Jeter and Karen Marie Winkfield

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:27

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  18. Content type: Research Article

    High risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been unequivocally recognised as the necessary cause of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and invasive carcinoma of the cervix. The distribution and the role o...

    Authors: Clorinda Annunziata, Giovanni Stellato, Stefano Greggi, Veronica Sanna, Maria Pia Curcio, Simona Losito, Gerardo Botti, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco Maria Buonaguro and Maria Lina Tornesello

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:26

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  19. Content type: Research Article

    Aberrant glycosylation is a characteristic of tumour cells. The expression of certain glycan structures has been associated with poor prognosis. In cervical carcinoma, changes in the expression levels of some ...

    Authors: Miguel Aco-Tlachi, Ricardo Carreño-López, Patricia L. Martínez-Morales, Paola Maycotte, Adriana Aguilar-Lemarroy, Luis Felipe Jave-Suárez, Gerardo Santos-López, Julio Reyes-Leyva and Verónica Vallejo-Ruiz

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:25

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  20. Content type: Research Article

    Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been recognized as a significant threat for gastric cancer. However, studies that investigated the oncogenic factors and antimicrobial resistance of H. pylori in Egyp...

    Authors: Doaa M. Al-Eraky, Omneya M. Helmy, Yasser M. Ragab, Zeinab Abdul-Khalek, Eman A. El-Seidi and Mohammed A. Ramadan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:24

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  21. Content type: Review

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common human solid malignancies worldwide. Although the MRI is the technique that is best adapted to characterize HCC, there is not an agreement regarding the ...

    Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Salvatore Filice, Orlando Catalano, Mauro Piccirillo, Raffaele Palaia, Francesco Izzo and Antonella Petrillo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:23

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  22. Content type: Short Report

    Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) clinical descriptions are scarce from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where both HIV and EBV are highly endemic. We identified 12 patients with pathologically confirmed PBL from a prospec...

    Authors: Takondwa Zuze, Matthew S. Painschab, Ryan Seguin, Evarista Kudowa, Bongani Kaimila, Edwards Kasonkanji, Tamiwe Tomoka, Bal Mukunda Dhungel, Maurice Mulenga, Maria Chikasema, Blessings Tewete, Asekanadziwa Ntangwanika, Sarah Chiyoyola, Fred Chimzimu, Coxcilly Kampani, Robert Krysiak…

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:22

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  23. Content type: Research Article

    The incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) has been rising in Western countries and this has been attributed to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. p16 expression is a marker for HPV infe...

    Authors: Lee Fah Yap, Sook Ling Lai, Anthony Rhodes, Hans Prakash Sathasivam, Maizaton Atmadini Abdullah, Kin-Choo Pua, Pathmanathan Rajadurai, Phaik-Leng Cheah, Selvam Thavaraj, Max Robinson and Ian C. Paterson

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:21

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  25. Content type: Research Article

    Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and entecavir (ETV) are recommended as the first-line choices regarding the treatment of chronic hepatits B. The impact of the two antiviral agents on prognosis of Chronic h...

    Authors: Min Zhang, Dexin Wang, Haidong Liu and Hui Li

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:19

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  26. Content type: Research Article

    Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most prevalent and serious infections worldwide. HBV reactivation is a serious complication for lymphoma patients who are being treated with rituximab-containing regimen. ...

    Authors: Mubarak M. Al-Mansour, Saif A. Alghamdi, Musab A. Alsubaie, Abdullah A. Alesa and Muhammad A. Khan

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:18

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  27. Content type: Research Article

    The impact of different anti-virus regimens on prognosis of Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) related cirrhosis remains to be explored. We aim to investigate whether CHB-related HCC patients receiving nucleoside analo...

    Authors: Jing Sun, Yanfang Li, Yanna Wang, Yanyan Liu, Youde Liu and Xiumei Wang

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:17

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  28. Content type: Research Article

    This study aimed to evaluate trends and predictors of survival after cancer diagnosis in persons living with HIV in the Caribbean, Central, and South America network for HIV epidemiology cohort.

    Authors: Valeria I. Fink, Cathy A. Jenkins, Jessica L. Castilho, Anna K. Person, Bryan E. Shepherd, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Juliana Netto, Brenda Crabtree-Ramirez, Claudia P. Cortés, Denis Padgett, Karu Jayathilake, Catherine McGowan and Pedro Cahn

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:16

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  29. Content type: Research Article

    A new nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that includes genotypes 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 has been recently approved in Spain. A previous study has shown that attributable fraction of HPV related d...

    Authors: Noelia López, Aureli Torné, Agustín Franco, María San-Martin, Elisabet Viayna, Carmen Barrull and Nuria Perulero

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:15

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  31. Content type: Review

    The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human γ-herpesvirus causally linked to a broad spectrum of both lymphoid and epithelial malignancies. In order to maintain its persistence in host cells and promote...

    Authors: Silvia Giunco, Maria Raffaella Petrara, Manuela Zangrossi, Andrea Celeghin and Anita De Rossi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:14

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  32. Content type: Review

    Human polyomaviruses (HPyV), which are small DNA viruses classified into the polyomaviridae family, are widely distributed in human populations. Thirteen distinct HPyVs have been described to date. Some of the...

    Authors: Jorge Levican, Mónica Acevedo, Oscar León, Aldo Gaggero and Francisco Aguayo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:12

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  33. Content type: Research Article

    The role of Fusobacterium nucleatum Fap2 protein in the development of colorectal cancer has recently been explained. Fap2, when bound to the human inhibitory receptor, TIGIT, inhibits the cytotoxic activity of n...

    Authors: Leonardo A. Guevarra Jr, Andrea Claudine F. Afable, Patricia Joyce O. Belza, Karen Joy S. Dy, Scott Justin Q. Lee, Teresa T. Sy-Ortin and Pia Marie S. P. Albano

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:11

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  34. Content type: Review

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy and accounts for about 6% of all new cancers diagnosed worldwide. Moreover, it is the third and the fifth leading cause of death from ...

    Authors: A. Petrizzo, A. Mauriello, M. L. Tornesello, F. M. Buonaguro, M. Tagliamonte and L. Buonaguro

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:10

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  36. Content type: Research Article

    Despite the increasing incidence of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) in Algeria, scarce information is available on the importance of the preventable etiological factors which may drive the disease. Re...

    Authors: Nora Kariche, Montserrat Torres Hortal, Samir Benyahia, Laia Alemany, Nabila Moulaï, Omar Clavero, Marleny Muñoz, Wahiba Ouahioune, Djamel Djennaoui, Chafia Touil-Boukoffa, Silvia de Sanjosé and Mehdi Bourouba

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:8

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  37. Content type: Research Article

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can develop in patients who are negative for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in serum but positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver, referred to as occult HBV...

    Authors: Yuri Hatazawa, Yoshihiko Yano, Rina Okada, Toshihito Tanahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Hirotaka Hirano, Akihiro Minami, Yuki Kawano, Motofumi Tanaka, Takumi Fukumoto, Yoshiki Murakami, Masaru Yoshida and Yoshitake Hayashi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:7

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  38. Content type: Research Article

    Persistent infection with High Risk Human Papillomavirus (HR HPV) types plays a major role in the development of cervical cancer. Therefore, the detection of HR HPV types is an essential part of cervical cance...

    Authors: Farzane Jamdar, Farah Farzaneh, Fariba Navidpour, Sarang Younesi, Payam Balvayeh, Maryamsadat Hosseini and Robabeh Ghodssi-Ghasemabadi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:6

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  39. Content type: Research Article

    Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a common HIV-associated malignancy associated with disability, pain and poor outcomes. The cornerstone of its treatment is antiretroviral therapy, but advanced disease necessitates the...

    Authors: Vini Fardhdiani, Lucas Molfino, Ana Gabriela Zamudio, Rolanda Manuel, Gilda Luciano, Iza Ciglenecki, Barbara Rusch, Laurence Toutous Trellu and Matthew E Coldiron

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:5

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  40. Content type: Research Article

    Cervical cancer (CC) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from cancer in Nepalese women. Nearly all cases of CC are caused by infection with certain genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV). Data on ...

    Authors: Sunil Kumar Sah, Joaquin V. González, Sadina Shrestha, Anurag Adhikari, Krishna Das Manandhar, Shyam Babu Yadav, David A. Stein, Birendra Prasad Gupta and María Alejandra Picconi

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:4

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  41. Content type: Review

    Meat is a crucial nutrient for human health since it represents a giant supply of proteins, minerals, and vitamins. On the opposite hand, the intake of red and processed meat is taken into account dangerous du...

    Authors: Marco Cascella, Sabrina Bimonte, Antonio Barbieri, Vitale Del Vecchio, Domenico Caliendo, Vincenzo Schiavone, Roberta Fusco, Vincenza Granata, Claudio Arra and Arturo Cuomo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:3

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  42. Content type: Research Article

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important etiologic factor in different cancers of anogenital region and also in a fraction of head and neck cancers (HNC) particularly oropharyngeal tumors. The HPV16 genotype...

    Authors: Dauren Adilbay, Galim Adilbayev, Gulzhan Kidirbayeva, Viktoria Shipilova, Zhanat Sadyk, Gulsum Koyanbekova, Ekaterina Sokolenko and Jan Klozar

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2018 13:2

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  44. Content type: Research Article

    The oncogenic potential of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in breast cancer is being increasingly recognized. Despite some controversies regarding such role, new evidence is suggesting a culpability of EBV in breast ...

    Authors: Ghimja Fessahaye, Ahmed M. Elhassan, Elwaleed M. Elamin, Ameera A. M. Adam, Anghesom Ghebremedhin and Muntaser E. Ibrahim

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:62

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  45. Content type: Research Article

    Women infected with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) are assumed to be at higher risk of developing Cervical Cancer (CC). This is due to a rapid progression of pre-invasive to invasive lesions. However, evi...

    Authors: Muluken Gizaw, Adamu Addissie, Sefonias Getachew, Wondimu Ayele, Israel Mitiku, Ulrike Moelle, Tigist Yusuf, Mathias Begoihn, Mathewos Assefa, Ahmedin Jemal and Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:61

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  46. Content type: Research Article

    Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and deaths among women worldwide. In Tanzania there is no published data on human epidermal growth receptor-2 (HER2/neu) expression in breast carcinoma. Hormonal r...

    Authors: Amos Rodger Mwakigonja, Nyanda Elias Lushina and Ally Mwanga

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:60

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  47. Content type: Review

    Oesophageal carcinoma (OC) is highly prevalent in Western Kenya especially among the members of the Kalenjin community who reside in the Northern and Southern areas of the Rift Valley. Previous authors have su...

    Authors: Gabriel Kigen, Naftali Busakhala, Zipporah Kamuren, Hillary Rono, Wilfred Kimalat and Evangeline Njiru

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:59

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  48. Content type: Research Article

    Following the well-established relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical carcinoma, the carcinogenicity of this virus has also been confirmed in subsets of head and neck carcinoma (HNCA), bu...

    Authors: Warut Pongsapich, Nitathip Eakkasem, Sontana Siritantikorn, Paveena Pithuksurachai, Kshidej Bongsabhikul and Cheerasook Chongkolwatana

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:58

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  49. Content type: Review

    Literature data suggest that multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), including morphologic T2-weigthed images (T2-MRI) and functional approaches such as Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-MRI (DCE-MRI), Diff...

    Authors: Roberta Fusco, Mario Sansone, Vincenza Granata, Sergio Venanzio Setola and Antonella Petrillo

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:57

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  50. Content type: Research Article

    Processes and mechanisms responsible for systemic immune suppression in early-stage cervical cancer remain substantially underinvestigated. In this work, we focused on studying the frequencies of circulating r...

    Authors: Olga V. Kurmyshkina, Pavel I. Kovchur, Ludmila V. Schegoleva and Tatyana O. Volkova

    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2017 12:56

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