Cancer Research and Treatment

SPECIAL ARTICLE 2020 September 21 Practical Advice for South Korean Medical Researchers Regarding Open-Access and Predatory Journals
In recent decades, the volume of scholarly literature worldwide has increased significantly, and open-access publishing has become commonplace. These changes are even more dominant in South Korea. Comparing the periods of 1981-2000 and 2001-2020, the number of medical articles p...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2020 September 16 TM4SF4 and LRRK2 Are Potential Therapeutic Targets in Lung and Breast Cancers through Outlier Analysis
Purpose To find biomarkers for disease, there have been constant attempts to investigate the genes that differ from those in the disease groups. However, the values that lie outside the overall pattern of a distribution, the outliers, are frequently excluded in traditional anal...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2020 October 5 Cancer Incidence and Survival among Adolescents and Young Adults in Korea: An Update for 2016
Purpose This study investigated the incidence and relative survival rates (RSRs) for cancers among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 15-39 years between 1993 and 2016 in Korea Materials and Methods Data from the Korea Central Cancer Registry were used to calculate perc...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2020 September 15 Development of a Tongue Immobilization Device Using a 3D Printer for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients
Purpose This study aimed to reduce radiation doses to the tongue, a patient-specific semi-customized tongue immobilization device (SCTID) was developed using a 3D printer for helical tomotherapy (HT) of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPCa). Dosimetric characteristics and setup stability...

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Articles in E-pub version are posted online ahead of regular printed publication.

Original Article

Nationwide Comparison of Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes in Endometrial Cancer Patients Undergoing Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Kyung-Jin Eoh, Eun-Ji Nam, Sang-Wun Kim, Minkyung Shin, Stella J-H Kim, Jung-Ae Kim, Yong-Tae Kim

Received September 21, 2020 Accepted October 20, 2020 Published online October 22, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.802
[Epub ahead of print]

Case Report

A Case of Simultaneously Diagnosed Lung Adenocarcinoma and Endobronchial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with Two Distinct Types of ALK Translocation

Shikang Zhao, Wei Liu, Shuo Li, Tao Shi, Qiusong Chen, Qi Li, Leina Sun, Dian Ren, Zuoqing Song, Chun Huang, Song Xu

Received September 21, 2020 Accepted October 20, 2020 Published online October 21, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.952
[Epub ahead of print]

Original Articles

Trends in Cancer Screening Rates among Korean Men and Women: Results of the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2004–2018

Seri Hong, Yun Yeong Lee, Jaeho Lee, Yeol Kim, Kui Son Choi, Jae Kwan Jun, Mina Suh

Received March 30, 2020 Accepted October 19, 2020 Published online October 20, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.263
[Epub ahead of print]

Mutant IDH1 Enhances Temozolomide Sensitivity via Regulation of the ATM/CHK2 Pathway in Glioma

Lin Lin, Jinquan Cai, Zixiao Tan, Xiangqi Meng, Ruiyan Li, Yang Li, Chuanlu Jiang

Received May 26, 2020 Accepted October 12, 2020 Published online October 13, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.506
[Epub ahead of print]

Differing Outcomes of Patients with High Hyperdiploidy and ETV6-RUNX1 Rearrangement in Korean Pediatric Precursor B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Jae Wook Lee, Seongkoo Kim, Pil-Sang Jang, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho

Received May 26, 2020 Accepted October 8, 2020 Published online October 8, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.507
[Epub ahead of print]

Effect of Combining EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Cytotoxic Agents on Cholangiocarcinoma Cells

Boonyakorn Boonsri, Kiren Yacqub-Usman, Pakpoom Thintharua, Kyaw Zwar Myint, Thannicha Sae-Lao, Pam Collier, Chinnawut Suriyonplengsaeng, Noppadol Larbcharoensub, Brinda Balasubramanian, Simran Venkatraman, Isioma U. Egbuniwe, Dhanwant Gomez, Abhik Mukherjee, Supeecha Kumkate, Tavan Janvilisri, Abed M Zaitoun, Thiti Kuakpaetoon, Rutaiwan Tohtong, Anna M Grabowska, David O. Bates, Kanokpan Wongprasert

Received June 17, 2020 Accepted October 5, 2020 Published online October 7, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.585
[Epub ahead of print]

A Nationwide, Population-Based Epidemiology Study of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors in Korea, 2007-2016: A Comparison with United States Data

Ho Kang, Sang Woo Song, Johyun Ha, Young-Joo Won, Chul-Kee Park, Heon Yoo, Kyu-Won Jung

Received August 22, 2020 Accepted October 6, 2020 Published online October 7, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.847
[Epub ahead of print]

Population Attributable Fraction of Established Modifiable Risk Factors on Colorectal Cancer in Korea

Sooyoung Cho, Aesun Shin

Received November 29, 2019 Accepted October 5, 2020 Published online October 6, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2019.742
[Epub ahead of print]

Trends in Chemotherapy Patterns and Survival of Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer over a 16-Year Period: Impact of Anti-HER2–Targeted Agent in the Real-World Setting

Dong-Hoe Koo, Min-Hee Ryu, Mi-Yeon Lee, Heejung Chae, Eo Jin Kim, Mee-Sun Moon, Yoon-Koo Kang

Received July 18, 2020 Accepted October 5, 2020 Published online October 6, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.725
[Epub ahead of print]

External Validation of the Long Short-Term Memory Artificial Neural Network-Based SCaP Survival Calculator for Prediction of Prostate Cancer Survival

Bumjin Lim, Kwang Suk Lee, Young Hwa Lee, Suah Kim, Choongki Min, Ju-Young Park, Hye Sun Lee, Jin Seon Cho, Sun Il Kim, Byung Ha Chung, Choung-Soo Kim, Kyo Chul Koo

Received July 1, 2020 Accepted October 5, 2020 Published online October 6, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.637
[Epub ahead of print]