Liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive method for biomarkers detection in body fluids,
particularly in blood, which offers an elevated and growing number of clinical applications in …

Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancerrelated deaths worldwide, accounting for
approximately 224,390 new patients and 158,080 deaths in 2016, according to the …

Background Harnessing the anti-tumor immune system response by targeting the program
cell death protein (PD-1) and program cell death ligand protein (PD-L1) axis has been a …

Radiation therapy is a common component of curative cancer treatment. However, there is a
significant incidence of treatment failure. In these cases, salvage surgical options are …

Background: Metabolic information provided by 18F-FDG PET/CT are useful for initial
staging, therapy planning, response evaluation, and to a lesser extent for the follow-up of …

Combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) has taken
the oncological world by storm since being introduced into the clinical domain in the early 21 …

Purpose To report criticisms and barriers to the “real-life” application of international
guidelines and recent developments in the management of locally advanced non-small cell …

Treatment response assessment in lung cancer is crucial in the management strategy and
outcome of patients. Accurate treatment response assessment can guide the treating …

Background: Early identification of patients who fail to lung stereotactic body radiation
therapy (SBRT) is vital as they can benefit from salvage therapy. Main guidelines …

We evaluated the tumor response and survival according to the KRAS oncogene status in
locally advanced rectal cancer. One hundred patients with locally advanced rectal cancer …