Wound complications remain a frequent and consequential part of surgical treatment for breast cancer. After mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection, women may develop seroma, surgical site infection, skin flap necrosis or dehiscence, and the same chest wall may later be ex...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i4376
Climate change is altering the distribution, intensity, and timing of environmental exposures relevant to neurological health and cancer, while also disrupting prevention and healthcare services. This narrative, concept-oriented review integrates evidence on extreme heat, ambient...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i4375
Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad, Zephaniah Isaiah, Naseer Nabeel Garba, Hamisu Dauda Husaini, Alhassan Abdullahi Ndagi & Samson Tesfaye Gebre·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2026
Microbial communities associated with malignant tissue and with the gastrointestinal tract have been proposed as determinants of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, and the proposition has moved rapidly from murine models into randomised clinical testing. The speed of that...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i4374
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Romania, according to the most recent GLOBOCAN 2022 estimates. We developed a homogeneous Markov-chain model describing the treatment-stage transitions of a cohort of 100 CRC patients undergoing cytostatic (chemot...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i4373
Noureddine Ouerfelli, Zahir Shah, Narcisa Vrinceanu, Ciprian Tanasescu, Nicolae Daniel Pop, Rashid Jan & Adrian Gheorghe Hasegan·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2026
Background: Cancer represents a major public health burden in Romania. Using GLOBOCAN 2020 estimates, this study provides an updated empirical examination of the relationships among cancer incidence, mortality, rank, cumulative risk, and selected age-standardised indicators, with...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i4372
Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a clinically challenging breast cancer subtype, motivating the investigation of repurposed compounds and rational combinations. Metformin and caffeine affect distinct cellular processes, but their quantitative interaction i...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3371
Vascular leiomyoma, also known as angioleiomyoma, is a rare benign soft-tissue tumour arising from vascular smooth muscle. Deep-seated lesions in the popliteal fossa with major peripheral nerve involvement may create substantial diagnostic and surgical challenges. A 48-year-old w...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3370
Background: Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of cancer mortality among men in Ghana and across sub-Saharan Africa, with many patients presenting at advanced disease stages where survival outcomes are influenced by disease progression, treatment failure, comorbidities, and...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3369
Major and extended hepatectomy remains the principal curative treatment for many primary and secondary hepatic malignancies, yet an inadequate future liver remnant (FLR) continues to preclude resection in a substantial proportion of patients and is the dominant determinant of pos...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3368
Prostate cancer risk stratification in low-resource clinical settings requires survival-prediction tools that address violations of the proportional hazards assumption, unobserved patient heterogeneity, and nonlinear covariate interactions that classical regression frameworks can...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2026/v16i3367