Cancer Research and Treatment

REVIEW ARTICLE 2024 January 30 Applicability of Spatial Technology in Cancer Research
This review explores spatial mapping technologies in cancer research, highlighting their crucial role in understanding the complexities of the tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME, which is an intricate ecosystem of diverse cell types, has a significant impact on tumor dynamics...

SPECIAL ARTICLE 2024 March 13 Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2021
Purpose The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2021. Materials and Methods Incidence, survival, and prevalence rates of cancer were calculated using the Korea National ...

SPECIAL ARTICLE 2024 March 11 Prediction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea, 2024
Purpose This study aimed to report the projected cancer incidence and mortality for the year 2024 to estimate Korea’s current cancer burden. Materials and Methods Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2021 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and cance...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2023 December 6 Health Inequities in Cancer Incidence According to Economic Status and Regions Are Still Existed Even under Universal Health Coverage System in Korea: A Nationwide Population Based Study Using the National Health Insurance Database
Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the level of health equity in relation to cancer incidence. Materials and Methods We used the National Health Insurance claims data of the National Health Insurance Service between 2005 and 2022 and annual health insurance and...

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Park IH, Im SA, Jung KH, Sohn JH, Park YH, Lee KS, et al. Randomized Open Label Phase III Trial of Irinotecan Plus Capecitabine versus Capecitabine Monotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Previously Treated with Anthracycline and Taxane: PROCEED Trial (KCSG BR 11-01). Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Feb 14 [Epub]. https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2017.562.

Special Article

Data Resource Profile: The Cancer Public Library Database in South Korea

Dong-Woo Choi, Minyeong Guk, Hyeri Kim, Kwang Sun Ryu, Hyun-Joo Kong, Hyo Soung Cha, Hyun-Jin Kim, Heejung Chae, Young Sang Jeon, Hwanhee Kim, JipMin Jung, Jeong-Soo Im, Kui Son Choi

Received February 26, 2024 Accepted April 30, 2024 Published online April 30, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.207
[Accepted]

Original Articles

Efficacy of Lenvatinib Combined with Anti-PD-1 Antibodies plus Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study

Xiangye Ou, Junyi Wu, Jiayi Wu, Yangkai Fu, Zhenxin Zeng, Shuqun Li, Yinan Li, Deyi Liu, Han Li, Bin Li, Jianyin Zhou, Shaowu Zhuang, Shuqun Cheng, Zhibo Zhang, Kai Wang, Shuang Qu, Maolin Yan

Received October 27, 2023 Accepted April 29, 2024 Published online April 30, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2023.1165
[Accepted]

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Patients with Stage IIIA/N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Completely Resected after Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemoradiation: A Prospective, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Trial

Junghoon Shin, Sehhoon Park, Kyung Hwan Kim, Eui-Cheol Shin, Hyun Ae Jung, Jong Ho Cho, Jong-Mu Sun, Se-Hoon Lee, Yong Soo Choi, Jin Seok Ahn, Jhingook Kim, Keunchil Park, Young Mog Shim, Hong Kwan Kim, Jae Myoung Noh, Yong Chan Ahn, Hongryull Pyo, Myung-Ju Ahn

Received January 23, 2024 Accepted April 28, 2024 Published online April 30, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.084
[Accepted]

Varlitinib and Paclitaxel for EGFR/HER2 Co-Expressing Advanced Gastric Cancer: a Multicenter Phase Ib/II Study (K-MASTER-13)

Dong-Hoe Koo, Minkyu Jung, Yeul Hong Kim, Hei-Cheul Jeung, Dae Young Zang, Woo Kyun Bae, Hyunki Kim, Hyo Song Kim, Choong-kun Lee, Woo Sun Kwon, Hyun Cheol Chung, Sun Young Rha

Received December 17, 2023 Accepted April 26, 2024 Published online April 29, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2023.1324
[Accepted]

Longitudinal Comparative Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA and Matched Tumor Tissue DNA in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Receiving Palliative First-Line Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy

Seung-been Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Hong-Geun Kim, Sung-Hyun Hwang, Kui-Jin Kim, Ju Hyun Lee, Jeongmin Seo, Minsu Kang, Eun Hee Jung, Koung Jin Suh, Se Hyun Kim, Jin Won Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Jee Hyun Kim, Nak-Jung Kwon, Keun-Wook Lee

Received January 4, 2024 Accepted April 26, 2024 Published online April 29, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.016
[Accepted]

The Impact of Infectious Mononucleosis History on the Risk of Developing Lymphoma and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Retrospective Large-Scale Cohort Study using National Health Insurance Data in South Korea

So Hee Kang, Yun-Hee Lee, Jun-Pyo Myong, Minsu Kwon

Received December 23, 2023 Accepted April 22, 2024 Published online April 23, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2023.1356
[Accepted]

Association between Endoscopist Volume and Interval Cancers after Colonoscopy: Results from the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Korea

Dong Jun Kim, Nan-He Yoon, Jae Kwan Jun, Mina Suh, Sunhwa Lee, Seongju Kim, Ji Eun Kim, Hooyeon Lee

Received January 3, 2024 Accepted April 15, 2024 Published online April 16, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.009
[Accepted]

Analysis of Response and Progression Patterns of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Recurrent or Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Post Hoc Analysis of Two KCSG Phase II Trials

Youjin Kim, Bhumsuk Keam, Eun Joo Kang, Jin-Soo Kim, Hye Ryun Kim, Keun-Wook Lee, Jung Hye Kwon, Kyoung Eun Lee, Yaewon Yang, Yoon Hee Choi, Min Kyoung Kim, Jun Ho Ji, Tak Yun, Moon Young Choi, Ki Hyeong Lee, Sung-Bae Kim, Myung-Ju Ahn

Received January 2, 2024 Accepted April 14, 2024 Published online April 15, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.008
[Accepted]

Effector Function Characteristics of Exhausted CD8+ T-cell in Microsatellite Stable and Unstable Gastric Cancer

Dong-Seok Han, Yoonjin Kwak, Seungho Lee, Soo Kyung Nam, Seong-Ho Kong, Do Joong Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Nak-Jung Kwon, Hye Seung Lee, Han-Kwang Yang

Received March 27, 2024 Accepted April 11, 2024 Published online April 12, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.317
[Accepted]

Identification of New Pathogenic Variants of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

Seung-Young Oh, Giyong Jang, Jaeryuk Kim, Kyoung-Yun Jeong, Hyun Myong Kim, Yoon Jin Kwak, Seong-Ho Kong, Do Joong Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Sung-Yup Cho, Jong-Il Kim, Han-Kwang Yang

Received April 2, 2024 Accepted April 10, 2024 Published online April 11, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2024.328
[Accepted]