Cancer Staging

Latest research

1. NeoCircle: pre- and post-operative circulating tumor DNA dynamics predicts survival in neoadjuvant-treated early breast cancer

   • Anthony M George
   • Yilun Chen
   • Lao H Saal

   in EMBO Molecular Medicine

   Article Open access 26 May 2026

   

2. Beyond target lesions: Prognostic value of longitudinal AI-derived whole-body [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT metrics in metastatic melanoma

   • Christos Sachpekidis
   • Theodoros P. Vagenas
   • Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss

   in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

   Article Open access 26 May 2026

   

3. Added value of ctDNA testing with primary treatment for metastatic prostate cancer prognosis

   in Nature Cancer

   Article 26 May 2026

   

4. Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: the importance of interpreting neoadjuvant strategies in the era of modern systemic therapy

   • Yusuf Ilhan
   • Halil Goksel Guzel

   in International Journal of Colorectal Disease

   Article Open access 26 May 2026

5. A multicenter study on occult lymph node metastases in sinonasal malignancies

   • Christina Sauter
   • Nina Wenda
   • Johannes Doescher

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 24 May 2026

   

6. Correlation of preoperative radiological lymph node assessment with pathological nodal and tumor findings in tongue and oral floor squamous cell carcinoma

   • Jannik Ketschau
   • Yannik Leonhardt
   • Lucas M. Ritschl

   in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

   Article Open access 23 May 2026

   

7. Prognosis of patients with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, 1–3 node-positive breast cancer meeting the high-risk criteria of the monarchE trial: a comparison between macrometastasis and micrometastasis

   • Takeshi Murata
   • Masayuki Yoshida
   • Shin Takayama

   in Breast Cancer

   Article Open access 23 May 2026

   

8. Multiparametric MRI biomarkers in pediatric osteosarcoma: associations of ADC, necrosis, and tumor volume with histologic and clinical outcomes in a retrospective cohort study

   • Isabela Azevedo Nicodemos da Cruz
   • Laura Marie Fayad
   • Júlio Brandão Guimarães

   in Pediatric Radiology

   Article Open access 23 May 2026

   

9. MRI-based decision framework for peritoneal metastases: integrating rPCI, PAUSE, and PROMISE

   • Mariana Kucharczyk
   • Anna Frida Garcia Herrmann
   • Fernando Sanchez Loria

   in Abdominal Radiology

   Article 23 May 2026

   

10. Circulating tumor DNA-guided response evaluation in patients with previously treated gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

    • Cecilie Riis Iden
    • Nadia Øgaard
    • Morten Mau-Sørensen

    in Gastric Cancer

    Article Open access 23 May 2026

    

11. Post-neoadjuvant Metabolic Response Assessed by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Predicts Pathologic Complete Response and Survival in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with the CROSS Regimen

    • Saravanan Moorthy
    • Krishnamurthy Arvind
    • Manikandan V

    in Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Article 22 May 2026

    

12. Visual versus quantitative tau-PET Braak staging in Alzheimer’s disease using [¹⁸F]MK6240

    • Arthur C. Macedo
    • Karine Provost
    • Pedro Rosa-Neto

    in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

    Article 22 May 2026

    

13. From imaging heterogeneity to clinical decision: a novel imaging biomarker based on bone marrow kinetics for advanced NSCLC patients in partial response

    • Yubo Wang
    • Zhiheng Yao
    • Ying Liang

    in EJNMMI Research

    Article Open access 21 May 2026

    

14. Preoperative Quality of Life as Predictor of Postoperative Early Recurrence and Overall Survival in Patients with Pancreatic and Periampullary Adenocarcinoma

    • Carsten Palnaes Hansen
    • Lise Munk Plum
    • Hans-Christian Pommergaard

    in Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Article Open access 21 May 2026

    

15. Clinical indicators combined with spectral CT in differentiating non-muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma from cystitis glandularis

    • Yinping Han
    • Yingxia She
    • Junlin Zhou

    in Abdominal Radiology

    Article 20 May 2026

    

16. Decoding the breast cancer microenvironment by spatial multi-omics: from architecture to clinical translation

    • Yi Xiao
    • Yuxin Ding
    • Kun Ji

    in Clinical and Translational Oncology

    Article 20 May 2026

    

17. Prognostic and Treatment-Associated Survival Effects of Microsatellite Instability Across Disease Stages in Colon Cancer: An NCDB Analysis

    • Mohyeddine El Sayed
    • Sassine Youssef
    • Melhem El Harati

    in Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Article Open access 20 May 2026

    

18. Preoperative prediction of tumor budding grade in rectal cancer by combining APT histogram analysis and ADC MRI

    • Yingying Zhang
    • Yunxia Du
    • Gang Huang

    in European Radiology Experimental

    Article Open access 20 May 2026

    

19. Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Liver Metastases in Patients With Gastric Cancer

    • Bo Li
    • Jinhong Yu
    • Haiyu Wang

    in Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology

    Article 20 May 2026

    

20. KRAS and BRAF mutations modify adjuvant chemotherapy outcomes in early stage colorectal cancer

    • Durgesh Wankhede
    • Mary Jose Urruchua Rodriguez
    • Michael Hoffmeister

    in npj Precision Oncology

    Article Open access 20 May 2026

    

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