BMC Cancer

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Section Editors

  • Paolo Bruzzi, National Cancer Research Institute
  • Carlos Caldas, Cambridge Research Institute
  • Ian Cree, Warwick Medical School, Coventry
  • Shoukat Dedhar, British Columbia Cancer Agency
  • John A Hartley, University College London
  • Manami Inoue, National Cancer Center
  • Fei-Fei Liu, Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario Cancer Institute
  • Mark McKeage, University of Auckland
  • Christophe Nicot, Kansas University Medical Center
  • Dirk Vordermark, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Executive Editor

  • Christna Chap, BioMed Central

Articles

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    GST Pi levels predict colon cancer survival

    Expression levels of Glutathione S-transferase Pi (GST Pi) are associated with overall survival of patients with stage C colon cancer and identify patients that would benefit from adjuvant therapy after resection, independently of genotype.

    BMC Cancer 2012, 12:196
  • Image attributed to: Modified from Tsang et al. BMC Cancer 2012, 12:101

    Synthetic lethal screen for combination therapy

    A novel combination chemotherapy to improve survival rate in patients with neuroblastoma can be identified using a siRNA library-based synthetic lethal screen, suggesting that this approach may help selecting drugs for use in multimodal treatments.

    BMC Cancer 2012, 12:101
  • Image attributed to: Slipicevic et al. BMC Cancer 2012, 12:73

    BRMS1 as a biomarker for human melanomas

    Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) is expressed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of melanocytic cells, and high cytoplasmic expression correlates with increased disease-free survival, indicating that BRMS1 cellular localization might influence melanoma progression.

    BMC Cancer 2012, 12:73
  • Image attributed to: From flickr by Ed Uthman

    HPV type related to CIN chromosomal aberrations

    HPV16-positive high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) display fewer chromosomal aberrations than lesions with other HPV types, suggesting that the chromosomal profiles of cervical cancer precursor lesions are related to the HPV type present.

    BMC Cancer 2012, 12:36
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Scope

BMC Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of cancer research, including the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers. The journal welcomes submissions concerning molecular and cellular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

Call for papers

BMC Cancer is accepting submissions to an article series on Cancer bioinformatics: Bioinformatic methods, network biomarkers and precision medicine. Jointly published across BMC Cancer, BMC Bioinformatics, Genome Medicine and Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics, submissions will be welcomed until 1st November 2012. Please see the call for papers for details including how to submit.

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Sally Blower

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Professor Sally Blower
Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior,
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, USA