Ruoyu Zhang, Dayong Cao, Min Yang, Jiajun Zhang, Feng Ye, Ning Huang, Mei Liu, Bo Chen, Liming Wang
{"title":"Correction: Should lymphadenectomy be recommended in radical surgery of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients? A retrospective study.","authors":"Ruoyu Zhang, Dayong Cao, Min Yang, Jiajun Zhang, Feng Ye, Ning Huang, Mei Liu, Bo Chen, Liming Wang","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06606-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06606-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13598047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149024890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pia Weskamp, Marius Drysch, Alexander Fiedler, Sonja Verena Schmidt, Felix Reinkemeier, Yonca Steubing, Marcus Lehnhardt, Mehran Dadras, Flemming Puscz, Christoph Wallner
{"title":"Upper- versus lower-extremity synovial sarcoma: distinct surgical pathways and postoperative morbidity in a 24-year cohort.","authors":"Pia Weskamp, Marius Drysch, Alexander Fiedler, Sonja Verena Schmidt, Felix Reinkemeier, Yonca Steubing, Marcus Lehnhardt, Mehran Dadras, Flemming Puscz, Christoph Wallner","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06619-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06619-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Synovial sarcoma is a rare, late-relapsing soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremities. Whether anatomical location shapes the surgical treatment pathway, rather than prognosis alone, is unclear. We compared upper-extremity (UE) and lower-extremity (LE) tumors with respect to margin status, re-excision, reconstruction, morbidity and long-term oncological events.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective single-center cohort of 59 consecutive patients with histologically confirmed extremity synovial sarcoma treated between 2000 and 2023. Co-primary endpoints were a microscopically positive margin (R1) at the index resection and any postoperative complication within 8 weeks (Clavien-Dindo). Metastasis-free survival (MFS) and overall survival were exploratory. Fisher exact, Mann-Whitney U, Kaplan-Meier and log-rank methods were used; odds ratios (OR) are UE relative to LE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-three tumors were UE and 36 LE. R1 at the index resection was more frequent in UE tumors (14/23 [61%] vs. 5/36 [14%]; OR 9.64, 95% CI 2.73-34.1; P < 0.001), as was neoadjuvant therapy (39% vs. 8%; P = 0.007). Definitive R0 was achieved in all patients. Any postoperative complication (13% vs. 53%; OR 0.13, 95% CI 0.03-0.53; P = 0.002) and major complications (9% vs. 39%; P = 0.015) were more frequent after LE surgery. Seven of nine distant metastases occurred in LE tumors, several beyond six years; ten-year MFS was 90% versus 56% (log-rank P = 0.095).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Upper- and lower-extremity synovial sarcomas followed distinct surgical pathways and carried distinct morbidity profiles, whereas definitive R0 resection was attained in both. The time-to-event findings are exploratory and require multicenter validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13589721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149007938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction Note: Phage therapy and the microbiome in hematologic malignancies: opportunities, mechanisms, and early evidence.","authors":"Juanwen Zhang, Jin Liu, Alireza Bayani","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06623-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06623-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13586084/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148990035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manish R Bhise, Akshay Akotkar, Shweta Bhandari, Kuldip V Gite
{"title":"Comment on \"Exceptional long-term responses from OCEAN and HORIZON trials: melflufen-dexamethasone as an expansion of treatment options for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma in the era of new immunotherapies?\"","authors":"Manish R Bhise, Akshay Akotkar, Shweta Bhandari, Kuldip V Gite","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06608-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06608-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13550372/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148906382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Survival of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma achieving pathological complete response after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy\".","authors":"Sudhakar Sengan, Saravanan Ramaiah","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06607-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06607-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13546188/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148897360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca Biedenweg, Thorsten Ruppert, Thomas Kohlmann, Martin Danner, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Diana Lüftner, Ulrike Filippig, Janine Ziemann, Ulrike Osowski, Peter Kaskel
{"title":"Time to subsequent therapy (TTST) as an endpoint in clinical studies: development of standardized documentation of subsequent therapy through systematic literature review, expert interviews, and Delphi survey.","authors":"Bianca Biedenweg, Thorsten Ruppert, Thomas Kohlmann, Martin Danner, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Diana Lüftner, Ulrike Filippig, Janine Ziemann, Ulrike Osowski, Peter Kaskel","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06583-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06583-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The endpoint Time to Subsequent Therapy (TTST) is an intermediate endpoint used in research and regulatory assessments. TTST denotes initiation of subsequent therapy and is a clearly definable, clinically relevant event for healthcare professionals. However, it has not been systematically established to which extent TTST is subjectively meaningful to patients. The objective of this study was to define TTST as a patient-relevant intermediate endpoint.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study examined five oncological indications (breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma, and non-small cell lung cancer) using a systematic literature review, analysis of case report forms used in international randomized controlled trials, review of German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) documents, semi-structured interviews and a two-stage Delphi survey with healthcare professionals, patients, and relatives.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 35 individuals participated in qualitative interviews. Most of them rated TTST as particularly significant. The Delphi Survey included 264 interviewees in round one, and 117 in round two. Patient-relevance of TTST was confirmed by 81% of respondents (95% confidence interval 76%, 85%). Nine treatment scenarios that justify TTST were identified. To capture patient-relevance, prospective collection of reasons for and consequences of therapy change are required. A checklist with standardized response formats plus free-text fields was developed: a comprehensive master checklist for flexible, complete documentation and a short version focused on therapy change-specific items.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TTST is an intermediate endpoint whose systematic documentation of characteristics demonstrating patient-relevance can be standardized in research and clinical practice using the developed checklists.</p>","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13578166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148977002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christin Richter, Anne Döring, Floris Berg, Michelle Roost, Andreas Hasselberg, Carola Martin, Hannes Schlieter, Daniela Piontek, Olaf Schoffer, Jochen Schmitt, Jürgen Weitz, Grit Krause-Jüttler, Johanna Kirchberg
{"title":"Optimized surgical treatment and study management for oncology patients in East Saxony (MISSION4Sax): study protocol of a multicentre pilot study.","authors":"Christin Richter, Anne Döring, Floris Berg, Michelle Roost, Andreas Hasselberg, Carola Martin, Hannes Schlieter, Daniela Piontek, Olaf Schoffer, Jochen Schmitt, Jürgen Weitz, Grit Krause-Jüttler, Johanna Kirchberg","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06599-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06599-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>MISSION4Sax aims to develop and pilot new concepts for cross-sectoral oncological care, data integration and networking between maximum care centres and rural practitioners in medical underserved, enabling access to guideline-based therapy, innovative surgery, and clinical trials.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This pilot project is an exploratory multicentre, prospective longitudinal study. It assesses the feasibility, acceptability, implementation and data-quality aspects of the proposed care model and study infrastructure, rather than to determine the effectiveness or causal impact of the interventions. It implements an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral care model centred on a regional surgical indication tumour board at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden. Evidence-based, standardised patient care pathways are developed and piloted across three regional hospitals and two oncology practices. A database using the infrastructure of the NCT Core Unit \"Registry Trial Platform\", targeted training programmes and \"Flying Data Nurses\" support coordination, data flow and communication. Patient-reported outcomes complement the clinical data. Routinely collected health insurance data will be used exclusively as external reference data for a descriptive comparison with the MISSION4Sax cohort; no individual-level data linkage will be performed. A mixed-methods process evaluation will be performed alongside the project.</p><p><strong>Expected outcomes: </strong>The study will assess feasibility in routine care and explore access to specialised care, waiting times, coordination, pathway adherence, and clinical and patient-reported outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Strengthening cancer care infrastructure, interdisciplinary cooperation, and digital systems may support equitable access to high-value care in rural regions. The proposed tumour board, patient pathways, and trained staff may improve care quality and collaboration across sectors.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>DRKS00036134 (registration date: 30 June 2025).</p>","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13542031/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148886778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Privacy-preserving multicenter validation of the RMODscore\".","authors":"Sudhakar Sengan, Nurmuhammad Mamazulunov, Iroda Khujamkulova","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06610-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06610-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13534383/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148874140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Early versus delayed postoperative extubation after elective neurosurgical treatment of brain metastasis\".","authors":"Xiaomei Wu, Lihua Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06588-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06588-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13525132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148850520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Artificial intelligence construction: a review of the bridge between CT imaging features of lung ground-glass nodules adenocarcinoma and carcinogenic driver genes\".","authors":"V P Abel Jopaul, M Lingaraj","doi":"10.1007/s00432-026-06597-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00432-026-06597-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Xue and Chen et al.'s review connects AI-derived CT features of lung ground-glass nodule adenocarcinoma to driver gene status. Three aspects are missing. There is no stated search strategy no databases, date range, or inclusion criteria despite drawing on more than 150 references, so readers cannot tell whether weaker or null results were sought out or just left aside. Individual studies are cited by their best accuracy or AUC figures, from approximately 0.64 to above 0.95, with no attempt to weigh them by sample size, design, or validation status. The framing does not match the evidence the review cites: the text calls AI transformative, but a systematic review it references reports a mean AUC of only ~0.64 for driver gene prediction from imaging. None of this undercuts the review's usefulness as a starting map of the field, but a stated search process, some quality-weighting of the cited numbers, and framing that matches the aggregate evidence would make it more reliable.</p>","PeriodicalId":15118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology","volume":"152 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13522265/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148840391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}