International Journal of Cancer

Special Sections

Cancer research in Japan

Cellular reprogramming and cancer development
Katsunori Semi et al.

Complexity of cancer stem cells
Eiji Sugihara, Hideyuki Saya

RUNX family: Regulation and diversification of roles through interacting proteins
Linda S. H. Chuang

A new approach for elimination of gastric cancer deaths in Japan
Masahiro Asaka

Genomic and post-genomic effects of cigarette smoke

Genomic and post-genomic effects of cigarette smoke
Silvio De Flora, Helmut Bartsch

Lung carcinogenesis by tobacco smoke
Stephen S. Hecht

Smoking-related DNA and protein adducts in human tissues
David H. Phillips, Stan Venitt

Transcriptome alterations induced by cigarette smoke
Jerome S. Brody

Smoke-induced microRNA and related proteome alterations
Silvio De Flora et al.

Tumour stem cells

Cancer stem cells: a promising concept and therapeutic challenge
Anthony Ho, Norbert Fusenig

Phenotypic plasticity and EMTs in cancer
Christina Scheel, Robert A. Weinberg

The cancer stem cell niche
Stephanie M. Cabarcas, Lesley A. Mathews, William L. Farrar

Leukemia stem cells
Eike C. Buss, Anthony D. Ho

Head neck squamous cell carcinoma c-Met cells
Shuyang Sun, Zuolin Wang

Site-specific metastasis

Do all roads lead to Rome?
Jonathan P. Sleeman, Irina Nazarenko, Wilko Thiele

The role of tumor-stroma interactions in metastasis
Robert R. Langley, Isaiah J. Fidler

Leukocytes as regulators of metastatic process
Neta Erez, Lisa M. Coussens

Prostate cancer metastasis to bone
Jung-Kang Jin, Farshid Dayyani, Gary E. Gallick

T regulatory cells and tumor immunity

Prognostic significance of regulatory T cells in tumor
Cailin Moira Wilke, Ke Wu, Ende Zhao, Guobin Wang, Weiping Zou

Regulatory T cells in tumor immunity
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, Shimon Sakaguchi

Cancer inflammation and regulatory T cells
Susan E. Erdman, Theofilos Poutahidis

Infectious causes of human cancer

Cancer incidence and risk factors after solid organ transplantation
Claire M. Vajdic, Marina T. van Leeuwen

Cancer and viral infections in immunocompromised individuals
Thomas F. Schulz

Childhood leukemias and other hematopoietic malignancies: Interdependence between an infectious event and chromosomal modifications
Harald zur Hausen

Molecular tools for early detection, diagnosis and imaging of cancer

Optical contrast agents and imaging systems for detection and diagnosis of cancer
Mark C. Pierce, David J. Javier, Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Review: Biological relevance of disseminated tumor cells in cancer patients
Sabine Riethdorf, Harriet Wikman, Klaus Pantel

Tissue culture-based breast cancer biomarker discovery platform
Vathany Kulasingam, Eleftherios P. Diamandis