Skip to main content

Articles

Page 1 of 24

  1. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a significant role in immune evasion within the tumor microenvironment (TME). Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Prev...

    Authors: Enzi Feng, Yaoyu Yang, Jie Yang, Rongyi Hu, Ling Tian, Xinyu Yang, Meng Yang, Qianqian Qu, Yanxin Ren and Xiaojiang Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:29
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Cervical cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), accounting for nearly 85% of the global cervic...

    Authors: Jun Wang, Godwin Imade, Alani S. Akanmu, Jonah Musa, Rose Anorlu, Yinan Zheng, Brian Joyce, Isaac Adewole, Imran O. Morhason-Bello, Jerome Belinson, Mamoudou Maiga, Demirkan B. Gursel, Atiene S. Sagay, Folasade T. Ogunsola, Robert L. Murphy and Lifang Hou
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:28
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  3. The relationship between immune cells and colorectal cancer (CRC) development has been extensively studied; however, the mediating role of gut microbiota in this relationship remains poorly understood.

    Authors: Zenghui Liu, Xiaohui Zhou, Lu Kuang, Qijun Chen, Jiaxing Zhao, Huayu Yin, Zeyu Zhou, Xuehui Liu, Dabin Liu, Shaoguo Wu and Limei Wu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:27
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. HPV testing has become the recommended primary screening method for cervical cancer in China. However, referring all HPV-positive patients for colposcopy is not practical. This study monetized clinical perform...

    Authors: Dachuang Zhou, Jun Hou, Jiayi Xi, Yuan Li, Xinfeng Qu, Wenxi Tang and Ruifang Wu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced challenges including delaying elective surgery. For cancer patients, reducing delays is preferred to prevent unfavorable outcomes. there is a lack of consensus regarding the op...

    Authors: Mahmoud Al-Masri, Yasmin Safi, Osama Alayyan, Ramiz Kardan, Laith Al Khraisat, Ahmad Massad and Farah Alsadi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Limited data are available about the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) among women undergoing cervical cancer screening in Mozambique. We describe the prevalence of high-risk HPV risk groups detected ...

    Authors: Cristina Mendes de Oliveira, Ricardina Rangeiro, Nafissa Osman, Ellen Baker, Andrea Neves, Arlete A. N. Mariano, Guilhermina Tivir, Joseph P. Thomas, Jennifer Carns, Viviane Andrade, Carla Carrilho, Eliane C. S. Monteiro, Hannah Hoover, Edson Chivambo, Marcos Chissano, Elizabeth Chiao…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. The concurrent presence of COVID-19 infection in advanced cancer patients has increased the mortality since the compromised immunity was inevitably worsen. The role and clinical impact of autologous adoptive T...

    Authors: Congcong Li, Dazhao Xu, Linyao Lu, Shu Peng, Haiyang Zhao, Chuxiong Zeng, Lina Hu, Xianzhi Guo, Li Liu, Feifei Huo, Xiumei Rong, Zhenying Geng, Ping Lin, Xinna Zhou, Xiaoli Wang, Amy Hobeika…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:23
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Gastric cancer (GC) is a very aggressive malignant tumor of the digestive system. Previous studies have shown that N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) can regulate the N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) modification of downs...

    Authors: Yu Chen, Jinzhou Wang, Jiuhua Xu, Ruilong Kou, Bin Lan and Zhiwei Qin
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:20
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was regarded as a risk factor for liver cancer, the association of HBV infection with gastric cancer (GC) is unclear. In this study, we aim to assess the association ...

    Authors: Danjing Chen, Rong Yu, Yongfeng Cai, He Zhang, Yijun Jiang, Yunli Wu and Xian-E Peng
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy in HIV treatment, cervical cancer remains a leading malignancy in HIV-infected women. Additionally, co-infection by HIV and HPV further accelerates cervical cancer...

    Authors: Nosipho Mabizela, Nyarai Soko, Hue-Tsi Wu, Richard Naidoo and Collet Dandara
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Several high-risk types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are associated with cervical cancer and other malignancies. Despite the tremendous success of marketed prophylactic HPV vaccines for the past 18 years, ...

    Authors: Sogand Amiri, Shiva Rasekh, Seyed Mohammad Iman Moezzi, Nadia Seifi, Seyed Amirreza Fatemi, Shirin Fathi, Ashkan Bagheri and Manica Negahdaripour
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Cervical cancer is a significant public health concern, disproportionately affecting women in less developed regions due to limited access to screening and vaccination programs. Despite advancements in cervica...

    Authors: Ali Mohammadi, Ehsan Lotfi, Fatemeh Karamali, Fereshteh Golab and Mahmood Barati
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:15
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  17. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major contributor to sexually transmitted infections, especially common in sexually active populations. Although the majority of HPV infections resolve naturally, certain cases ...

    Authors: Saber Mojarrad, Mojtaba Najmafshar, Zahra Kargar Jahromi, Omid Salahi Ardekani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Monireh Jalvand and Farzin Asghari Sana
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Screening for co-infections with HIV, HSV-2 and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) among high-risk human papilloma virus (hr-HPV) positive women, coupled with enhanced counseling on contraceptives use remains essential i...

    Authors: Calleb George Onyango, Lilian Ogonda and Bernard Guyah
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:11
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Understanding the factors influencing the occurrence and progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is critical for reducing incidence rates and improving patient outcomes. The objective of this study is to...

    Authors: Fangchu Liu, Yonghua Peng, Xintao Wang, Weili Long and Zhenhe Huang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:10
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks among the frequently occurring malignant neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract. This study aimed to explore JAK-STAT signaling pathway related genes in CRC and establish ...

    Authors: Nan Zhang, Wenli Yue, Bihang Jiao, Duo Cheng, Jingjing Wang, Fang Liang, Yingnan Wang, Xiyue Liang, Kunkun Li, Junwei Liu and Yadong Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Successful antiviral therapy significantly decreases the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the serum is a valuable early indicat...

    Authors: Qianqian Ma, Junzhao Ye, Ling Luo, Yanhong Sun, Wei Wang, Shiting Feng, Bing Liao and Bihui Zhong
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. It is crucial to identify post-operative patients with HPV infection who are at high risk for residual/recurrent disease. This study aimed to evaluate the association between HPV integration and clinical outco...

    Authors: Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong and Pengming Sun
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Both women and men are now confronted with the grave threat of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). It is estimated that 80% of women may encounter HPV over their lives. In the preponderance of ca...

    Authors: Ehsan Shabani, Aida Hasanzadi, Omer Qutaiba B. Allela, Radhwan Abdul Kareem, Riyad E. Abed, Ali M. Ali Al-Nuaimi, Zainab H. Athab and Shiva Khodarahmi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. The differential diagnosis between adult systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders (EBV+ T-LPD) and angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) with multiple EBV infections is difficult, and distin...

    Authors: Xiaodan Zheng, Yuanyuan Zheng, Yanlin Zhang, Jianlan Xie, Xiaojing Teng, Kuo Bi, Lan Sun, Xiaowen Huang, Mulan Jin and Xiaoge Zhou
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:3
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Cancer is a significant global health issue due to its high incidence and mortality rates. In recent years, the relationship between the human microbiota and cancer has garnered attention across various medica...

    Authors: Mervat Morsy Abbas Ahmed El-Gendy, Huda Ahmed Alghamdi, Khaled G. Abdel-Wahhab, Nabila S. Hassan, Aya A. M. El-Bondkly, Mohammed Abdel-Wahab, Ayman A. Farghaly and Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Bondkly
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:2
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a global infectious carcinogen. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of H. pylori infection in the healthcare-utilizing population undergoing physical examinations at a tertiary ...

    Authors: Liumei Yan, Qiliang He, Xinyun Peng, Sen Lin, Meigu Sha, Shujian Zhao, Dewang Huang and Jiemei Ye
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2025 20:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. Infectious Agents and Cancer journal has recently launched a new collection of papers about “Point-of-Care (POC) for HPV-related genital cancers” putting together some interesting works on the accuracy of HPV ...

    Authors: Paolo Giorgi Rossi and Guglielmo Ronco
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:65
    Content type: Matters Arising Published on:

  31. microRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to tumorigenesis, progression and drug resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). miR-3191 is a newly discovered miRNA, and its function and mechanism of action in biological p...

    Authors: Anqi Xie, Hengjie Wang, Jingchen Huang, Minmin Sun and Lin Chen
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:64
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Anal cancer incidence is rising globally, driven primarily by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV, especially high-risk types 16 and 18, is considered a necessary cause of anal squamous cell carcinoma. C...

    Authors: Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Reyhaneh Rasizadeh, Sajjad Jafari and Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:63
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. Cervical cancer (CC) is a preventable disease and treatable cancer. Most of the new cases and deaths from CC occur in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) due to cultural and systematic barriers leading to...

    Authors: Elizabeth G. Sumiec, Zhe Yang Yim, Hannah Mohy-Eldin and Belinda Nedjai
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:62
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. This study aims to analyze factors associated with the missed diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL+) in patients initially diagnosed with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (L...

    Authors: Dongmei Li, Zhichao Wang, Yan Liu, Meiyuan Zhou, Bo Xia, Lin Zhang, Keming Chen and Yong Zeng
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:61
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. This Matters Arising article critically examines the study “Genetic susceptibility association between viral infection and colorectal cancer risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis” by Li et al., h...

    Authors: Tianfei Yu, Jinyong Xia, Haichang Yin, Nana Yi, Lanlan Zhang and Ming Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:60
    Content type: Matters Arising Published on:

  36. Easy-to-use, rapid, scalable, high-throughput, and cost-effective HPV tests are urgently needed for low-resource settings. Atila Biosystems’ high-throughput, cost-effective, and clinically validated ScreenFire...

    Authors: Jun Wang, Godwin Imade, Alani S. Akanmu, Jonah Musa, Rose Anorlu, Yinan Zheng, Olga Garcia-Bedoya, Gloria I. Sanchez, Jerome Belinson, Kyeezu Kim, Mamoudou Maiga, Demirkan B. Gursel, Atiene S. Sagay, Folasade T. Ogunsola, Robert L. Murphy and Lifang Hou
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:59
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  38. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been proposed to contribute to the carcinogenesis of prostate cancer. However, previous studies have yielded conflicting results. This study aims to add useful information to the...

    Authors: Karoline Andersen, Paul Vinu Salachan, Michael Borre, Benedicte Ulhøi, Magnus Stougaard, Karina Dalsgaard Sørensen and Torben Steiniche
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:57
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous disease with high recurrence and mortality. It is well known that a large proportion of HCCs are caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In particular, th...

    Authors: Xiaocui Li, Delong Kong, Wei Hu, Kuiyang Zheng, Hongjuan You, Renxian Tang and Fanyun Kong
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:56
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with the incidence and prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and previous studies differ in terms of clinical characteristics and prognostic factor...

    Authors: Wanxi Yang, Xue Zhao, Hongbing Ma and Caigang Xu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:55
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. This post hoc analysis explored the age-specific risk of cervical precancer in women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), using data from a cohort of 7263 participants aged 21-71years undergoing cervical ...

    Authors: Ruizhe Chen, Ying Li, Xiao Li, Xinyu Wang, Weiguo Lü and Yunfeng Fu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:53
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  43. Recent articles have explored the effect of worms on cancer cells. This review focused on various cell cultures employed to understand which cells are more commonly and less utilized.

    Authors: Gita Alizadeh, Ali Kheirandish, Maryam Alipour, Mahnaz Jafari, Mahdis Radfar, Tina Bybordi and Raheleh Rafiei-Sefiddashti
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:52
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. High-risk human-papilloma viruses 16 and 18 (HR-HPV 16 and HR-HPV-18) are well known to be associated with carcinoma of the cervix, head and neck, penis, and anus. Low-risk human papillomaviruses 6 and 11 (LR-...

    Authors: Fridolin Mujuni, Betrand Msemwa, Vicent E. Fukuru, Vitus Silago, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana and Balthazar Gumodoka
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:51
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. The most common illnesses that adversely influence human health globally are gastrointestinal malignancies. The prevalence of gastrointestinal cancers (GICs) is relatively high, and the majority of patients re...

    Authors: Leila Kolahi Sadeghi, Fatemeh Vahidian, Majid Eterafi and Elham Safarzadeh
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:50
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. We report the impact of HIV infection within a household on oral Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) shedding.

    Authors: Katherine R. Sabourin, Vickie A. Marshall, Will Eaton, Beatrice Kimono, Joseph Mugisha, Wendell J. Miley, Nazzarena Labo, Gabriela Samayoa-Reyes, Denise Whitby, Rosemary Rochford and Robert Newton
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:49
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounts for 20% of all skin cancers and its incidence continues to increase globally. It represents 75% of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) mortality. Risk factors inclu...

    Authors: Hans Gubelin, Julio C Osorio, Aldo Gaggero, Walter Gubelin and Francisco Aguayo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:48
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. High-risk human papillomaviruses are the causal agents of a subset of head and neck cancers. A previous transcriptomic analysis showed that cIAP2 protein, involved in cell survival and apoptosis, is upregulate...

    Authors: Carolina Oliva, Diego Carrillo-Beltrán, Julio C. Osorio, Iván Gallegos, Felipe Carvajal, Claudio Mancilla-Miranda, Paul Boettiger, Enrique Boccardo and Francisco Aguayo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:47
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Prospective data from sub-Saharan Africa suggests that treatment outcomes for people living with HIV (PWH) with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) are similar to those without HIV. However, real-world data from high-resour...

    Authors: Samantha L. Vogt, Garrick Laudin, Marianna Zahurak, Jenifer Vaughan, Atul Lakha, Sugeshnee Pather, Ziyaad Waja, Deshan Chetty, Tanvier Omar, Wendy Stevens, Philippa Ashmore, Kennedy Otwombe, Khuthadzo Hlongwane, Ravi Varadhan, Moosa Patel, Richard F. Ambinder…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:46
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare and life-threatening serious infectious disease, characterized by acute onset and rapid progress, leading to extensive necrosis of skin, soft tissue as well as fascia by a ...

    Authors: Xiaowen Han, Xiaodong Huang, Jiayi Zhang, Weidong Li, Zhen Ma, Bin Ma, Ewestse Paul Maswikiti, Zhenyu Yin, Yuhan Wang, Lei Gao and Hao Chen
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2024 19:45
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

Follow

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.1
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.3
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.810
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.424

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 8
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 78

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 638,642
    Altmetric mentions: 249

What is trending?

Altmetric




               Click here to see which articles published in Infectious Agents and Cancer have been shared the most in the past three months.

Infectious Agents and Cancer

ISSN: 1750-9378

Contact us