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Sabrina Y Almashni, Fady Bassem Fayek, Dannah C Javens, Michael T Boulis, Mina S Makary
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):113226.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.113226
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Ming Chen, Zhi-Gang Chen
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):113326.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.113326
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Received: 08/21/2025
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Hoang Tran Pham, Zhong-Yi Dong, Margarita De Alba, Chasen Cottle, Ming-Yi Zhang, Joseph B Parker, Renee Morecroft-Phillipps, Keyur Chaludiya, Demarcus Ingram, Ayesha N Ahmad, Zhen Zeng, Michael M Mohseni, Zi-Zhen Zhang, Libardo Rueda Prada, Muhammad Ali, Vivienne Yang
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):116093.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116093
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Received: 11/01/2025
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Xue-Fei Zhao, Yan-Jiao Zhang, Shao-Li Wang, Feng-Mei Lian, Zhen Liu
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):116534.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116534
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Received: 11/13/2025
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Minireviews
Thamer H Alghamdi
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):114990.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.114990
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Received: 10/03/2025
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Minal Garg
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):115094.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.115094
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Received: 10/07/2025
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Gabriel Dickson Hawanga, Zhao-Xing Li, Mao-Xin Li, Xiu-Lei Zhang, Dao-Hai Qian
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):115882.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.115882
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Guang-Yu Wang, Yi-Ning Chen, Shuai Sun, Ke Hu
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):116673.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116673
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Received: 11/17/2025
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Wei-Zhang Xiao, Jia-Hai Shi
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):116823.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116823
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Received: 11/20/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Yu-Han Yang, Yuan Li
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):114744.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.114744
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Aisha Jamil, Ghulam Sughra, Ghazala Dawood Abbasi, Soukaina Adane, Monica Punshi, Mobashara Ghulam Muhammad, Marium Nausherwan, Yamina Ishtiaq, Muhammad Dawood Hazoor
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):116062.
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doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.116062
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Retrospective Study
Jack Stearns, Scott McLaughlin, Tristan Kuckelman, Samantha Hutzley, Albert Chiu, Luke Kloft, Curtis Bay, Madappa Kundranda, John Chang
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):114756.
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doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.114756
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Observational Study
Arantxa Mera, Gemma Sancho, Olatz Garin, Àngels Pont, Yolanda Pardo, Victor Macias, Asuncion Hervas, Patricia Cabrera, Ferrán Ferrer, Àlvar Roselló, Pilar Samper Ots, María Elena García, Josep Jové-Teixidó, Montse Ferrer, The Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):115774.
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doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.115774
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Received: 10/24/2025
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Basic Study
Sheng-Hua Li, Zhi-Su Liu, Yu-Jia Chen, Jian-Di Li, Long Wei, Yi-Yang Chen, Wei Zhang, Zhi-Guang Huang, Zhen-Dong Chen, Gang Chen, Dan-Ming Wei, Zeng-Nan Mo, Li-Li Deng
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):117055.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.117055
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Meta-Analysis
Yan-Fei He, Huan-Zhi Wang, Ning Bian, Xiao-Dong Hu, Qin-Tong He, Jun-Qiang Liu, Hu-Ming Li, Shuang-Feng Lu, Ni Wu
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):114774.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.114774
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Received: 09/27/2025
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Letter to the Editor
Nicholas Jennings, Anushka Narayan Deogaonkar, Marie L Borum
World J Clin Oncol
17(3):112886.
Published online Mar 24, 2026.
doi: 10.5306/wjco.v17.i3.112886
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