OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Cancer Prevention is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Associations between breast cancer risk factors and mammographic breast density in a large cross-section of Korean women	71
A note of thanks to our reviewers	57
Cryptosporidiosis as an opportunistic infection in colorectal cancer patients	35
Efficacy of immunotherapy as second-line or later-line therapy and prognostic significance of KRAS or TP53 mutations in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients	33
Temporal trends in the incidence of second primary cancers in Northern Portugal: a population-based study	30
Epidemiological trend of lung cancer burden caused by residential radon exposure in China from 1990 to 2019	28
Long-term survival and risk factors of synchronous bone metastasis in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma patients	26
Association between birth weight and risk of nonneurological childhood cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Meta-analysis of the prognostic value of serum carcinoembryonic antigen in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases after hepatectomy	20
Development of a nomogram for predicting survival in clinical T1N0M1 lung adenocarcinoma: a population-based study	18
Recent trends in the incidence of early-onset prostate cancer	18
Uterine cancer deaths certified as part unspecified: an unsolved issue	14
Incidence trend of neuroendocrine tumors and disparities by sex and race/ethnicity in adults from the United States, 2000–2020	13
Primary prevention of HPV-related diseases from the patients’ perspective in Poland	13
Exploring breast cancer screening fear through a psychosocial lens	13
Prevalence of human papilloma virus in head and neck mucous squamous cell carcinoma and genotypes by location: an observational study	13
Global laryngeal cancer statistics in 2022: a population-based study	12
Cancer mortality and predictions for 2022 in selected Australasian countries, Russia, and Ukraine with a focus on colorectal cancer	12
Controversies and strengths in prophylactic total gastrectomy for germline CDH1 pathogenic variant carriers	12
Serum uric acid and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis	11
Mesothelioma among seamen: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
High utilization of colonoscopy and fecal occult blood testing for screening or diagnostic purposes in Germany: a longitudinal analysis	11
Sleep duration, selected circulating biomarkers, and colorectal cancer risk	10
Incidence and prognosis of pediatric kidney malignant tumors diagnosed from 2010 to 2021: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–based study	10
Comment on postmastectomy breast reconstruction for women with hereditary gastric and breast cancer syndrome	9

Risk and prognostic factors of brain metastasis in lung cancer patients: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results population‑based cohort study	9
Mushroom consumption and risk of gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the stomach cancer pooling project and a combined meta-analysis with other observational studies	9
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances exposure and risk of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
CDH1 hypermethylation: a potential molecular pathway for invasiveness in glioblastoma	9
Metaplastic breast cancer: an all-round multidisciplinary consensus	8
Oral hygiene habits are risk factors of oral cavity cancer: a short communication	8
Association between metabolic syndrome and the risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective study in China	8
Breast cancer burden among young women from 1990 to 2021: a global, regional, and national perspective	8
The burden and trend of liver metastases in Shanghai, China: a population-based study	8
The global, regional, and national disease burden and risk factors of male breast cancer from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study	7
Controversies and strengths of robot-assisted mastectomy	7
Compliance and satisfaction with BRCA surveillance in specialized clinics versus community follow-up	7
Prognostic model for predicting the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients with stage II colon cancer: a population-based study	7
Cardiovascular death risk in patients with solid tumors: a population-based study in the United States	7
Sailing toward healing. A combined group intervention to improve well-being in breast cancer survivors: a brief report study	6
Determinants and changes in adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer-prevention recommendations over the past 25 years in Switzerland	6
Bacterial biomarkers: new aspects of colorectal tumors diagnosis: reality or fantasy	6
A mobile health application for prostate cancer antigen dosage: is it time to say goodbye to classic screening methods?	6
Human papillomavirus vaccination, cervical cancer screening, and acceptability of self-sampling: a cross-sectional study in vulnerable women	6
Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in ovarian cancer patients from Yunnan Province in southwest China	6
Invitation strategies for improving uptake in cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review	6
Unique challenges of risk-reducing surgery for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome: a narrative review	6
Impact of interaction between interleukin-6 gene polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori infection on susceptibility to gastric cancer	6
A note of thanks to our reviewers	5
Duration of human papillomavirus persistence and its relationship with recurrent cervical dysplasia	5
Need for accelerating tobacco control in India: findings from the national cancer registry programme	5
Presence of schistosome eggs in lymph node predict unfavorable prognosis in schistosomal colorectal cancer	5
Association between different patterns of obesity and the short-term outcomes of gastric cancer surgery	5
Different impacts of intestinal microbiota and lifestyle factors on advanced adenoma and colorectal cancer risk	5
Trends in the incidence of thyroid cancer among US persons from 2000 to 2019	5
Participation in breast cancer screening and its influence on other cancer screening invitations: study in women aged 56 years old in four French departments	5
Cancer mortality predictions for 2023 in Latin America with focus on stomach cancer	5
Impact of colorectal cancer screening by primary tumor location in a real-world setting in Japan	5
Dose-response association of dietary inflammatory potential with risk of cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	4
Global trends in anal cancer incidence and mortality	4
Comparison analysis of the burden and attributable risk factors of early-onset and late-onset colorectal cancer in China from 1990 to 2019	4
Association between weight loss and survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer: a meta-analysis	4
Reply to comment on ‘postmastectomy breast reconstruction for women with hereditary gastric and breast cancer syndrome’	4
Passive smoking and risk of head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Association between trends of mortality and incidence, survival and stage at diagnosis for six digestive and respiratory cancers in United States (2009–2013)	4
Germline testing of Iranian families suspected of Lynch syndrome: molecular characterization and current surveillance of families with pathogenic variants in MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2	4
Association between weight loss and overall survival in patients with pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis	4
Acute and chronic exercise-conditioned serum effects on cancer cells in vitro: a systematic review	4
Tribute to Raquel Seruca	4
Old age decreases the risk of lymph node metastasis in T1-2 hypopharynx squamous cell carcinoma patients	4
Is phased implementation of HPV testing and triage with dual staining the way to transform organized cytology screening?	4
Association between female reproductive factors and new-onset pancreatic cancer risk: a prospective cohort study	4
Cancer mortality predictions for 2024 in selected Asian countries and Australia with focus on stomach cancer	4
Microplastics and cancer	4
Cigarettes and waterpipe use and risk of colorectal cancer in Iran: the IROPICAN study	4

Non-melanoma skin cancer event rates in a formalized clinical trial setting: considerations for clinical trial design	4
A call for standardized reporting of early-onset colorectal peritoneal metastases	4
The molecular mechanisms of exercise in cancer prevention and management	4
Enhancing prognostic insights: myometrial invasion patterns in endometrial carcinoma, with emphasis on MELF pattern–a comprehensive review and meta-analysis	4
Streamlining the diagnostic pathway for Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer patients: a 10-year experience in a single Italian Cancer Center	4
Impact of HER2 and microsatellite instability status on response to neoadjuvant/conversion therapy and survival in patients with gastric cancer	4
Occupational exposure register-based cohort study on mortality among asbestos-related workers in Italy after the ban	4
Computational pathology to improve biomarker testing in breast cancer: how close are we?	4
Universal screening for Lynch syndrome in operated colorectal cancer by immunohistochemistry: a cohort of patients in Liaoning province, China	4
Conditional survival of male breast cancer	3
Primary tumor resection improves prognosis of unresectable carcinomas of the transverse colon including flexures with pulmonary metastasis: a cohort study	3
The impact of different dietary flavonoids on the risk of coronary heart disease in cancer patients and that on the prognosis of patients with cancer and coronary heart disease	3
To establish a prognostic model of epidermal growth factor receptor mutated non-small cell lung cancer patients based on Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator regression	3
Randomised clinical trial: efficacy and safety of H. pylori eradication treatment with and without Saccharomyces boulardii supplementation	3
Vitamin B12 deficiency after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer, prevalence, and symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Lynch syndrome: toward an increasingly complex picture. The case of PMS2	3
Evaluation of BUBR1, MCM2, and GMNN as oral cancer biomarkers	3
Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust and head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	3
Screening approaches for cervical cancer in Mozambique in HIV positive and negative women	3
Prostate cancer burden in major BRICS countries, 1990–2019: findings from the 2019 global burden of disease study	3
Empirically derived dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts	3
Risk factors of diabetes and cancer-specific mortalities in patients with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast: a population-based study	3
Resilience and its related factors among women with breast cancer	3
Evaluation of women’s breast cancer prevention behaviors: example of Türkiye	3
Construction and validation of a nomogram prediction model for axillary lymph node metastasis of cT1 invasive breast cancer	3
Autoimmune gastritis serological biomarkers in gastric cancer patients	3
Clinical significance of atypical glandular cells on cytology: 10 years’ experience of a colposcopic referral center	3
The global burden of kidney cancer: trends in mortality and incidence with predictions to 2025	3
Cancer prevention: innovative strategies in the role of the European Cancer Prevention Organization	3
Prevalence and risk factors of gastric intestinal metaplasia: an International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision-based study in an Iranian population	3
Occupational benzene exposure and risk of kidney and bladder cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Phylogenetic origin of Helicobacter pylori pathogenicity island and risk of stomach cancer and high-grade premalignant gastric lesions	3
Association of metformin and statin uses with the prognosis of colon cancer: a meta-analysis	3
Cancer mortality predictions for 2026 in selected Asian countries and Australia with focus on prostate cancer	3
Correlation between PD-L1 expression status and efficacy of immunotherapy as second-line or later-line therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients	3
Immune plasticity in pregnancy-associated breast cancer tumorigenesis	2
Establishment of prognostic model for invasive ductal carcinoma with distant metastasis within the triple-negative breast cancer: a SEER population-based study	2
Comprehensive analysis of the clinical and prognostic significance of SFRP1 and PRKCB expression in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis	2
Molecular characteristics and prognosis of breast cancer patients with different level of HER2 positivity after adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy	2
Diverging trends in lung cancer: a 26-year analysis of sex-specific patterns and histological shifts in Northern Italy	2
Human papillomavirus oropharyngeal cancer and vaccine: present and future perspective	2
Trends in diffuse type of gastric cancer: focus on younger women	2
Dietary mineral intake and risk of bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Non-participants in colorectal cancer screening in Germany: reachability through the healthcare system	2
Mediterranean diet and colorectal adenomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	2
Physical activity and exercise health benefits: cancer prevention, interception, and survival	2
Association between radiotherapy and the risk of second primary malignancies in breast cancer patients with different estrogen receptor statuses	2
Temporal trends in incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in China from 1990 to 2019 and predictions for 2034	2
A novel prognostic signature contributes to precision treatment in colon adenocarcinoma with KRAS mutation	2
The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021: a population-based study	2
The relationship between atypical glandular cells and malignancy risk: a retrospective single-center study	2
Risk and incidence of breast cancer in transgender individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The association between histological subtypes and lymph node metastasis and prognosis in early esophageal cancer: a population-based study	2
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with lipiodol for advanced gastric fundus and cardia cancer	2
Application of machine learning in the analysis of multiparametric MRI data for the differentiation of treatment responses in breast cancer: retrospective study	2
Is the threat of malignant melanoma in the UK still increasing? A comprehensive analysis of 30 years of historical data and Bayesian age-period-cohort model projections for 2030	2
The ‘see-and-treat’ approach in the treatment of preneoplastic cervical lesions	2
Probiotic immunonutrition impacts on colon cancer immunotherapy and prevention	2
Ultraprocessed foods and cancer risk: the importance of distinguishing ultraprocessed food groups	2
A meta-analysis of albumin, globulin, and albumin globulin ratios for predicting prognosis of cervical cancer	2
Non-contrast MRI and post-mastectomy silicone breast implant rupture: preventing false positive diagnoses	2
Carbohydrate quality indices and lung cancer risk: a case–control study from Iran	2
Tryptophan intake and pancreatic cancer: findings from a case-control study	2
Short-term association of PM2.5/PM10 on lung cancer mortality in Wuhai city, China (2015–2019): a time series analysis	2
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for cancer screening in asymptomatic adults: a multicenter study	2
Impact of anal precancer screening on patient-reported outcomes among men-who-have-sex-with-men living with HIV: a scoping review	2
Reinvestigating the Perceptions of Annual Skin Cancer Screening Scale: a suitable measure for older adults	2
Modifications to the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery technique reduce 1-year mortality and postoperative complications in intrathoracic tumors	2
Association between priori and posteriori dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	2
Global disease burden of laryngeal cancer attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021	2