Infectious Agents and Cancer

Article	Citations
Role of human papillomavirus infection in the etiology of vulvar cancer in Italian women	47
Radiomics in hepatic metastasis by colorectal cancer	44
The human microbiome and its link in prostate cancer risk and pathogenesis	35
Lung histopathological findings in COVID-19 disease – a systematic review	30
Lactobacillus crispatus M247 oral administration: Is it really an effective strategy in the management of papillomavirus-infected women?	26
Epstein-Barr virus BART microRNAs in EBV- associated Hodgkin lymphoma and gastric cancer	26
Design and feasibility of a novel program of cervical screening in Nigeria: self-sampled HPV testing paired with visual triage	26
Value of AFP and PIVKA-II in diagnosis of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma and prediction of vascular invasion and tumor differentiation	25
Association between colorectal cancer and Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis bacteria in Iranian patients: a preliminary study	25
Evidence for a causal role by human papillomaviruses in prostate cancer – a systematic review	25
Investigation of CTNNB1 gene mutations and expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in association with hepatitis B virus infection	25
Immune landscape in Burkitt lymphoma reveals M2-macrophage polarization and correlation between PD-L1 expression and non-canonical EBV latency program	24
Diagnostic evaluation and ablation treatments assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma	24
Association of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection with oncological outcomes in urothelial bladder cancer	23
Bovine Leukemia virus (BLV) and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies	22
Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors for mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and cancer history: a propensity score-matched study	22
In vitro inhibition effects of hepatitis B virus by dandelion and taraxasterol	21
Infectious diseases as a cause of death among cancer patients: a trend analysis and population-based study of outcome in the United States based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data	21
Designing low-cost, accurate cervical screening strategies that take into account COVID-19: a role for self-sampled HPV typing	20
Comparison of survival outcomes of locally advanced cervical cancer by histopathological types in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database: a propensity score matching study	20
Strategies to evaluate outcomes in long-COVID-19 and post-COVID survivors	19
Association between oncogenic human papillomavirus type 16 and Killian polyp	18
Evaluation of an isothermal amplification HPV detection assay for primary cervical cancer screening	18
Cervical, anal and oral HPV detection and HPV type concordance among women referred for colposcopy	17
Cyclin-dependent kinases and CDK inhibitors in virus-associated cancers	17

Possible role of autophagy induced by COVID-19 in cancer progression, chemo-resistance, and tumor recurrence	16
Uptake of cervical cancer screening service and associated factors among age-eligible women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis	16
The interplay between EBV and KSHV viral products and NF-κB pathway in oncogenesis	16
Vaccination strategy and anti - SARS-CoV-2 S titers in healthcare workers of the INT – IRCCS “Fondazione Pascale” Cancer Center (Naples, Italy)	15
Bladder cancer and human papillomavirus association: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
The m6A methyltransferase METTL3 affects autophagy and progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by regulating the stability of lncRNA ZFAS1	15
Multiplex HPV RNA in situ hybridization/p16 immunohistochemistry: a novel approach to detect papillomavirus in HPV-related cancers. A novel multiplex ISH/IHC assay to detect HPV	15
IPSE, an abundant egg-secreted protein of the carcinogenic helminth Schistosoma haematobium, promotes proliferation of bladder cancer cells and angiogenesis	14
Knowledge and acceptance of HPV vaccination and its associated factors among parents of daughters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study	13
Emerging role of human polyomaviruses 6 and 7 in human cancers	13
Potential molecular mechanisms of chronic fatigue in long haul COVID and other viral diseases	13
An update on radiomics techniques in primary liver cancers	13
Evaluating the presence of Mycoplasma hyorhinis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Helicobacter pylori in biopsies of patients with gastric cancer	13
The relationship between previous pulmonary tuberculosis and risk of lung cancer in the future	12
Human papillomavirus self-sampling versus standard clinician-sampling for cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	12
Novel biomarkers with promising benefits for diagnosis of cervical neoplasia: a systematic review	12
Genetic instability and anti-HPV immune response as drivers of infertility associated with HPV infection	12
SARS-CoV-2 quantitative real time PCR and viral loads analysis among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: an observational study on an outbreak in two nursing facilities in Campania Region (Southern	11
Diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in abdominal oncological setting: why and when	11
Zymosan promotes proliferation, Candida albicans adhesion and IL-1β production of oral squamous cell carcinoma in vitro	11
Co‐administration of 2’3’-cGAMP STING activator and CpG-C adjuvants with a mutated form of HPV 16 E7 protein leads to tumor growth inhibition in the mouse model	11
Comparison of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), early warning score (ANDC) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in hospitalized patients with malignancy, and their influence on mortality fro	11
Low expression of NSD1, NSD2, and NSD3 define a subset of human papillomavirus-positive oral squamous carcinomas with unfavorable prognosis	10
A rapid, high-volume cervical screening project using self-sampling and isothermal PCR HPV testing	10
Multiple pathogens and prostate cancer	10
Novel concepts in cervical cancer screening: a comparison of VIA, HPV DNA test and p16INK4a/Ki-67 dual stain cytology in Western Kenya	10
Prevalence and characteristics of mouse mammary tumor virus-like virus associated breast cancer in China	10
Prevalence of late-stage presentation and associated factors of cervical cancer patients in Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: institutional based cross-sectional study	10
Catching viral breast cancer	10
Interleukin-6 polymorphisms in HCC patients chronically infected with HCV	10
Circulating cell‐free epstein–barr virus DNA levels and clinical features in Moroccan patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma	9
Global expression of noncoding RNome reveals dysregulation of small RNAs in patients with HTLV-1–associated adult T-cell leukemia: a pilot study	9
Prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) genotypes between outpatients males and females referred to seven laboratories in Tehran, Iran	9
HPV16 E6 enhances the radiosensitivity in HPV-positive human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by regulating the miR-27a-3p/SMG1 axis	9
Conventional, functional and radiomics assessment for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	9
Discrepancy of p16 immunohistochemical expression and HPV RNA in penile cancer. A multiplex in situ hybridization/immunohistochemistry approach study	9
Molecular detection of urogenital mollicutes in patients with invasive malignant prostate tumor	8
The prevalence and distribution of human papillomavirus among 10,867 Chinese Han women	8
The clinical and translational research activities at the INT – IRCCS “Fondazione Pascale” cancer center (Naples, Italy) during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Five-year overall survival following chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced cervical carcinoma in women living with and without HIV infection in Botswana	8
High dose rate intra-cavitary brachytherapy with cobalt 60 source for locally advanced cervical cancer: the Zimbabwean experience	8
Knowledge-based repositioning of the anti-HCV direct antiviral agent Sofosbuvir as SARS-CoV-2 treatment	8
Hepatitis B virus induces sorafenib resistance in liver cancer via upregulation of cIAP2 expression	8
Is the HERV-K HML-2 Xq21.33, an endogenous retrovirus mutated by gene conversion of chromosome X in a subset of African populations, associated with human breast cancer?	8
Impact of androgen deprivation therapy on mortality of prostate cancer patients with COVID-19: a propensity score-based analysis	8
The safety and efficacy of Glubran 2 as biliostatic agent in liver resection	8
Emerging role of microbiota derived outer membrane vesicles to preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic proposes	7
The prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus among women in Guangxi, southern China	7
Rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) inhibit liver fibrosis by activating GSK3β and inhibiting the Wnt3a/β-catenin pathway	7
FDA efficiency for approval process of COVID-19 therapeutics	7

Chlamydia pneumoniae infections and development of lung cancer: systematic review	7
Not only lymphadenopathy: case of chest lymphangitis assessed with MRI after COVID 19 vaccine	7
Verification of the association of the cycle threshold (Ct) values from HPV testing on Cobas4800 with the histologic grades of cervical lesions using data from two population-based cervical cancer scr	7
Risk of cervical lesions in high-risk HPV positive women with normal cytology: a retrospective single-center study in China	7
No evidence for a pathogen associated with pulmonary MALT lymphoma: a metagenomics investigation	7
Outcomes of AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Mozambique after treatment with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin	7
Human immunodeficiency virus-related renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective study of 19 cases	7
A 12-year retrospective evaluation of anal pre-cancerous lesions and cancer in people living with HIV-1 infection in the Southeastern U.S	7
Atypical COVID-19 dynamics in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma exposed to rituximab	6
Interplay between Epstein-Barr virus infection and environmental xenobiotic exposure in cancer	6
Managing head and neck cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: the experience of a tertiary referral center in southern Italy	6
The complexity of human papilloma virus in cancers: a narrative review	6
Are Blastocystis hominis and Cryptosporidium spp. playing a positive role in colorectal cancer risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
An evaluation of solid versus liquid transport media for high-risk HPV detection and cervical cancer screening on self-collected specimens	6
Validation in Zambia of a cervical screening strategy including HPV genotyping and artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated visual evaluation	6
Malaria and Cancer: a critical review on the established associations and new perspectives	6
Hepatitis B and C virus infections and the risk of biliary tract cancers: a meta-analysis of observational studies	6
Type-specific persistence, clearance and incidence of high-risk HPV among screen-positive Rwandan women living with HIV	5
Hepatitis B or C viral infection and the risk of cervical cancer	5
Comparison of platinum monotherapy with concurrent chemoradiation therapy versus platinum-based dual drug therapy with concurrent chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: a systema	5
Prevalence and genotype specific concordance of oro-genital and anal human papillomavirus infections among sexually active Nigerian women	5
Identification of key genes in hepatitis B associated hepatocellular carcinoma based on WGCNA	5
HIV Nef enhances the expression of oncogenic c-MYC and activation-induced cytidine deaminase in Burkitt lymphoma cells, promoting genomic instability	5
Prognostic implication of human papillomavirus types in cervical cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Management guidelines of penile cancer- a contemporary review of sub-Saharan Africa	5
Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or higher (CIN3+) among women with HPV-test in 1990–1992, a 30-year follow-up study	5
Comprehensive high-throughput meta-analysis of differentially expressed microRNAs in transcriptomic datasets reveals significant disruption of MAPK/JNK signal transduction pathway in Adult T-cell leuk	5
A study of the mechanism of lncRNA-CR594175 in regulating proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vivo and in vitro	5
HPV16 E6-specific T cell response and HLA-A alleles are related to the prognosis of patients with cervical cancer	5
Detection of human cytomegalovirus in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and its impacts on survival	5
Prevalence of human papillomavirus in sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma with and without association of inverted papilloma in Eastern China	5
Low level of knowledge about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular/fibroblastic dendritic cell sarcoma: focus on immunohistochemical profile and association with Epstein-Barr virus	5
Cervical and oral human papillomavirus infection in women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and matched HIV-negative controls in Brazil	5
Variation in KSHV prevalence between geographically proximate locations in Uganda	5
EBV persistence in gastric cancer cases conventionally classified as EBER-ISH negative	5
Overexpression of programmed cell death ligand 1 in patients with CIN and its correlation with human papillomavirus infection and CIN persistence	5
Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) positivity among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study highlighting one-year experiences in early detection of pre-cancerous and cancerous cervical lesio	5
Clinicopathological and prognostic features of hepatitis B virus-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a single-center retrospective study in China	5
Distribution of human papillomavirus in precancerous and cancerous cervical neoplasia in Tunisian women	4
Mammalian tumor-like organs. 1. The role of tumor-like normal organs and atypical tumor organs in the evolution of development (carcino-evo-devo)	4
The effectiveness of a model-based health education program on genital warts preventive behaviors: a quasi-experimental study	4
A comparison of screening tests for detection of high-grade cervical abnormalities in women living with HIV from Cameroon	4
Bimodal antibody-titer decline following BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in healthcare workers of the INT – IRCCS “Fondazione Pascale” Cancer Center (Naples, Italy)	4
Circular RNA circRHOBTB3 is downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and suppresses cell proliferation by inhibiting miR-18a maturation	4
Severe coagulopathy caused by cefminox sodium in a liver cirrhosis patient: a case report	4
Tumor aggression among hepatitis-C related hepatocellular carcinoma patients: an observational study regarding the impact of anti-HCV therapy	4
Early and late recurrence after hepatectomy in patients with low-level HBV-DNA hepatocellular carcinoma under antiviral therapy	4
Silencing of UBE2D1 inhibited cell migration in gastric cancer, decreasing ubiquitination of SMAD4	4
Mammalian tumor-like organs. 2. Mammalian adipose has many tumor features and obesity is a tumor-like process	4
The correlation between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and reproductive system cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Anticancer and antibacterial potentials induced post short-term exposure to electromagnetic field and silver nanoparticles and related pathological and genetic alterations: in vitro study	3
Hepatitis C virus cascade of care in the general population, in people with diabetes, and in substance use disorder patients	3
Presence of a mouse mammary tumour virus-like in feline lymphomas: a preliminary study	3
Malaria during pregnancy and transplacental transfer of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) antibodies: a cohort study of Kenyan mother and child pairs	3
Correction: High Prevalence of Anal Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Living in Bamako, Mali	3
Immunophenotypic characterization of TCR γδ T cells and MAIT cells in HIV-infected individuals developing Hodgkin’s lymphoma	3
Association between PEG3 DNA methylation and high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia	3
Colorectal cancer in patients with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Low frequency of HPV positivity in breast tumors among patients from south-central Poland	3
Sociodemographic factors, health seeking behaviors, reproductive history, and knowledge of cervical screening among women in Swaziland	3
p16INK4a and pRb expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with and without infection by EBV or different genotypes of HPV: a retrospective study	3
Clinical management of lung cancer patients during the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic	3
Combined detection of circulating tumor cells, α-fetoprotein heterogene-3 and α-fetoprotein in the early diagnosis of HCC for the prediction of efficacy, prognosis, recurrence after microwave ablation	3
Colorectal liver metastases patients prognostic assessment: prospects and limits of radiomics and radiogenomics	3
Small extracellular vesicles as key players in cancer development caused by human oncogenic viruses	3
A comprehensive cross-sectional survey to identify barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening in women with HIV in Guangxi, China	3
BK and JC polyomaviruses and risk of urothelial bladder carcinoma: a preliminary study in the northern shores of Persian Gulf, Iran	3
Persistence and risk factors of high-risk human papillomavirus infection among HIV positive and HIV negative tanzanian women: a cohort study	3
High Prevalence of Anal Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Living in Bamako, Mali	3
High-risk human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women living with HIV; implication for cervical cancer prevention in a resource limited setting	3
Construction and validation of prognostic signature for hepatocellular carcinoma basing on hepatitis B virus related specific genes	3
Evaluation of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis correlation with the expression of cellular signaling pathway genes in Iranian patients with colorectal cancer	3
Prevalence and association of Epstein-Barr virus infection with sinonasal inverted papilloma and sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma in the northeastern Thai population	3
Lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus enhances natural killer cell-mediated immunosurveillance of mouse mesothelioma development	3
HPV types 16/18 L1 E6 and E7 proteins seropositivity and cervical cancer risk in HIV-positive and HIV-negative black South African women	3
Inhibitory effect and mechanism of Lactobacillus crispatus on cervical precancerous cells Ect1/E6E7 and screening of early warning factors	3
High risk genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) according to age groups in Iranian asymptomatic men	3
Transoral robotic surgery in head and neck district: a retrospective study on 67 patients treated in a single center	3
Association of schistosomiasis and risk of prostate cancer development in residents of Murehwa rural community, Zimbabwe	3

Systematic screening for cervical cancer in Dakar region: prevalence and correlation with biological and socio-demographic parameters

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