Announcements

May is designated as “Bladder Cancer Awareness Month”, with various global activities that highlight and increase awareness of Bladder Cancer for research support and development. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to all the researchers who have contributed to the fight against this disease. In particular, we would like to share some of the high-quality and innovative research findings in the field of bladder cancer, published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694). We hope this announcement will provide useful information for this field.

“Current and Future Landscape of Perioperative Treatment for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer”
by Jorge Esteban-Villarrubia, Javier Torres-Jiménez, Carolina Bueno-Bravo, Rebeca García-Mondaray, José Daniel Subiela and Pablo Gajate
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030566
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/566

“Performing Automatic Identification and Staging of Urothelial Carcinoma in Bladder Cancer Patients Using a Hybrid Deep-Machine Learning Approach”
by Suryadipto Sarkar, Kong Min, Waleed Ikram, Ryan W. Tatton, Irbaz B. Riaz, Alvin C. Silva, Alan H. Bryce, Cassandra Moore, Thai H. Ho, Guru Sonpavde et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1673; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061673
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1673

“Glucose Metabolism Reprogramming in Bladder Cancer: Hexokinase 2 (HK2) as Prognostic Biomarker and Target for Bladder Cancer Therapy”
by Julieta Afonso, Céline Gonçalves, Marta Costa, Débora Ferreira, Lúcio Santos, Adhemar Longatto-Filho and Fátima Baltazar
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030982
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/982

“Performance of Node-RADS Scoring System for a Standardized Assessment of Regional Lymph Nodes in Bladder Cancer Patients”
by Costantino Leonardo, Rocco Simone Flammia, Sara Lucciola, Flavia Proietti, Martina Pecoraro, Bruno Bucca, Leslie Claire Licari, Antonella Borrelli, Eugenio Bologna, Nicholas Landini et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 580; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030580
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/580

“Risk Classification of Bladder Cancer by Gene Expression and Molecular Subtype”
by Ana Blanca, Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Kevin Lopez-Porcheron, Enrique Gomez-Gomez, Alessia Cimadamore, Andreia Bilé-Silva, Rajan Gogna, Rodolfo Montironi and Liang Cheng
Cancers 2023, 15(7), 2149; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15072149
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/7/2149

“RNA-Binding Proteins in Bladder Cancer”
by Yuanhui Gao, Hui Cao, Denggao Huang, Linlin Zheng, Zhenyu Nie and Shufang Zhang
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1150; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1150

“Consolidative Radiotherapy for Metastatic Urothelial Bladder Cancer Patients with No Progression and with No More than Five Residual Metastatic Lesions Following First-Line Systemic Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis”
by Amélie Aboudaram, Léonor Chaltiel, Damien Pouessel, Pierre Graff-Cailleaud, Nicolas Benziane-Ouaritini, Paul Sargos, Ulrike Schick, Gilles Créhange, Elizabeth Cohen-Jonathan Moyal, Christine Chevreau et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1161; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041161
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1161

“Evaluating the Protective Effect of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin against SARS-CoV-2 in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Observational Trial”
by Rodolfo Hurle, Francesco Soria, Roberto Contieri, Pier Paolo Avolio, Stefano Mancon, Massimo Lazzeri, Valentina Bernasconi, Simone Mazzoli, Giuseppe Pizzuto, Matteo De Bellis et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1618; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051618
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1618

“Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology for Bladder Cancer: Hype or Hope? A Systematic Review”
by Farbod Khoraminia, Saul Fuster, Neel Kanwal, Mitchell Olislagers, Kjersti Engan, Geert J. L. H. van Leenders, Andrew P. Stubbs, Farhan Akram and Tahlita C. M. Zuiverloon
Cancers 2023, 15(18), 4518; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184518
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/18/4518

“Development of Deep Learning with RDA U-Net Network for Bladder Cancer Segmentation”
by Ming-Chan Lee, Shao-Yu Wang, Cheng-Tang Pan, Ming-Yi Chien, Wei-Ming Li, Jin-Hao Xu, Chi-Hung Luo and Yow-Ling Shiue
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1343; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041343
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1343

“The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Role of snoRNA and lincRNA in Bladder Cancer”
by Hao Wang, Yanfei Feng, Xiangyi Zheng and Xin Xu
Cancers 2023, 15(4), 1007; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1007

“Assessing the Performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Bladder Cancer: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence”
by Mara Bacchiani, Vincenzo Salamone, Eleana Massaro, Alessandro Sandulli, Riccardo Mariottini, Anna Cadenar, Fabrizio Di Maida, Benjamin Pradere, Laura S. Mertens, Mattia Longoni et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(11), 2951; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15112951
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/11/2951

“Body Composition of Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Sarcopenia, Low Psoas Muscle Index, and Myosteatosis Are Independent Risk Factors for Mortality”
by Simon U. Engelmann, Christoph Pickl, Maximilian Haas, Sebastian Kaelble, Valerie Hartmann, Maximilian Firsching, Laura Lehmann, Miodrag Gužvić, Bas W. G. van Rhijn, Johannes Breyer et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1778; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061778
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1778

“A Comprehensive Analysis of Immune Response in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer”
by Guillermo Celada Luis, Eduardo Albers Acosta, Hortensia de la Fuente, Clara Velasco Balanza, Montserrat Arroyo Correas, Nuria Romero-Laorden, Arantzazu Alfranca and Carlos Olivier Gómez
Cancers 2023, 15(5), 1364; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/5/1364

“Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis Status from Primary Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Histology Slides Using Deep Learning: A Retrospective Multicenter Study”
by Qingyuan Zheng, Jun Jian, Jingsong Wang, Kai Wang, Junjie Fan, Huazhen Xu, Xinmiao Ni, Song Yang, Jingping Yuan, Jiejun Wu et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(11), 3000; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15113000
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/11/3000

“Incidental Diagnosis of Urothelial Bladder Cancer: Associations with Overall Survival”
by Hubert Kamecki, Małgorzata Dębowska, Jan Poleszczuk, Tomasz Demkow, Artur Przewor, Łukasz Nyk and Roman Sosnowski
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030668
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/668

“P2X1 and P2X7 Receptor Overexpression Is a Negative Predictor of Survival in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer”
by Stephan Ledderose, Severin Rodler, Lennert Eismann, Georg Ledderose, Martina Rudelius, Wolfgang G. Junger and Carola Ledderose
Cancers 2023, 15(8), 2321; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15082321
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/8/2321

“Urinary Eubacterium sp. CAG:581 Promotes Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Development through the ECM1/MMP9 Pathway”
by Yuhang Zhang, Wenyu Wang, Hang Zhou and Yimin Cui
Cancers 2023, 15(3), 809; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030809
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/3/809

“Elevated Baseline Neutrophil Count Correlates with Worse Outcomes in Patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Chemoradiation”
by Sébastien Meunier, Alexandre Frontczak, Loïc Balssa, Julie Blanc, Salim Benhmida, Mandy Pernot, Magali Quivrin, Etienne Martin, Yasser Hammoud, Gilles Créhange et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(6), 1886; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061886
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/6/1886

“Fractionation versus Adaptation for Compensation of Target Volume Changes during Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer: Answers from a Prospective Registry”
by Christoph Pöttgen, Christian Hoffmann, Thomas Gauler, Maja Guberina, Nika Guberina, Toke Ringbaek, Alina Santiago Garcia, Ulrich Krafft, Boris Hadaschik, Aymane Khouya et al.
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 4933; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15204933
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/4933

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the journal Cancers at the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers.

Cancers Editorial Office