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To accompany the World Cancer Day on Feb 4th, as well as the National Cancer Prevention Month in February, BioMed Central has curated a selection of noteworthy articles covering the year's main themes. We hope you find the articles of interest and encourage you to scroll down for additional articles and more exciting content.

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World Cancer Day explores how everyone can do their part to reduce the impact that cancer has on the community. #WorldCancerDay #WeCanICan

National Cancer Prevention Month aims to promote a better lifestyle by eating healthy, being active and staying lean.

Additional Articles

Prevent cancer	Early detection and prediction of cardiotoxicity after radiation therapy for breast cancer: the BACCARAT prospective cohort study - Radiation Oncology
Treat cancer	Endoscopy-assisted surgery for the management of benign breast tumors: technique, learning curve, and patient-reported outcome from preliminary 323 procedures - World Journal of Surgical Oncology Microwave ablation is as effective as radiofrequency ablation for very-early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma - Chinese Journal of Cancer Palliative primary tumor resection provides survival benefits for the patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and low circulating levels of dehydrogenase and carcinoembryonic antigen -Chinese Journal of Cancer Costimulatory and coinhibitory immune checkpoint receptors in head and neck cancer: unleashing immune responses through therapeutic combinations - Cancers of the Head & Neck The rationale for including immune checkpoint inhibition into multimodal primary treatment concepts of head and neck cancer - Cancers of the Head & Neck New treatment option for ovarian cancer: PARP inhibitors - Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice New classification of endometrial cancers: the development and potential applications of genomic-based classification in research and clinical care - Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice Treatment planning comparison of IMPT, VMAT and 4π radiotherapy for prostate cases - Radiation Oncology Advances in immunotherapy for melanoma - BMC Medicine PARP inhibitors in the management of breast cancer: current data and future prospects - BMC Medicine Natural killer cell-based adoptive immunotherapy eradicates and drives differentiation of chemoresistant bladder cancer stem-like cells - BMC Medicine Cancer immunotherapy: the beginning of the end of cancer? - BMC Medicine Progress in adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: an overview - BMC Medicine New horizons in tumor microenvironment biology: challenges and opportunities - BMC Medicine Radiomics based targeted radiotherapy planning (Rad-TRaP): a computational framework for prostate cancer treatment planning with MRI - Radiation Oncology
Improve access to treatment	Price and affordability of direct-acting antiviral regimens for hepatitis C virus in the United States - Infectious Agents and Cancer Catastrophic health expenditure and 12-month mortality associated with cancer in Southeast Asia: results from a longitudinal study in eight countries - BMC Medicine Going “social” to access experimental and potentially life-saving treatment: an assessment of the policy and online patient advocacy environment for expanded access - BMC Medicine
Create a healthy lifestyle	Overweight/obese status associates with favorable outcome in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a 10-year retrospective study - Chinese Journal of Cancer Weight and weight changes throughout life and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a case-control study in France - BMC Cancer Nutrition, dietary interventions and prostate cancer: the latest evidence - BMC Medicine Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies - BMC Medicine Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium - BMC Medicine
Get treated early	Cervical cancer survival in a resource-limited setting-North Central Nigeria - Infectious Agents and Cancer Abnormal plasma DNA profiles in early ovarian cancer using a non-invasive prenatal testing platform: implications for cancer screening - BMC Medicine Development and external validation of a faecal immunochemical test-based prediction model for colorectal cancer detection in symptomatic patients - BMC Medicine Pubertal development and prostate cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study in a population-based cohort - BMC Medicine
Seek support and take control	Cancer and fertility preservation: international recommendations from an expert meeting - BMC Medicine Patient preferences for palliative treatment of locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer and adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction: a choice-based conjoint analysis study from Germany - BMC Cancer Is dying in hospital better than home in incurable cancer and what factors influence this? A population-based study - BMC Medicine Randomized controlled trial of the effects of high intensity and low-to-moderate intensity exercise on physical fitness and fatigue in cancer survivors: results of the Resistance and Endurance exercise After ChemoTherapy (REACT) study - BMC Medicine