The Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (APJCP) is a monthly electronic journal that publishes papers in a wide spectrum of cancer sciences. It was launched in 2000 as the official publication of the Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP), and its first volume, with 51 articles, was published in 2000. 

The APJCP with its distinguished, diverse, and Asia-wide team of editors, reviewers, and readers, ensures the highest standards of research communication within the cancer sciences community across Asia and globally. The APJCP accepts a manuscript on the whole spectrum of cancer sciences.

All manuscripts published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This permits anyone to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the published work, provided the original work and source are appropriately cited. 


 New Editorial policy

Close to 10% of manuscripts submitted and accepted for publication in APJCP suffer from low-quality English writing, which is a burden on the journal's editorial system. In order to address this, the journal’s editorial team has set up a quality assurance policy.  Starting from July 1, 2017, all manuscripts .. Read more


Current Issue: Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2026, Pages 399-778 

Salivary miR-21 as a Lifestyle-Responsive Biomarker: A Critical Appraisal and Future Perspectives

Pages 399-400

Nathkapach Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon; Schawanya Kaewpitoon Rattanapitoon


Performance of a New Brazilian Self-Sampling Device for High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Screening

Pages 405-409

Camila Buziqua Dartibale; Maria Vitória Felipe de Souza; Gabriela de Castro Prado; Débora de Mello Gonçales Sant’Ana; Sandra Marisa Pelloso; Valquiria do Carmo Alves Martins; Cláudia Martins Carneiro; Rita Goreti Amaral; Janaina Cristiana de Oliveira Crispim Freitas; Karolina Reis dos Santos Lukachaki; Vânia Ramos Sela da Silva; Marcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro


Estrogen Receptor Signalling in Oral Health: From Oral Mucosa to Oral Cancer

Pages 411-412

Lalit Patil; Ankita Mathur; Snehasish Tripathy; Vini Mehta


Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Brain Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pages 423-432

Ali Fadhil Hashim; Amirreza Karimi; Sanaz Ghanbari; Azizova Feruza; Nawras Abdel Abbas Esmaeel; Hussain Ali Rzoqy; Mozhgan Taebi; Soheyla Kalantari; Samad Karkhah; Azadeh Emami; Reza Salehi


Radiology Surveillance for Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pages 433-442

Ajeng Viska Icanervilia; Lina Choridah; Afdina Melya G Febiyanti; Afina Azka L Kuncoro; Sita Nur Agustyana; Dhite Bayu Nugroho


Targeting Side Effects Associated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy Using Melatonin: A Randomized Trial on Hot Flashes and Sexual Health in Prostate Cancer Patients

Pages 453-462

Amir Khayam Hosseini; Alireza Etedali; Ali Darakhshandeh; Valiollah Mehrzad; Mehran Sharifi; Zahra Bariuti; Azadeh Moghaddas


Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-3 (MAPK3) Is the Main Target of Microsecond Pulsed Electric Field in Human Medulloblastoma

Pages 463-468

Ayad Bahadorimonfared; Zahra Razzaghi; Reza M Robati; Babak Arjmand; Naybali Ahmadi; Nastaran Asri; Aliasghar Keramatinia; Farideh Razi; Fatemeh Bandarian


Profiles of microRNAs in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer Who are Chemoresistant or Chemosensitive to Fluorouracil, Adriamycin, and Cyclophosphamide Treatment

Pages 469-479

Eneida Turiján-Espinoza; Victor Manuel Ruíz-Rodríguez; Victor Alejandro Paz-Rodríguez; Gloria Estela Hernández-Hernández; Osiel Hernández-González; Mary Carmen Gutiérrez-Gil; José de Jesús Zermeño-Nava; Jaime Arturo Guel-Pañola; Diana Patricia Portales-Pérez


Clausenidin from Clausena excavata Burm. causes Apoptosis of Liver Cancer in Mice

Pages 481-489

Peter M Waziri; Richard Auta; Mustapha U Imam; Ben A Chindo; Zakari Ladan; Zainab Kasim Mohammed; Samson Wayah; Jaafar Mohammed Sani; Godwin I Ayuba; Oluwafemi T Ige; Daniel Tyoapine; Abel Agbaji


Overall Survival in Breast Cancer Patients: Analysis of a 27-Year Historical Cohort

Pages 491-498

Marina Elias Rocha; Rosemar Macedo Sousa Rahal; Leonardo Ribeiro Soares; José Carlos Oliveira; Ruffo Freitas Junior


Gene Expression of MicroRNA-205, FGF2 and CARMA3 in Colorectal Cancer in Iraqi Patients

Pages 509-518

Nada Nizar Kadhum; Noora Mustafa Kareem; Asmaa Mhmood Salman; Mohanad Kareem Aneed


Knowledge, Attitudes, and Screening Practices for Lung Cancer in Uzbekistan: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Pages 535-546

Asadbek Dadaboev; Malikakhon Shukurova; Azizkhon Aziziy; Nigora Ruziyeva; Sedigheh Shakib Kotamjani


Expression of Survivin and HER-2 as Independent Predictive Factors for Treatment Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study

Pages 569-573

San Winata Badiri; Indra Indra; Elridho Sampepajung; John Pieter Jr; Berti J. Nelwan; Djonny Ferianto; Salman Ardi Syamsu; Muhammad Faruk


Identification of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Germline Mutations in Female Breast Cancer Patients Using Next Generation Sequencing

Pages 575-581

Menha Swellam; Mohamed K. Khalifa; Amira M Nageeb; Magda Sayed Mahmoud; Maha Hashim; Aliaa Alisslam I. A. Alshazly; Magdy E. Mahfouz; Lobna R Ez ElArab; Madyha H. Mahmoud; Mohamed Emam Sobeih


Arsenic-Based Homeopathic Preparations Induce Metabolic Disruption and Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Cell Death in Glioblastoma Multiforme

Pages 589-600

Ankit Pateriya; Chirag Kulkarni; Manendra Singh Tomar; Konica Porwal; Arun Kumar Gupta; Naibedya Chattopadhyay; Ashutosh Shrivastava


MALAT1 Gene Variants rs619586, rs664589, and rs3200401 and Their Association with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk: Evidence from a Case- Control Study in Southeast Iran

Pages 629-635

Hossein Mozaffari; Seyed Mehdi Hashemi; Masoomeh Sadraei; Mohsen Taheri; Mehrdad Behdani; Gholamreza Bahari


An Altered Ratio of CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocytes in Cervical Cancer Tissue and Peripheral Blood as a Predictor of Prognostic Outcome: A Clinicopathological Study

Pages 643-649

Dipimay Das; Harris Mahammad Sepai; Suparna Kanti Pal; Bidhan Chandra Chakraborty; Arpan Adhikary; Miranda Thoudam


Whole Exome Sequencing Revealed Rare Variants in BRCA2, RAD51D, FANGC, CYP24A1 Genes in Breast/Ovarian Cancer Patients from a Small Buryat Ethnic Group

Pages 651-658

Polina Gervas; Alexey Molokov; Nataliya Babyshkina; Anna Ivanova; Olesya Kollantay; Mikhail Buldakov; Liliya Molonova; Alexey Zarubin; Evgeny Choynzonov; Nadezda Cherdyntseva


Analysing Breast Cancer Screening Trends in Rural Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 Context

Pages 677-684

Shehab Almalki; Matthew Mcgrail; Bushra Nasir; Bruce Chater


Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Information-Seeking on HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Rural Indonesia

Pages 693-704

Hariyono Winarto; Glenardi Glenardi; Muhammad Habiburrahman; Fitriyadi Kusuma; Laila Nuranna; Gatot Purwoto; Tofan Widya Utami; Tricia Dewi Anggraeni; Kartiwa Hadi Nuryanto


Predictors of Secondary Traumatic Stress among Oncology Nurses in Palestine

Pages 705-713

Ayman Lubbad; Mohamed Ayoub Tlili; Nawaf Amro; Nabiha Missaoui


Clinical Significance of the S348l Mutation in BCR-ABL as a Dominant Variant in Indonesian CML Patients Under Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy: A Cohort Study

Pages 715-722

Tutik Harjianti; Wahyudi Pabbabari; Fachruddin Benyamin; Sahyuddin Saleh; Rahmawati Minhajat; Dimas Bayu; Arifin Seweng


Smoking Cessation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescents Aged 13-15 Years Old in Vietnam: Findings from GYTS 2022

Pages 723-730

Hang Thi Minh Lai; Diep Bich Pham; Minh Ngoc Luu; Huong Thi Diem Nguyen; Khue Ngoc Luong; Hai Thi Phan; Anh Tu Duong; Linh Thuy Nguyen; Trang Thi Quynh Le; Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen; Giang Bao Kim


Towards Precision Oncology: A Predictive Nomogram Incorporating DPD and MTHFR for CapeOX Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer

Pages 731-736

Elvida Christy Imelda Tahiya; Ronald Erasio Lusikooy; Ilhamjaya Pattelongi; Warsinggih Raharjo; Julianus Aboyaman Uwuratuw; Erwin Syarifuddin; Citra Aryanti


Sex Differences in Gastric Cancer Mortality in Ecuador: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis

Pages 749-756

J Smith Torres-Roman; Katherine Simbaña-Rivera; Mabel R Challapa-Mamani; Jhon Guerrero; Joseph Ariel Ariel Guerrero González; Julio A Poterico; Jorge Ybaseta-Medina; Gabriel De la Cruz-Ku


Impact of Treatment Related Neutropenia on Response to Palbociclib in Metastatic Hormone Positive, her2neu Negative Breast Cancer

Pages 769-778

Abdelmottaleb Al Dandan; Mohammed Alamer; Alaa Adel Alsalman; Mohamed Al Hassan; Ali Al Mutair; Laid Nawi; Lasaad Nesrat; Manal Aloub; Shimaa Radwan Younis


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