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Based on a bibliometric analysis of research on family tourism, this editorial intends to reflect on the knowledge development in the topic area in the past 40 years. Eight themes or subject clusters were unveiled: foundations, family roles, place, family structure and function, psychological factors, behavior, experience, and methodology and theory. The trend and patterns of knowledge formation alongside the eight themes are described, visualized, and discussed by two periods of 1978-1999 and 2000-May 2019. The general observation is that despite the remarkable development of family tourism in the past decades, extant research still lacks depth and scope. The seven articles in this collection, by addressing diversified market, various types of attractions, and employing different methods, may enrich the landscape of family tourism.

Objective: Recently, ribosome binding protein 1 (RRBP1) is reported to be involved in tumorigenesis. However, the expression and clinical significance of RRBP1 in prostate cancer (PCa) remains unknown. This study is aimed to investigate the expression and clinical significance of RRBP1 in PCa. Materials and methods: RRBP1 expression was firstly detected in 6 cases of PCa and matched adjacent non-cancerous prostate tissues by reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blot. Then, RRBP1 expression was further detected in 127 cases of PCa and 40 cases of non-cancerous prostate tissues by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The relationship of RRBP1 with clinical-pathological characters and patients’ prognosis was analyzed in PCa. Results: RT-qPCR and Western blot analysis showed that RRBP1 expression levels in PCa tissues were significantly higher compared with those in matched adjacent non-cancerous prostate tissues. IHC results shown that the high-expression rate of RRBP1 in PCa was 69.3%, which was significantly greater than those in non-cancerous prostate tissues (15.0%, P <0.001). RRBP1 expression was significantly associated with T stage, lymph node metastasis, PSA and Gleason score in PCa. Survival analysis indicated that patients with RRBP1 low-expression presented longer survival time compared with those with RRBP1 high-expression. Moreover, RRBP1 as well as T stage, lymph node metastasis and Gleason score could serve as independent prognostic factors in PCa. Conclusion: RRBP1 is highly expressed in PCa and correlates with prognosis, which may serve as a potential biomarker in PCa.

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