Gastrointestinal Cancers in Eastern Canada

Dear Colleagues,

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity amongst Canadians. According to the Canadian Cancer Statistics, the proportion of prevalent cancer cases, as well as the incidence of cancer, is the highest in Canada’s Eastern Provinces. For the last 20 years, clinicians who treat GI cancers have met annually at the Eastern Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference (GI EC4) to review the latest evidence around the treatment of GI cancers and have developed evidence-based consensus guidelines.  These guidelines have been particularly useful in guiding the management of patients with GI cancers, and provide key information to policy makers, provincial governments, and other stakeholders. Clinicians and researchers who treat and study patients with GI cancers in Eastern Canada are uniquely positioned to address the challenges arising in these jurisdictions. As a result, their perspectives are critical in developing the GI EC4 guidelines and improving cancer care for patients in Eastern Canada.

This Special Issue aims to expand our knowledge on gastrointestinal cancers that affect patients in Eastern Canada.

Current Oncology is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal on oncology. This Special Issue invites a range of papers from original research articles to comprehensive reviews on THE incidence, prevalence, prevention, screening and treatment of the gastrointestinal cancers that affect patients in Eastern Canada.

We welcome manuscripts in the following formats:

• Original research;
• Review articles;
• Short communications.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Timothy Asmis
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Current Oncology is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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