Potentially Malignant Disorders and Cancers of Head and Neck Region—Series 2

Dear Colleagues,

It was a pleasure to collaborate as a Guest Editor in the Special Issue “Clinical Emerging Diagnostic and Screening Adjuncts in Potentially Malignant Disorders and Cancers of Head and Neck Region” for the Journal of Clinical Medicine (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/Diagnostic_Screening_Adjuncts_Cancers_Head_Neck). Our goal now is to launch a second edition of the Special Issue, titled “Potentially Malignant Disorders and Cancers of Head and Neck Region—Series 2”.

Head and neck cancer is a major public health problem worldwide, as it is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and has low survival rates, even in recent decades.

Head and neck tumorigenesis involves an accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations from several important pathways, providing opportunities for cancer development and progression. Many of these cancers can be preceded by potentially malignant disorders, manifesting clinically as a series of mucosal alterations which could increase the risk of individuals with these disorders being diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. In view of this, many studies have focused on increasing the identification of head and neck cancer and the precision of detecting early alterations that can develop into cancer or already represent areas of malignancy.

In a clinical context, many tools and methods have been developed to increase the accuracy in order to identify the most suspicious areas for malignancy, to define correct margins of lesions or simply to help in the screening and follow-up of patients, including optical analysis systems, cytological methods, vital stainings, or the use of biomarkers in tissues or even saliva.

In view of this, we invite authors to submit research or review articles to be published in this Special Issue that describe the most recent evaluations regarding diagnostic and screening tools or methods with potential use in the diagnosis or prognosis of head and neck cancers, also including potential malignant disorders.

Dr. Luís Silva Monteiro
Guest Editor

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