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13 March 2025
Cancers | Feature Papers from the Second Half of 2024 in the Section “Methods and Technologies Development”

As Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) is an open access journal, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We welcome you to read our feature papers from the second half of 2024 in the “Methods and Technologies Development” Section, which are listed below.
1. “Ensemble Deep Learning-Based Image Classification for Breast Cancer Subtype and Invasiveness Diagnosis from Whole Slide Image Histopathology”
by Aadhi Aadhavan Balasubramanian, Salah Mohammed Awad Al-Heejawi, Akarsh Singh, Anne Breggia, Bilal Ahmad, Robert Christman, Stephen T. Ryan and Saeed Amal
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2222; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122222
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/12/2222
2. “Novel Targets and Advanced Therapies in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas”
by Francesco D’Alò, Silvia Bellesi, Elena Maiolo, Eleonora Alma, Flaminia Bellisario, Rosalia Malafronte, Marcello Viscovo, Fabrizia Campana and Stefan Hohaus
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2243; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/12/2243
3. “Artificial Intelligence in Detection, Management, and Prognosis of Bone Metastasis: A Systematic Review”
by Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Paolo Brigato, Luisana Sisca, Girolamo Maltese, Eliodoro Faiella, Domiziana Santucci, Francesco Pantano, Bruno Vincenzi, Giuseppe Tonini, Rocco Papalia et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(15), 2700; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152700
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/15/2700
4. “Reproducible and Interpretable Machine Learning-Based Radiomic Analysis for Overall Survival Prediction in Glioblastoma Multiforme”
by Abdulkerim Duman, Xianfang Sun, Solly Thomas, James R. Powell and Emiliano Spezi
Cancers 2024, 16(19), 3351; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193351
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/19/3351
5. “Ex Vivo Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy for Intraoperative Examinations of Lung Tumors as Alternative to Frozen Sections—A Proof-of-Concept Study”
by Max Kamm, Felix Hildebrandt, Barbara Titze, Anna Janina Höink, Hagen Vorwerk, Karl-Dietrich Sievert, Jan Groetzner and Ulf Titze
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2221; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122221
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/12/2221
6. “Unlocking the Potential Role of Decellularized Biological Scaffolds as a 3D Radiobiological Model for Low- and High-LET Irradiation”
by Alexandra Charalampopoulou, Amelia Barcellini, Andrea Peloso, Alessandro Vanoli, Stefania Cesari, Antonia Icaro Cornaglia, Margarita Bistika, Stefania Croce, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Giovanni Battista Ivaldi et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(14), 2582; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16142582
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/14/2582
7. “Point of Care Liquid Biopsy for Cancer Treatment—Early Experience from a Community Center”
by Champica Nicholas, Andrea Beharry, Anna M. Bendzsak, Kassandra R. Bisson, Keith Dadson, Shaan Dudani, Marco Iafolla, Kashif Irshad, Kirstin Perdrizet, William Raskin et al.
Cancers 2024, 16(14), 2505; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16142505
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/14/2505
8. “Combined Fluorescence-Guided Surgery with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid and Fluorescein in Glioblastoma: Technical Description and Report of 100 Cases”
by Alessandro Pesaresi, Pietro La Cava, Marta Bonada, Pietro Zeppa, Antonio Melcarne, Fabio Cofano, Pietro Fiaschi, Diego Garbossa and Andrea Bianconi
Cancers 2024, 16(16), 2771; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16162771
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/16/2771
9. “Enhancing Lymphoma Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up Using 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging: Contribution of Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics Analysis”
by Setareh Hasanabadi, Seyed Mahmud Reza Aghamiri, Ahmad Ali Abin, Hamid Abdollahi, Hossein Arabi and Habib Zaidi
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3511; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203511
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3511
10. “AI Applied to Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Profiles from Exhaled Breath Air for Early Detection of Lung Cancer”
by Manuel Vinhas, Pedro M. Leitão, Bernardo S. Raimundo, Nuno Gil, Pedro D. Vaz and Fernando Luis-Ferreira
Cancers 2024, 16(12), 2200; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16122200
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/12/2200
11. “Three-Dimension Epithelial Segmentation in Optical Coherence Tomography of the Oral Cavity Using Deep Learning”
by Chloe Hill, Jeanie Malone, Kelly Liu, Samson Pak-Yan Ng, Calum MacAulay, Catherine Poh and Pierre Lane
Cancers 2024, 16(11), 2144; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16112144
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/11/2144
12. “The Role of Predictive and Prognostic MRI-Based Biomarkers in the Era of Total Neoadjuvant Treatment in Rectal Cancer”
by Sebastian Curcean, Andra Curcean, Daniela Martin, Zsolt Fekete, Alexandru Irimie, Alina-Simona Muntean and Cosmin Caraiani
Cancers 2024, 16(17), 3111; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16173111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/17/3111
13. “Types of Breast Cancer Surgery and Breast Reconstruction”
by Anna Golara, Mateusz Kozłowski, Jerzy Lubikowski and Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska
Cancers 2024, 16(18), 3212; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16183212
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/18/3212
14. “AI Survival Prediction Modeling: The Importance of Considering Treatments and Changes in Health Status over Time”
by Nabil Adam and Robert Wieder
Cancers 2024, 16(20), 3527; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16203527
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/20/3527
15. “The Role of Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, and Targeted Therapies in Adult Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors”
by Ines Esparragosa Vazquez and François Ducray
Cancers 2024, 16(16), 2781; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16162781
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/16/2781
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