5 November 2025
Cancers | Highly Viewed Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues in Pediatric Oncology


We are delighted to share a collection of highly viewed papers in pediatric oncology that were published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) in the first half of 2025. In addition, some Special Issues on this topic are currently open for submission. The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe may be of interest to you:

The list of relevant papers can be seen below:

Updates in Diagnostic Techniques and Experimental Therapies for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
by Luke McVeigh, Tirth Patel, Madeline Miclea, Kallen Schwark, Diala Ajaero, Fareen Momen, Madison Clausen, Tiffany Adam, Rayan Aittaleb, Jack Wadden et al.
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 931; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060931
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/931

The Molecular Basis of Pediatric Brain Tumors: A Review with Clinical Implications”
by Elias Antoniades, Nikolaos Keffes, Stamatia Vorri, Vassilios Tsitouras, Nikolaos Gkantsinikoudis, Parmenion Tsitsopoulos and John Magras
Cancers 2025, 17(9), 1566; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17091566
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/9/1566

Pre- and Postnatal Exposures to Residential Pesticides and Survival of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia”
by Seema Desai, Libby M. Morimoto, Alice Y. Kang, Mark D. Miller, Joseph L. Wiemels, Lena E. Winestone and Catherine Metayer
Cancers 2025, 17(6), 978; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060978
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/978

The Role of Chronic Inflammation in Pediatric Cancer”
by Christine Mella, Panogiotis Tsarouhas, Maximillian Brockwell and Hope C. Ball
Cancers 2025, 17(1), 154; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17010154
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/1/154

Ultra-High Dose Oral ω3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), or Oxidation-Resistant Deuterated DHA Block Tumorigenesis in a MYCN-Driven Neuroblastoma Model”
by Vishwa Patel, Yan Ning Li, Lorraine-Rana E. Benhamou, Hui Gyu Park, Mariya Raleigh, J. Thomas Brenna and John T. Powers
Cancers 2025, 17(3), 362; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17030362
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/3/362

Atypical Pelvic Tumors in Children”
by Paulina Sobieraj and Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska
Cancers 2025, 17(4), 619; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17040619
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/4/619

Special Issues:

 “New Advances in the Treatment of Pediatric Solid Tumors”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Myriam Weyl Ben-Arush and Dr. Oz Mordechai
Submission deadline: 20 November 2025
 “Recent Advances in Hematological Malignancies in Children”
Guest Editor: Dr. Radosław Chaber
Submission deadline: 30 December 2025

 “Clinical and Biological Studies of Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumors, Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Ronald R. de Krijger, Prof. Dr. Verena Wiegering and Prof. Dr. Maria Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso
Submission deadline: 31 December 2025
 “Research Challenges in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer”
Guest Editors: Dr. Lorna A. Fern and Dr. Jeremy Lewin
Submission deadline: 31 December 2025

You can view and submit relevant papers to Cancers via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers.

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