Cancers | Highly Viewed Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues on Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis

We are delighted to share a collection of highly viewed papers in cancer causes, screening and diagnosis that were published in Cancers (ISSN: 2072-6694) in 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:

1. “Screening for Cervical Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Guidelines”
   by Evgenia Zampaoglouni, Eirini Boureka, Evdoxia Gounari, Natalia Liasidi, Ioannis Kalogiannidis, Zoi Tsimtsiou, Anna Bettina Haidich, Ioannis Tsakiridis and Themistoklis Dagklis
   Cancers 2025, 17(13), 2072; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132072
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/13/2072
2. “Melanoma Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Current Knowledge”
   by Camila Caraviello, Gianluca Nazzaro, Gianluca Tavoletti, Francesca Boggio, Nerina Denaro, Giulia Murgia, Emanuela Passoni, Valentina Benzecry Mancin and Angelo Valerio Marzano
   Cancers 2025, 17(17), 2920; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17172920
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/17/2920
3. “Advances and Challenges in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Review”
   by Emil Kania, Maciej Janica, Miłosz Nesterowicz, Wojciech Modzelewski, Mateusz Cybulski and Jacek Janica
   Cancers 2025, 17(13), 2137; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132137
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/13/2137
4. “The Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of Inflammatory Markers, Including the New Cumulative Inflammatory Index (IIC) and Mean Corpuscular Volume/Lymphocyte (MCVL), in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma”
   by Robert-Emmanuel Serban, Dragoş-Marian Popescu, Mihail-Virgil Boldeanu, Dan Nicolae Florescu, Mircea-Sebastian Șerbănescu, Vasile Sandru, Afrodita Panaitescu-Damian, Dragos Fortofoiu, Rebecca-Cristiana Serban, Florin-Liviu Gherghina et al.
   Cancers 2025, 17(6), 990; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17060990
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/990
5. “Feasibility and Oncological Safety of Robotic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Testicular Cancer—Single-Center Experience”
   by Markus Angerer, Christian Wülfing, Osama Andura, Mattis Franke, Daniel Robert Stelzl and Klaus-Peter Dieckmann
   Cancers 2025, 17(9), 1439; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17091439
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/9/1439
6. “Radiotherapy Plus the Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonist Aprepitant: A Potent Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma”
   by Cezary Chudobiński, Katarzyna Pasicz, Małgorzata Hanke, Adam Kaczmarek, Mateusz Pajdziński, Agnieszka Kołacińska-Wow, Leszek Gottwald, Wojciech Kuncman, Michał Tomasz Podgórski and Andrzej Cieszanowski
   Cancers 2025, 17(12), 2030; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17122030
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/12/2030

Special Issues:

1. “Ultrasonography for Pancreatobiliary Cancer”
   Guest Editor: Dr. Yasunobu Yamashita
   Submission deadline: 20 February 2026
   
2. “Risk of Skin Cancer: Non-Melanoma/Melanoma”
   Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Eggert Stockfleth
   Submission deadline: 28 February 2026
   
3. “Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC): Symptoms, Causes, and Outlooks”
   Guest Editor: Dr. Francesca Duraturo
   Submission deadline: 1 March 2026
   
4. “Cervical Cancer Screening: Current Practices and Future Perspectives”
   Guest Editor: Dr. Kimon Chatzistamatiou
   Submission deadline: 20 March 2026
   

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