Cancer Drug Discovery and Development: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Drug Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editor
Interests: RAS; β-catenin; phosphodiesterase; cGMP; cancer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which is the second edition of "Cancer Drug Discovery and Development" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/J9600YLLI6).
Cancer drug discovery is vital as it may lead to the development of effective treatments that specifically target cancer cells while minimizing harm to healthy cells. The discovery of new drugs offers hope for greater efficacy and potential in combating drug resistance.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research articles or reviews relating to the discovery and development of novel anticancer drugs, including the identification or validation of novel molecular targets, drug design and development, strategies for enhancing or broadening the activity of immunotherapy, preclinical and clinical trials, and personalized medicine approaches. This Special Issue will highlight the latest research findings on molecular mechanisms underlying cancer progression and present innovative strategies to target specific cancer types or pathways or to combat resistance. Studies on the role of emerging technologies in accelerating the drug discovery process, such as artificial intelligence and high-throughput screening, are also welcome.
We hope that cancer research experts from around the world will share their knowledge and insights into cancer drug discovery and development. This Special Issue will also provide a platform for discussing the challenges faced in drug resistance and toxicity and the need for more efficient drug delivery systems for cancer treatment, as well as for exploring potential solutions and future directions for cancer research.
Dr. Gary Piazza
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 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. Cancers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2900 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.
Keywords
- signal transduction inhibitors
- small-molecule inhibitors
- antibodies
- PROTOC
- immunotherapy
- medicinal chemistry
- chemical optimization
- high-throughput screening
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