Mass Spectrometry and Cancers
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; diagnostics; mass spectrometry; molecular pathology; “omics”
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Interests: immunohistochemistry; hemato-oncology; uro-oncology; mass spectrometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past two decades, mass spectrometry technology has contributed to a wide range of biomolecular disciplines directed toward the study of RNA species (transcriptomics), proteins (proteomics), lipids (lipidomics), glycans (glycomics), metabolites (metabolomics), and oligonucleotides. The spread of these disciplines has been possible mainly through the development of novel and high-throughput mass spectrometry technologies and informatics tools capable of generating large amounts of data related to different levels of biological complexity (DNA, mRNA, proteins, metabolites, etc.). Emerging mass spectrometry technologies are likely to influence the development of omics-based analysis of cancer in the future, as both types and numbers of molecular measurements continue to increase. Furthermore, the combination of different approaches generates more comprehensive information, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of cancer. There is a strong interest in pushing mass spectrometry technologies in the direction of highly personalized medicine to achieve targeted therapies capable of halting tumor progression. The purpose of this Special Issue is to outline the recent advances of mass spectrometry application in cancer that are contributing to biomarker discovery for early diagnosis, prognosis, and appropriate therapeutics.
Dr. Rita Casadonte
Dr. Kristina Schwamborn
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer
- biomolecular
- mass spectrometry
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