Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 43
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internal medicine; gastroenterology; hepatology; haematology
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Interests: abdominal surgery; gastroenterology; rectal cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
Gastrointestinal cancers have rising incidence and mortality rates worldwide and are responsible for 4.8 million new cancer cases and 3.4 million cancer-related deaths per year (WHO 2018).
Most of these cases belong to the “big five” organs and affect the esophagus, stomach, liver, colon, or rectum, as well the pancreato-biliary system.
Although some of the mentioned organs still are associated with a poor prognosis, new therapeutic modalities have led to an improvement in outcomes for affected patients.
In addition to advances in the combination of conventional chemotherapy with targeted treatment options and the developing realm of immunotherapy, novel strategies for tumor treatment, such as neoadjuvant protocols and improved timing (e.g., “liver first”) in the use of these multimodal approaches, have yielded remarkable benefits for patients.
Translational and clinical research has led to the introduction of targeted immune and/or chemotherapy regimens, while advancements in new surgical technology (minimally invasive surgeries, robotic surgeries) have led to a significant reduction in morbidity and demonstrated increasingly promising results in the recent past.
Despite the observation of new advancements, challenges still remain, including issues related to preventive measures (e.g., screening for chronic hepatitis, preventive endoscopies, etc.), healthcare, and reimbursement.
This upcoming issue of Cancers will cover some of the topics related to the diagnosis and therapeutic management of gastrointestinal cancers by publishing reviews and/or meta-analyses, as well as recent results from original research.
This is the second edition of this Special Issue. You can read the articles included in the first edition at Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers.
Prof. Dr. Christian Sebesta
Prof. Dr. Harald Rosen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- esophagus tumor
- stomach tumor
- liver tumor
- colon tumor
- rectum tumor
- pancreato-biliary tumor
- targeted immune and/or chemotherapy
- surgical technology
- multimodal approach
- diagnosis
- therapeutic management
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