Artificial Intelligence in Gastrointestinal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 157
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of New Frontier Research, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea
Interests: artificial intelligence; upper gastrointestinal disorders; endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori infection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers represent a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool in GI oncology, with deep learning, machine learning, and multimodal data integration driving innovations across the full continuum of care. AI-assisted endoscopy now enables real-time polyp and early cancer detection with improved diagnostic accuracy, while computational pathology models can predict molecular biomarkers directly from standard histology slides. Beyond diagnosis, AI is advancing radiation therapy planning, drug response prediction, and genomics-driven precision oncology, including liquid biopsy analysis for minimal residual disease detection. Despite this promise, significant challenges persist. Data bias, insufficient external validation, model interpretability concerns, regulatory uncertainty, and barriers to equitable deployment should be rigorously addressed before AI can be reliably integrated into routine clinical practice. This Special Issue invites original research articles, reviews, and communications exploring AI applications across the spectrum of GI cancer diagnosis and treatment, with particular emphasis on clinical validation, explainability, and translational impact.
Dr. Eun Jeong Gong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- gastrointestinal cancer
- deep learning
- precision oncology
- clinical decision support
- large language model
- explainable artificial intelligence
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