CancersScape: Spatial Biology of the Tumor Ecosystem
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gynecologic cancers; tumor microenvironment; diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers discovery; stomal-epithelial interaction; exosomes
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Interests: gynecologic oncology; reproductive medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will feature selected papers from the "Cancers 2025—CancersScape: Spatial Biology of the Tumor Ecosystem" conference. The conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from November 5–7, 2025, in a fully in-person format.
The conference centers on the latest advancements in multi-omics and spatial biology, as well as the utilization of these platforms to explore and analyze the tumor ecosystem. It is structured into five
sessions. Each session will have an invited keynote speaker, a chair, and short presentation talks on the following themes:
S1. Spatial multi-omics techniques and approaches;
S2. Spatial intra-tumoral heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment;
S3. Spatial bioinformatics and data analysis;
S4. Application of spatial technologies in cancer diagnosis;
S5. Application of spatial technologies in cancer drug discovery.
There will also be posters on the above topics.
Selected papers that attract the most interest on the web or that provide a particularly innovative contribution will be selected for publication. These papers will be subjected to peer review and published with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications. We hope this conference Special Issue will continue to grow in acceptance and recognition among potential participants, contributors, and experts in the field of multi-omics and spatial biology.
Prof. Dr. Samuel C. Mok
Dr. Sammy Ferri-Borgogno
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- cancer
- health
- tumor microenvironment
- spatial biology
- cancer diagnosis
- cancer drug discovery
- Omics
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