Treatment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancers: Open Question, Challenge, and Future Directions (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 127
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carcinoma; hepatocellular; liver neoplasms; transplant oncology; neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy; artificial intelligence; cholangiocarcinoma; colorectal and non-colorectal liver metastasis; pancreatic neoplasms
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Interests: carcinoma; hepatocellular; liver neoplasms; transplant oncology; neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy; artificial intelligence; cholangiocarcinoma; colorectal and non-colorectal liver metastasis; pancreatic neoplasms
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of a previous Special Issue entitled “Treatment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancers: Open Question, Challenge, and Future Directions”.
Rates of hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) malignancies are increasing. Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment. However, only marginal improvements in patient survival have been achieved over the past few decades. The anatomical localisation of tumours in the vicinity of critical vascular structures, disease diffusion (e.g., peritoneal carcinomatosis, oligometastatic disease), and aggressive tumour biology are often responsible for poor outcomes. Recently, more aggressive approaches have been adopted, including extensive vascular resection, neoadjuvant treatments, and locoregional therapies. Liver transplantation (LT) is a well-recognised hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment and is increasingly being used in cholangiocarcinoma and colorectal liver metastases. Minimally invasive and ablative therapies are adjuncts or even replacements for resection. More recently, artificial intelligence in HPB surgery has shown promising implications in diagnosis and targeted treatment.
This Special Issue will focus on these extended indications and novel therapeutic approaches, as they are vital for improving the prognosis of these detrimental malignancies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Role of surgery in localised and borderline resectable tumours;
- Management of colorectal and non-colorectal hepatic metastases;
- Treatment of oligometastatic disease (peritoneal carcinomatosis from hepatobiliary cancer);
- Complex surgery and extended resection;
- Centralisation and tumour board role;
- Neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant treatment (chemotherapy, locoregional therapy, target therapy, RFA);
- Adjuvant treatment;
- Transplant oncology;
- Artificial intelligence in HPB surgery.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Francesco Giovinazzo
Dr. Stijn van Laarhoven
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carcinoma
- hepatocellular
- liver neoplasms
- transplant oncology
- neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy
- artificial intelligence
- cholangiocarcinoma
- colorectal and non-colorectal liver metastasis
- pancreatic neoplasms
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