Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Cancers: From Pathogenesis to Treatment (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Agents and Cancer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 3224
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular genetics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); NPC genomics; roles of EBV in NPC tumorigenesis; new therapeutic approaches for NPC; tumor microenvironment and cancer stem-like cells in NPC
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Cancers: From Pathogenesis to Treatment.
After almost 60 years of research on the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), we are still grappling with its precise role in oncogenesis and with the ways in which this can be exploited to improve the clinical management of EBV-associated cancers. There is still much to learn about the natural history of EBV infection and how the virus interacts with different risk factors to drive the development of cancer. This Special Issue aims at providing an up-to-date assessment of the current status of our understanding of EBV’s contribution to virus-associated lymphomas and carcinomas and of the ways in which this knowledge impacts the diagnosis and treatment of these cancers. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: (i) the role of EBV in the development of different tumours, including the contribution of EBV latent and lytic proteins; (ii) the interaction of different co-factors and the ways in which these work in concert with EBV to drive oncogenesis; (iii) the impact of EBV on the tumour microenvironment; (iv) the use of EBV as a biomarker in tumour diagnosis and prognosis; (v) current and future approaches to treating EBV-associated cancers, including immunotherapy and the targeting of individual EBV proteins; and (vi) the potential of both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Kwok-Wai Lo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- EBV
- lymphomas
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- NK/T cell lymphoma
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- gastric cancer
- biomarkers
- immunotherapy
- targeted therapy
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