Cancer Risk Factors and Prognosis in Transplant Patients
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 894
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Interests: liver transplantation; hepatobiliary surgery; pancreatic surgery; kidney transplantation
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Dear Colleagues,
The immune system, with its multiple pathways, links the fascinating worlds of transplantation and cancer, in terms of diagnosis, management and treatment, especially in the era of precision medicine. As a result, it is no surprise that there is great interest in the types of cancer that transplant patients may face in higher numbers compared to the non-immunosuppressed population, as well as in the increasing potential of transplant oncology as a therapy for several types of cancer. In addition, the role and modulation of immunosuppression, with a great variety of different medications and protocols, is critical in caring for these patients.
We are pleased to invite clinicians, surgeons, and basic science and clinical researchers to contribute to this Special Issue, where the aim is to discuss topics such as the following:
- Risk factors for new cancers after transplantation;
- The diagnosis and management of cancer after transplantation;
- The role of liver transplantation in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma;
- The evolving nature of transplant oncology;
- The role of liver transplantation in the management of cholangiocarcinoma;
- The role of liver transplantation in the management of hepatic metastatic disease, including metastasis from neuroendocrine lesions and colorectal cancer;
- Adapting immunosuppression in a patient with cancer after transplantation;
- Evaluating donors with a cancer history;
- Psychosocial support of the transplant patient with a malignancy;
- Cancer in transplant patients in the age of artificial intelligence.
For this Special Issue, submissions of original research articles and reviews are welcome. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Georgios Tsoulfas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- post-transplant malignancy
- transplant oncology
- liver transplantation
- multidisciplinary care
- artificial intelligence
- precision medicine
- immunosuppression
- transplant immunology
- cancer immunology
- cancer diagnosis
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