Genetics and Precision Medicine of Hepatobiliary Cancers and Pancreatic Cancers
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Pathophysiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 7651
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer genome; hepatocellular carcinoma; pancreatic cancer; inflammation
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent innovations in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are undergoing a paradigm shift in cancer diagnosis and treatment strategy. The NGS-based comprehensive genomic profiling assay is approved as a broad companion diagnostic that is clinically and analytically validated for various solid tumors. On the other hand, liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure and can decrease the demand for tumor tissue samples. Recent progress of NGS-based assays has increased the sensitivity and specificity for detection of the mutant alleles in the liquid biopsy method, which supports the potential of liquid biopsy for diagnosis, early detection, selection of therapy, and monitoring the response to therapy. Therefore, the combination of medicinal innovation and NGS-based assays would mark a new era of precision cancer medicine.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on the genetics and precision medicine of cancers developed in the liver, bile duct and pancreas, and welcome submissions of original research and review manuscripts that cover basic and/or clinical aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma, biliary and pancreatic cancers.
Dr. Hiroyuki Marusawa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liver cancer
- bile duct cancer
- pancreatic cancer
- genetics
- precision medicine
- next-generation sequencing
- liquid biopsy
- early detection
- therapy
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