Thermal Analysis and Proteomic Approaches for Biofluid Proteome Profiling in Cancer Diagnostics
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
2. Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Interests: biochemistry; biophysical chemistry; biomolecule structure, stability and interactions; disease proteomics; development of biophysical technologies for medical diagnostics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Building upon the previous edition, “Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Related Thermal Analysis Techniques as Complementary Approaches for Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, Monitoring and Assessment of Treatment Response”, this Special Issue expands the focus to include thermal analysis and proteomics methodologies as complementary approaches to enhance and refine current cancer diagnostics strategies. The featured manuscripts address a broad range of topics, including the use of combined thermal and proteomic profiling to gain new insights into cancer detection and disease characterization; the development of innovative tools—like novel algorithms for more efficient processing of thermal liquid biopsy (TLB) data, a promising adjunct in the diagnostic arsenal—to support wider application and integration of these technologies; and the application of advanced LC-MS/MS techniques for in-depth characterization of the clinical serum proteome. Collectively, contributions to this Special Issue aim to advance our understanding and utilization of thermal analysis and proteomic approaches to improve cancer diagnostics.
Dr. Nichola C. Garbett
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermal analysis
- proteomics
- thermal liquid biopsy
- differential scanning calorimetry
- mass spectrometry
- serum proteome
- clinical diagnostics
- cancer diagnostics
- biospecimen
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