Insights from Editorial Board Members into “Pediatric Oncology”
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2026 | Viewed by 203
Editors
2. Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: solid pediatric tumors; pathology study; pediatric tumor treatment and care
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce a new Special Issue of Cancers, in the section Pediatric Oncology, titled “Insights from Editorial Board Members into “Pediatric Oncology””. This Special Issue will be restricted to contributions from Editorial Board members, which can span all areas of pediatric oncology and comprise original work or review articles. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Pediatric cancer surgery;
- Innovative surgical techniques;
- Imaging modalities in pediatric tumors;
- Functional imaging and nuclear scans;
- Radiotherapy;
- Pediatric tumor pathology;
- Molecular diagnostics;
- Precision medicine approaches in pediatric cancer;
- Model systems;
- Pediatric cancer trials;
- Outcome studies;
- Innovative treatment modalities;
- Studies on long-term treatment effects, including fertility studies;
- Cancer survivor studies;
- Psychological and psychosocial consequences;
- Studies in adolescents and young adults (AYAs);
- Pediatric cancer in developing countries;
- Basic research in pediatric cancer;
- Tumor heterogeneity;
- Drug studies;
- Immunotherapy.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Ronald R. de Krijger
Prof. Dr. Helen Nadel
Guest Editors
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