Dear Colleagues,

Cancer continues to pose a significant challenge to global health, and thus its early detection and accurate diagnosis are crucial to providing effective treatment and enhanced patient outcomes. In recent years, plasma proteomics has emerged as a promising approach to identifying cancer biomarkers, which are specific molecular signatures that can indicate the presence, stage, or prognosis of cancer, and are suitable for screening, monitoring, and personalized medicine.

This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest advancements in the field of plasma proteomics and its potential to predict cancer biomarkers. We invite researchers and experts from various disciplines, including proteomics (on both mass spectrometry-based and antibody-based technologies), cancer biology, oncology, bioinformatics, and translational medicine, to contribute their original research articles, reviews, and perspectives on this topic.

We welcome contributions that attend the following areas of interest:

1. Novel plasma proteomics techniques and technologies for cancer biomarker discovery;
2. Identification and validation of plasma-based biomarkers for various types of cancers;
3. Role of plasma proteomics analysis in early cancer detection and diagnosis;
4. Functional characterization of plasma-derived cancer biomarkers;
5. Translational applications of plasma proteomics in cancer management, including prognosis, prediction, and therapeutic monitoring;
6. Integration of plasma proteomics data with other omics data for multi-dimensional cancer biomarker analysis;
7. Bioinformatics and computational approaches for data analysis and interpretation in plasma proteomics-based cancer biomarker research;
8. Challenges and opportunities in the field of plasma proteomics analysis for predicting cancer biomarkers;
9. Clinical implementation and commercialization of plasma proteomics-based cancer biomarkers;
10. Future directions and perspectives in the field of plasma proteomics analysis for cancer biomarker prediction.

We hope this Special Issue will provide a comprehensive platform for researchers to share their latest findings, insights, and perspectives on the exciting field of plasma proteomics analysis and its potential to predict cancer biomarkers.

Dr. Seong Beom Ahn
Dr. Abidali Mohamedali
Guest Editors

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• plasma proteomics
• mass spectrometry-based technologies
• antibody-based technologies
• cancer biomarkers
• cancer biology
• diagnostic makers
• prognostic makers
• predictive analysis
• early detection
• bioinformatics