The Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Cancers
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are witnessing a revolution in surgery. Minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques have been an integral part of the surgical toolbox since the 1980s. For twenty years, these have been supplemented by robotic assistance systems, which represent a real game changer, especially for complex surgical procedures, and thus a revolution that is spreading throughout the entire field of surgery. In addition to the surgical and technical aspects, the question arises as to how surgical training will be organized in the future and what significance the old, open techniques will have in the future.
This revolution is complemented by advances in the field of mixed reality and artificial intelligence. Three-dimensional reconstructions are commonplace in the planning of complex liver surgery, mixed reality is no longer a utopian dream, and it actually seems possible that AI and robots will be able to operate independently in the future.
This Special Issue of Cancers, titled "The Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Cancers," attempts to provide an overview of developments and the current state of this field of surgery. We warmly invite submissions of original research articles, clinical trials, translational studies, and comprehensive reviews.
This Special Issue will cover, but is not limited to, the following key areas that have transformed the field over the past five years:
- Minimally invasive surgery in biliary tract cancer;
- Minimally invasive surgery in HCC intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma;
- Minimally invasive surgery in perihilar carcinoma;
- Minimally invasive surgery in pancreatic cancer;
- Minimally invasive surgery in liver transplantation;
- Minimally invasive surgery for pediatric tumors and premalignant lesions, especially in biliary malformations.
We look forward to your valuable contributions that will advance our collective understanding and shape the future of HBP surgery.
Dr. Asmus Heumann
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- minimally invasive surgery
- biliary tract cancer
- perhilar carcinoma
- pancreatic cancer
- liver transplantation
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