Immunity and Gastrointestinal Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2023) | Viewed by 19316
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Immunotherapy approaches have recently provided great benefits to patients affected across the spectrum of gastrointestinal cancers. However, the benefits are still not uniform for all patients, and predictive biomarkers remain limited. To date, only inhibitors of the PD-1 or CTLA-4 immune-checkpoint pathways have garnered regulatory approval in gastrointestinal cancers, highlighting the potential that further research into novel immunotherapy strategies and/or immune pathways may yield more positive outcomes for patients.
We are pleased to invite the submission of works covering clinical, translational, and/or basic science topics which contribute to an increased understanding of the intersection between immunity and gastrointestinal cancers.
This Special Issue aims to cover multiple facets of both preclinical and clinical research harnessing immune mechanisms to augment anti-tumor responses in all cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. This includes cancers affecting the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, stomach, small bowel, liver, pancreas, colon, rectum, and anal canal.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Clinical trials utilizing immunotherapy approaches;
- Immune biomarker discovery (and/or validation);
- Impact of the fecal microbiome on immunotherapy;
- Basic science research on novel immune pathways or new understandings of established pathways.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Joseph Chao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gastrointestinal cancer
- immunity
- immunotherapy
- tumor immune microenvironment
- immune biomarkers
- esophagogastric cancer
- hepatobiliary cancer
- pancreatic cancer
- colorectal cancer
- anal cancer
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