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Head and Neck Cancer Surgery and Rehabilitation: A Bridge Between Medicine and Dentistry for Reconstruction with Regeneration

edited by

Shahram M. Ghanaati

and Samuel Ebele Udeabor

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral squamous cell carcinoma; oral cancer; head and neck cancer; odontogenic tumors; OSCC management; tumor recurrence; tumor metastasis; adjuvant therapy; biomaterials for maxillofacial reconstruction; tissue regeneration; cancer rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Oxidative Stress-Mediated Regulation of Specific Signaling Pathways in Skin Cancers

edited by

Sanjay Premi

and

Jyoti Srivastava

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactive oxygen species; reactive nitrogen species; oxidative stress; epigenetic regulation; UV-exposure; skin pigmentation; skin cancer; melanoma

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)

New Insights in Parotid Tumors

edited by Chiara Gaudino and Stefan Rohde

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced imaging in parotid tumors; artificial intelligence tools; parotid gland surgery; facial nerve preservation and reconstruction; chemotherapy in parotid gland malignant tumors; radiotherapy and proton therapy in malignant parotid gland tumors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Cancers in Chronic HIV Infection

edited by Diego Ripamonti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; HIV; AIDS; cancer screening; hematologic malignancy; Kaposi sarcoma; HPV; anal cancer; lymphoma

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Agents and Cancer)

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer

edited by

Casper H. J. Van Eijck

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: neoadjuvant chemotherapy; pancreatic cancer; treatment decision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

New Insights into Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

edited by

Wolfgang Raber

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: pheochromocytoma; paraganglioma; diagnosis; genetics; imaging; long-term follow-up; standards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Research of Cancer)

Faulty Ribosome Biogenesis and Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives

edited by

Paola Bellosta

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: ribosome biogenesis; ribosomal proteins; nucleolar stress; genomic instability; oncoribosome; ribosomapathies; ribosome-targeting drugs; cancer biomarkers; animal models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

Contemporary Trends and Advances in Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Management of Genitourinary Malignancies

edited by

Francesco Del Giudice

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic surgery; laparoscopic surgery; endourology; urologic oncology; prostate cancer; urothelial cancer; kidney cancer; testicular cancer; single-port surgery; image-guided surgery; surgical outcomes; oncologic outcomes; advanced surgical techniques; precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in Genitourinary Cancer: Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Novel Therapeutics

edited by Lingbin Meng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: genitourinary cancer; biomarkers; immunotherapy; targeted therapy; chemotherapy; drug resistance; tumor microenvironment; liquid biopsy; ctDNA; precision oncology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Patients’ Perspective in Gynecological Cancer

edited by

Jalid Sehouli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient perspective; expectations; PROMs; quality of life; best supportive care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life)

Hippo Signaling in Cancer (2nd Edition)

edited by

Michel Ouellette

and

Ying Yan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hippo signaling; Salvador– Warts– Hippo (SWH) pathway; YAP/TAZ; cancer development; progression; metastasis; therapeutic resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

edited by Jonathan S. Abelson and Christine A. Schad

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorectal cancer; minimally invasive surgery; endoscopic surgery; endoluminal surgery; laparoscopic surgery; ro-botic surgery; single incision laparoscopic surgery; postoperative outcomes; survival

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Modern Neurosurgical Management of Gliomas

edited by

Arthur Wagner

and

Chiara Negwer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision medicine; personalized oncological surgery; intraoperative imaging; fluorescence-guided surgery; intraoperative histopathology; liquid biopsy; minimally invasive oncological surgery; radiosurgery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Oncogenetics of Colorectal Cancer (2nd Edition)

edited by

Muhammad Kibriya

and Marc Bissonnette

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorectal carcinoma; somatic mutation; microsatellite instability; methylation; copy number change; tumor-infiltrating leukocyte; immune checkpoint inhibitor; drug resistance; cell-free DNA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)

ALK in Cancer: Lessons from the Future (2nd Edition)

edited by

Petros Christopoulos

and

Richard Bayliss

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: ALK inhibitors; ALK fusion variants; TP53 mutations; immunotherapy; liquid biopsies; disease monitoring; therapeutic sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)

Leukemia Cell Signaling Pathways: Recent Advances, Future Perspectives, and Potential Clinical Applications

edited by

Bac Viet Le

and

Srinivas Chatla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: leukemia; cell signaling; bone marrow microenvironment; leukemic transformation; drug resistance; therapeutic discovery; cell signaling inhibitors; precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Tumor Microenvironment of Gynecological Tumors

edited by

Zahid Pranjol

and

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Zinovkin

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1414 | Submission Open

Keywords: tumor microenvironment; gynecological cancers; immunomodulation; cancer-associated fibroblasts; angiogenesis; cancer-like stem cells; extracellular matrix; immune evasion; cell signaling; therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

The Role of Flow Cytometry in Hematologic Malignancies

edited by

Kristy Wolniak

and Lucy Fu

submission deadline 12 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: flow cytometry; hematology; oncology; malignancy; lymphoma; leukemia; pathology; innovation; methodology; diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)

Neoadjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer

edited by

Hiroyuki Takei

and Takaaki Fujii

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23025 | Submission Open

Keywords: neoadjuvant systemic therapy; chemotherapy; endocrine therapy; molecular targeted therapy; molecular subtypes; response-guided therapy; clinical trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Cervical Cancer: Study on Molecular Landscape and Protein Biomarkers. Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Capabilities

edited by

Christopher Kobierzycki

and

Piotr Dzięgiel

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14193 | Submission Open

Keywords: cervical cancer; cervical dysplasia; human papilloma virus (HPV); tumor markers; cancerogenesis; genotyping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)

Novel Advances in the Molecular Understanding of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)

edited by Wei Chen, Fei Li and

Qiang Jeremy Wen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9080 | Submission Open

Keywords: MPNs; ET; PV; PMF; post-PV-MF; post-ET-MF; MDS/MPN; JAK2

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)

Clinical and Research Progress in the Resection of Gastro-Esophageal Cancer

edited by Biniam Kidane

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8912 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Research of Cancer)

Recent Advances in Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers of Cancer

edited by

Hua-Jun He

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2916 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid biopsy; circulating tumor cells; circulating tumor DNA; extracellular vesicles; circulating RNA; cfDNA methylation; fragmentome; reference material; miRNA; multi-cancer detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

Cell Biology of Cancer Invasion: 2nd Edition

edited by

Hideki Yamaguchi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2528 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasion; metastasis; intravasation; extravasation; invadopodia; tumor microenvironment; epithelial– mesenchymal transition; cell migration; cytoskeleton; cell adhesion; extracellular matrix; matrix metalloprotease; cancer-associated fibroblast; tumor-associated macrophage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)

Circulating Tumour DNA and Liquid Biopsy in Oncology

edited by

Yafeng Ma

and Kevin Spring

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2073 | Submission Open

Keywords: cell-free DNA; circulating tumour DNA; liquid biopsy; mutation status; tumour mutational burden; methylation detection; fragmentomics; minimal residual disease; early detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

The Survival of Colon and Rectal Cancer (2nd Edition)

edited by

Susanne Merkel

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorectal cancer; colorectal cancer surgery; multidisciplinary treatment; survival; prognostic factors; distant metastasis; locoregional recurrences; standardisation; individualisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life)

Updates on Urothelial Carcinoma

edited by

Toyonori Tsuzuki

and Yasmin Abu-Ghanem

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: urothelial carcinoma; systemic therapy; molecular biomarkers; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Pediatric Cancer Research from Basic Biology to Experimental Therapy

edited by

Atif Ahmed

submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10773 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric tumors; solid cancers; leukemias; cancer predisposition syndromes; genetics; omics; immunotherapy; therapy resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Oncology)

Survivorship Following Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer

edited by Magdalena Balcerek and Judith Gebauer

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2265 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer survivorship; late effects; long-term follow-up care; supportive care; health prevention and promotion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Oncology)

Cancer Cell Vulnerabilities on Pathways Regulating the Cell Cycle

edited by

Hiroaki Kiyokawa

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: cell cycle; signaling pathway; precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)

Recent Trends in the Development of Theranostics and Multifunctional Tracers in Oncology

edited by

Olaf Prante

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional radiopharmaceuticls; PET/CT; multimodal imaging; cancer treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)

The Prospect of Nanobiotechnology in Cancers

edited by

Wenpan Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanobiotechnology; cancer therapy; targeted drug delivery; tumor microenvironment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)

Recent Updates on Imaging and Staging of Gynecologic Cancers

edited by

David Mutch

and Alexander B. Olawaiye

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2285 | Submission Open

Keywords: imaging; surgical staging; molecular prognostic features; mortality; prognosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)

Roles of the Tumor Microenvironment on Liquid Biopsy (2nd Edition)

edited by

Dario Marchetti

submission deadline 22 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid biopsy; CTCs; CTC characterization and CTC clustering; ctDNA and ctDNA profiling; exosomes/extracellular vesicles and biology; tumor microenvironment; bone marrow cellular/molecular heterogeneity; CTCs/blood/BM cells crosstalk; analytical validity; clinical validity; and clinical utility of liquid biopsy; liquid biopsy interplaying dormancy and metastasis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Advancements in Salivary Gland Tumors Management: From Diagnostic Imaging to Treatment Strategies

edited by Wioletta Pietruszewska, Małgorzata Wierzbicka and

Boguslaw Mikaszewski

submission deadline 22 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: salivary gland tumors; MRI; CT; and PET; minimally invasive approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Innovative Immunotherapies: CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancers: 2nd Edition

edited by

Shebli Atrash

submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5275 | Submission Open

Keywords: CAR-T; NK-CAR; immunotherapy; cancer; resistance mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)

Targeting Hallmarks of Cancer

edited by

Carlos Pérez Plasencia

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulators; organotypic culture models; anticancer drugs; hallmarks of cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

Towards a Personalized Medicine for the Diagnosis and Management of Gynecological Cancers

edited by

Diego Raimondo

and Gabriele Centini

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 19552 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis)

The Advance of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Beam Therapy in Cancers

edited by

Haibo Lin

, Richard A. Amos and Heng Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15226 | Submission Open

Keywords: proton therapy; pencil beam scanning; robustness; adaptive radiotherapy; imaging guidance; radiobiological model; FLASH radiotherapy; spatially fractionated radiotherapy (SFRT); proton arc

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Cancer Disparities: Biological, Social, and Environmental Determinants

edited by

Riffat Mehboob

and

Miguel Muñoz

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5553 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer epidemiology; cancer etiology; environmental factors; screening and diagnostics; SDGs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)

Advances in the Treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

edited by Sang-ho Jeong and

Jae-seok Min

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4330 | Submission Open

Keywords: upper gastrointestinal cancer; surgery therapy; chemotherapy therapy; radiation therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Protein Structure and Cancer—2nd Edition

edited by

Michalis Aivaliotis

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein structure dynamics; structural cancer biology; protein pathways in cancer; structure– function alterations; in silico protein structure prediction; protein interactions; cancer mutations and protein structure alterations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)

Metastasis in Tumor Immunity: Current Perspectives

edited by

Ulrike Stein

, Sebastian Torke and

Wolfgang Walther

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: immune escape; immune evasion; immune microenvironment; intervention strategies; senescence on metastasis; anti-tumor immunity; cellular interactions; molecular interactions; immune suppression; immune checkpoints

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)

Advances in Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy

edited by

Ashakumary Lakshmikuttyamma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 36039 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; oncology; therapeutic target; drug resistance; immunotherapy; chemotherapy; small molecule inhibitors; drug delivery; nanoparticle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Drug Development)

How COVID-19 Affects Cancer Patients

edited by

Maria Fiore

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 33400 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; cancer; impact; incidence; mortality; lethality; disparities; gender

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)

Surgical Advances in Cancer Treatments: Exploring Innovative Approaches and Emerging Perspectives

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 16 articles | Viewed by 28719 | Submission Open

Keywords: surgical oncology; surgical innovation; image-guided surgery; robotic-assisted surgery; multidisciplinary oncology; surgical outcomes research; precision surgery; healthcare economics; surgical training and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Genetics and Epigenetics of Gynecological Cancer

edited by

Carmela De Marco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 28013 | Submission Open

Keywords: gynecologic cancers; epigenetics; genetics; immunogenetics; predisposing mutations; biomarkers; targeted therapies; chemoresistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)

CAR T Cells in Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma

edited by

Javier Munoz

and

Julia Erin Wiedmeier-Nutor

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21046 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple myeloma; lymphoma; CAR T therapy; bi-specific antibodies; cellular therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)

Screening, Early Detection and Prevention of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Cancers

edited by Zaed Z.R. Hamady

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20887 | Submission Open

Keywords: hepatobiliary cancer; pancreatic cancer; early detection; diagnosis; screening; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis)

Emerging Research on Primary Brain Tumors

edited by Jacob S Young and Mitchel S. Berger

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14977 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular biomarkers; drug delivery; immunotherapy; personalized medicine; targeted therapies; glioma

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

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