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New Strategies for Molecular Targeted Therapy in Multiple Myeloma

edited by Daniele Caracciolo

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2473 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple myeloma; molecular target; drug target; signaling pathway; immunotherapeutic strategy; drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Clinical Epidemiology and Risk Prediction for Gastrointestinal Cancers

edited by

Holli Loomans-Kropp

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 48330 | Submission Open

Keywords: gastrointestinal cancers; genetic risk; polygenic risk scores; exposome; lifestyle risk factors; biomarkers; chemoprevention

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

New Perspectives in the Management of Breast Cancer

edited by

Sonia Santander Ballestín

and

María José Luesma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 42173 | Submission Open

Keywords: breast cancer; treatment; nutrition; physical exercise; psychosocial impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in Clinical Trials: Outcome, Innovations, Challenges, and Ethical Practice in Cancer Research 2025–2026

edited by

Naoto T. Ueno

and David R. Gandara

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 38594 | Submission Open

Keywords: phase I; phase II; phase III; phase IV; clinical trials; features; design; implementation; outcomes

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

Hematologic Malignancies and Related Disorders: Challenges from Diagnosis to Treatment

edited by

Ioanna Sakellari

and

Eleni Gavriilaki

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35414 | Submission Open

Keywords: hematopoietic cell transplantation; cell therapy; acute myeloid leukemia; graft-versus-host disease; hematologic malignancies; thrombosis; complement; lymphoma; myeloma; COVID-19

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

New Challenges for Gastric Cancer—Gut Microbiota, Post-eradication and Chemotherapy

edited by Kazunari Murakami and

Kazuhiro Mizukami

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 31656 | Submission Open

Keywords: gastric cancer; microbiota; Helicobacter pylori; after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy; chemotherapy; immune checkpoint inhibitor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Liver Cancer

edited by Ewa Janczewska

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28077 | Submission Open

Keywords: new screening techniques; enhanced imaging; biomarker tests; radiofrequency ablation; transarterial chemoembolization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in Bacteria and Cancer

edited by

Alain P. Gobert

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24658 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenic bacteria; microbiota; tumor-associated bacteria; probiotics; oncogenesis; metastasis; chemotherapy; cancerous cells; tumor microenvironment; cell signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Advances in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Driven Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Technologies and Therapeutic Strategies

edited by

Fang Wei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23051 | Submission Open

Keywords: EGFR-targeted therapy; non-small-cell lung cancer diagnosis; diagnostic technologies and devices; biological discoveries in NSCLC; AI-assisted diagnosis in oncology; clinical practice in NSCLC detection; therapeutic– diagnostic integration; early-stage lung cancer monitoring; advanced NSCLC diagnostic approaches; precision medicine in lung cancer

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

Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical and Translational Research

edited by

Gennaro Daniele

, Pasquale Lombardi and Gaia Giannone

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21952 | Submission Open

Keywords: gynecological cancer; ovarian cancer; translational research; effectiveness; toxicity; immunotherapy; PARP inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in B-Cell Lymphoma: From Diagnostics to Cure

edited by

Leo I. Gordon

and Megan E. Melody

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20787 | Submission Open

Keywords: B-cell lymphoma; treatment; molecular profiling; immunotherapies; cellular therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Related Cancer

edited by

Beata Biesaga

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20644 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPV; carcinogenesis; methods of virus identification diagnostics; prognostification

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

News and How Much to Improve in Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

edited by Vicente Artigas-Raventós and

José Manuel Asencio

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19603 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft tissue sarcomas; prevalent types; multidisciplinary board; reference centers; news diagnosis methods and treatments; implication of IA and 3D in sarcomas; implication of minimally aggressive surgical techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Study on Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer

edited by

Francesco Giusti

and

Carmen Martos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19436 | Submission Open

Keywords: childhood cancer; epidemiology; childhood cancer registries; incidence; prevalence; mortality; survival; time trends; special analysis; environmental factors; perinatal factors; inequalities

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

Role of Cancer Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Targeted Therapy in Gastrointestinal Cancers

edited by

Ali Zaidi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19022 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid biopsy; esophageal cancer; gastric cancer; colorectal cancer; pancreatic cancer; hepatocellular cancer; appendiceal cancer; cancer biomarker; DNA sequencing; transcriptomics; proteomics; immunohistochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

New Insights into Thyroid Cancer Surgery

edited by

Maurizio Iacobone

and Francesca Torresan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18823 | Submission Open

Keywords: total thyroidectomy; differentiated thyroid cancer; lymph node dissection; parathyroid autofluorescence; medullary thyroid carcinoma; recurrent laryngeal nerve neuromonitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Physiotherapy in Advanced Cancer and Palliative Care

edited by Nele Adriaenssens

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17932 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced cancer; palliative care; palliative needs; physiotherapy; physical therapy modalities; quality of life; physical autonomy

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

Advances in Spine Oncology: Research and Clinical Studies

edited by Oluwaseun O. Akinduro

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17383 | Submission Open

Keywords: metastatic spine cancer; targeted therapy; stereotactic body radiotherapy; proton radiotherapy; chordoma; chondrosarcoma; spondylectomy

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

Updates on Urologic Oncology: From Diagnosis to Localized and Systemic Therapy Options (2nd Edition)

edited by

Giuseppe Palermo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17159 | Submission Open

Keywords: bladder cancer; prostate cancer; renal cancer; urologic cancer treatment; urologic cancer diagnosis; urologic cancer innovation; urologic neoplasm therapy; immunotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

The Progress of Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

edited by

Reinhold Függer

and

Matthias Biebl

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16899 | Submission Open

Keywords: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); pancreatectomy timing in multimodal regimen; minimally invasive pancreatectomy for PDAC; pancreatectomy and resectability; extended pancreatectomy; vascular resection and reconstruction; outcome research— pancreatectomy for cancer in unselected patient cohorts; interaction of postoperative complications and preoperative or adjuvant therapy; postoperative pancreatic fistula

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

Perspectives on the Efficacy and Biomarkers of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Patients with Colorectal Cancer

edited by

Ibrahim Halil Sahin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16303 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorectal cancer; precision medicine; targeted therapeutics; immunotherapy; KRAS; BRAF; HER2; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Application of Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches in Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis

edited by

Wei Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15901 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer genomics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; tumor microenvironment; graph-based convolutional neural network; computational cancer biology

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

The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology

edited by

Marcello F. Maida

Ciro Celsa

and Louis H. S. Lau

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15614 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; gastroenterology; endoscopy; inflammatory bowel diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

The Role of Neutrophils in Tumor Progression and Metastasis

edited by

Rakesh K. Singh

and Leah M. Cook

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15252 | Submission Open

Keywords: neutrophils; innate immunity; tumor; microenvironment; metastasis; targeted therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)

Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

edited by Florian Primavesi and

Daniel Neureiter

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15109 | Submission Open

Keywords: gastrointestinal cancer surgery; precision surgery; personalized medicine; robotics; pathology; colorectal cancer; stomach cancer; pancreatic cancer; hepatocellular cancer; biliary tract cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Feature Review for Cancer Therapy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Robert Kleszcz

and

Jarosław Paluszczak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13724 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer therapy; chemotherapy; targeted therapy; cancer co-treatment; biomarkers; natural compounds; drug-repurposing; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Novel Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches in Pancreatic Cancer

edited by

Atsushi Masamune

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13597 | Submission Open

Keywords: pancreatic cancer; pancreatic fibrosis; biomarker; risk factor; genetic testing; artificial intelligence; endoscopic ultrasound; stroma; cancer-associated fibroblasts; familial pancreatic cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Clinical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis of Uveal Melanoma

edited by Josep Maria Caminal Mitjana

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12347 | Submission Open

Keywords: uveal melanoma; choroidal melanoma; gene expression profiling; immunotherapy; metastasis; radiotherapy; liquid biopsy; circulating tumor cells; brachytherapy; next-generation sequencing; proton therapy

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

Clinical Research on Thoracic Cancer

edited by

Yuichi Saito

and

Hiroyuki Adachi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12244 | Submission Open

Keywords: thoracic cancer; lung cancer; thymic cancer; malignant mesothelioma; radiotherapy; surgery; chemotherapy; immunotherapy; driver mutation

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

Exploring Skin Cancer: Insights into New Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Strategies

edited by

Emi Dika

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11695 | Submission Open

Keywords: melanoma; non-melanoma skin cancer; NMSC; Merkel cell carcinoma; tumor microenvironment; prognosis; treatment

Hereditary and Familial Colorectal Cancer

edited by Bryson W. Katona and Peter P. Stanich

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11249 | Submission Open

Keywords: hereditary colorectal cancer; familial colorectal cancer; genetic predisposition; polyposis; Lynch syndrome; familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP); MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP); genetic testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)

Epigenetic Regulation in Hematologic Malignancies

edited by Travis S. Johnson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10459 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulation; hematologic malignancies; DNA methylation; non-coding RNA; therapeutic targeting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Advances in Abdominal Surgical Oncology and Intraperitoneal Therapies

edited by

Juan Jose Segura-Sampedro

and

Constantino Fondevila

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10408 | Submission Open

Keywords: abdominal oncologic surgery; minimally invasive techniques; laparoscopy; robotics; fluorescence; artificial intelligence; augmented vision; peritoneal carcinomatosis; intraperitoneal chemotherapy; liquid biopsy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in Cancer Data and Statistics: 2nd Edition

edited by

Vesna Zadnik

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9505 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer registries; cancer incidence; cancer survival; population-based studies; cancer risk factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)

Natural Compounds in Cancers: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ivan Cruz-Chamorro

and

Guillermo Santos-Sánchez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9374 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; bioactive molecules; inflammation; natural extracts; nutraceuticals; immunotherapy; chemotherapy

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

New Strategies for the Treatment of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

edited by

Yoshihide Asano

and

Taku Fujimura

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9276 | Submission Open

Keywords: melanoma; non-melanoma skin cancer; immunotherapy; anti-PD-1 antibody; BRAF/MEK inhibitors; racial differences; prognosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Stereotactic Body Radiation and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Therapy for Cancers—2nd Edition

edited by

Sam Beddar

and Michael D. Chuong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8588 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation therapy (oncology); stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR); ultra-hypofractionated and hypofractionated studies; ablative/dose-escalated studies; SBRT; SABR; and cyberknife technology; MRI guidance; tumor motion techniques and management; frame and frameless immobilization devices; SBRT/SABR dose constraints and toxicities; artificial intelligence/machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Standards, Unmet Needs and Future Directions

edited by

Dimitrios H. Roukos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8260 | Submission Open

Keywords: standard clinical management; surgery; neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant treatment; cancer immunotherapy; targeted therapy; detection and elimination of MRD

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

Enhancing Cancer Treatments through Fluorescence-Guided Surgery

edited by Ibrahim Khot and Yazan Sulaiman Khaled

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8163 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescence-guided resection; fluorescent imaging; cancer surgery; tumour targeting; intraoperative staging; oncological fluorescence; precision medicine

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

Advancements in the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Prostate Cancer

edited by

Christian Peter Gilfrich

and Christian Thomas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8067 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy; significance of pelvic lymph node dissection in the context of radical prostatectomy; complications of surgical therapy for prostate cancer; magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasound-guided target biopsy of the prostate; comparison of various robotic systems for radical prostatectomy; learning curves; hospital volume; prostate cancer centers

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

Exploring Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer

edited by

Alessandro Passardi

Luca Esposito

and

Chiara Gallio

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8062 | Submission Open

Keywords: colorectal cancer; immunotherapy; immune checkpoint inhibitors; mismatch repair; microsatellite instability; biomarkers

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

Novel Treatments for Ocular and Periocular Cancers

edited by

Vidhya R. Rao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7789 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocular cancer; intraocular tumor; retinoblastoma; uveal melanoma

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Applications of Ex Vivo Microscopy in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

edited by J. Quincy Brown

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7458 | Submission Open

Keywords: microscopy; cancer; optical sectioning; diagnosis; detection

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

Feature Papers in Section “Cancer Informatics and Big Data”

edited by

Jason Roszik

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7283 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; next-generation sequencing; precision medicine and clinical decision-making; single-cell data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)

Next-Generation Cancer Therapies

edited by

Achilleas Mitrakas

, Ioannis Lamprou and Erasmia Xanthopoulou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7190 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; current therapies; cancer cells metabolism; autophagy; immunotherapy; targeted treatments; oncolytic viruses; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Advances in Pancreatic Cancer: Exploring Biomarkers and Prognostic Predictors

edited by

Makoto Abue

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7161 | Submission Open

Keywords: pancreatic cancer; biomarkers; diagnosis; prognosis; liquid biopsy; proteomics; metabolomics; tumor microenvironment; genetic aberrations/mutations; inflammatory markers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

Class 2 Tumor Suppressor Gene Pathways for Therapeutic Applications in Hard-to-Treat Cancers

edited by

Edgar Dahl

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7141 | Submission Open

Keywords: hard-to-treat cancers; HTT cancers; class 2 tumor suppressor genes; C2TSGs; DNA methylation driver; DNAme driver; epigenetic therapies; cancer drug development; personalized cancer therapy; tumor suppressor mimetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

New Challenges in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

edited by Federico Mosna and Irene Cavattoni

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6725 | Submission Open

Keywords: acute myeloid leukemia (AML); allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (allo-HSCT); immunotherapy; leukemic stem cells; graft versus host disease (GVHD); infections in immunodepressed patients; immune reconstitution; post-transplant management; long-term results; clinical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Classification, Risk Assessment and Clinical Management of Malignant Thyroid Nodules: 2nd Edition

edited by Claudio Spinelli and Marco Ghionzoli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6627 | Submission Open

Keywords: thyroid nodule; thyroid cancer; guidelines; surgery

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

New Insights into Microbial-Based Cancer Therapy

edited by Amitabha Ray

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6589 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial therapy; cancer immunotherapy; bioengineering; immune modulation; tumor microenvironment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

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