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Educating Recent Updates on Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

edited by

Biswarup Saha

and

Hifzur R Siddique

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4919 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-small cell lung cancer; lung adenocarcinoma; lung squamous cell carcinoma; tumor microenvironment (TME); epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT); cancer metastasis; desmoplasia; tumor matrix biology; epigenetic modulations leading cancer metastasis; post-translational modifications (PTMs); immune evasion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)

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

edited by

Edgar Dahl

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4498 | 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 Cancer Therapy)

Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical and Translational Research

edited by

Gennaro Daniele

, Pasquale Lombardi and Gaia Giannone

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4185 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

New Approaches to Hematologic Malignancies Radiation Therapy

edited by

Peter Brossart

and

Leonard Christopher Schmeel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4084 | Submission Open

Keywords: hematological neoplasms; radiation therapy; tumor control; imaging modalities; multimodal immune; cell-based therapies; radiation biology; personalized therapy; medical physics; treatment toxicities

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

Cancer Biomarkers—Detection and Evaluation of Response to Therapy

edited by

Giulio Francia

and

Jianying Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4012 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; cancer detection; biomarkers of response to antineoplastic drugs; biomarkers of resistance to chemotherapy; biomarkers for targeted therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)

Advances in Abdominal Surgical Oncology and Intraperitoneal Therapies

edited by

Juan Jose Segura-Sampedro

and

Constantino Fondevila

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3960 | 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)

Molecular Mechanisms in Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

edited by

Alexander L. Lazarides

and Zachary D.C. Burke

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3408 | Submission Open

Keywords: sarcoma; bone sarcoma; soft tissue sarcoma; osteosarcoma; molecular level; translation

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

Cervical Cancer: Clinical Feature, Trial and Management

edited by

Roberto Tozzi

Marco Noventa

and Carlo Saccardi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3213 | Submission Open

Keywords: cervical cancer; diagnosis; minimally invasive surgery; laparoscopy; locally advanced disease; management; treatment; adjuvant chemotherapy; immunotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Epigenetic Regulation in Hematologic Malignancies

edited by Travis S. Johnson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3201 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)

Advancements in Image-Guided Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Lung Cancer

edited by

François Lucia

and

Vincent Bourbonne

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3126 | Submission Open

Keywords: lung cancer; functional imaging; stereotactic body radiotherapy; radiomics; biomarkers; artificial intelligence; magnetic resonance imaging

(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 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2999 | 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)

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

edited by Wei Chen, Fei Li and

Qiang Jeremy Wen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2628 | 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)

New Insights on Management of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the Contemporary Era

edited by Talha Badar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2516 | Submission Open

Keywords: B-cell ALL; T-cell ALL; MRD in ALL; Ph+ve ALL; CAR T-cells; NGS-MRD; menin inhibitors; blinatumomab; inotuzumab; ponatinib; BCR-ABL1; TKI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinomas

edited by

Masakatsu Tsurusaki

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2448 | Submission Open

Keywords: computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; Gd-EOB-DTPA; PET/CT; LI-RADS; therapeutic response assessment; biomarkers; radiomics; machine learning/deep learning

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

Recent Advances in Nanomedicine-Based Cancer Immunotherapy

edited by Navin Kumar Verma,

Rajeev Parameswaran

and

Manash Paul

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2380 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer nano-therapy; nano-enabled therapeutic; immune checkpoint inhibitors; tumor immunosuppression; adoptive cell therapy; CAR T-cell therapy; tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy; monoclonal antibody therapy for cancer; cancer vaccines; immune system modulators

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

Immune-Related Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy

edited by Kate Young and Anna Olsson-Brown

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2176 | Submission Open

Keywords: check point inhibitors (CPIs); immunotherapy; irAEs; immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); survivorship; long-term toxicity; steroid refractory; biologics; CAR-T; TILs

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

Clinical Evaluation of Potential Indicators of Efficacy and Toxicity of Anticancer Therapies

edited by Beata Kotowicz, Anita Chudecka-Glaz and Anna Dańska-Bidzińska

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2069 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; biomarker; molecular biomarkers; immunotherapy; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; targeted therapy; predictive factor; prognostic factor; therapy toxicity; treatment response biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Sequence Variants in Breast/Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Genes: From Risk Assessment to Clinical Management in Carrier Individuals and Their Blood Relatives

edited by Arcangela De Nicolo and

Miguel De la Hoya

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2003 | Submission Open

Keywords: breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility genes; risk assessment and clinical management of carrier individuals and their blood relatives; risk models; variant classification; multifactorial approaches

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

Oncology: State-of-the-Art Research in The Netherlands

edited by

Katarina Wolf

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2001 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer research; oncology; The Netherlands; cutting-edge; translational studies

Local Management of Breast Cancer: The Evolving Relationship Between Radiotherapy and Surgery

edited by Shengyang Peter Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1984 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarker-guided personalized breast treatment; targeted axillary dissection; neoadjuvant therapy; local therapy; radiotherapy reduction; ultrahypofractionated partial breast irradiation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

How Ubiquitin and Ubiquitination Affect Cancer Progression

edited by Anna A. Sablina

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1955 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer ubiquitinome; ubiquitin ligases in cancer; deubiquitinating enzymes in cancer; proteasome pathway; protein stability; non-degrative ubiquitination; PROTACs for cancer treatment

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

Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer

edited by Hiroshi Doi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1896 | Submission Open

Keywords: rectal cancer; neoadjuvant radiotherapy; preoperative radiotherapy; total neoadjuvant therapy; watch-and-wait strategy; stereotactic body radiotherapy; particle therapy; therapeutic response assessment; biomarkers; radiomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Palliative Care and Pain Management in Cancer

edited by María Fernández-Gonzáles and Moira O'Connor

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1669 | Submission Open

Keywords: pain; quality of life; palliative care; non-pharmacological; pharmacological; cancer; metastasis; advanced cancer

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

Updates on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

edited by

Luca Marzi

and

Rodolfo Sacco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1339 | Submission Open

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; immunotherapy; immuno-oncology; immune checkpoint inhibitors; clinical trial; immunological microenvironments

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

Cardio-Oncology: An Emerging Paradigm in Modern Medicine: 2nd Edition

edited by Rohit Moudgil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1313 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardio-oncology; CTRCD; arrhythmias; anthracyclines; anti-her2 therapies; immune checkpoint inhibitors; artificial intelligence; guidelines; emerging research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Stress Response Pathways in Cancer

edited by

Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla

and

Vasiliki Stavroulaki

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress response pathways; stress; stress expression; cancer; malignant neoplasms; cancer patients; mental health; cell repair mechanisms; cell responses; stressors; autophagy; trigger cell death

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

Overcoming Pitfalls in the Detection and Definition of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: Strategies to Improve Screening and Diagnosis

edited by

Fabio Zattoni

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1094 | Submission Open

Keywords: prostate cancer; PSA; magnetic resonance of the prostate; prostatic tissue-based biomarkers; prostate biopsy; prostate cancer screening

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

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Multidisciplinary Management of Bone Metastases

edited by

Alfonso Reginelli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 955 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic resonance; oncologic; radiotherapy; oncologic diagnostics; bone metastases; lung cancer; breast cancer; prostate cancer; whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging; whole-body MRI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)

Advance in Treatment of Uveal Melanoma

edited by

Bożena Romanowska-Dixon

and

Michał S. Nowak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: uveal melanoma; distant metastases; treatment modalities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

The EGFR-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

edited by

Greta Alì

and

Maria Giovanna Mastromarino

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-small cell lung cancer; target therapy; EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors; immunotherapy; immune checkpoint inhibitors; molecular analysis; surgery; precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Oncology: State-of-the-Art Research in Canada

edited by

Mojgan Rastegar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer research; tumor; oncology; Canada

Focus on Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer

edited by Abhinav Sidana and Samuel Tremblay

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: focal therapy; prostate cancer treatment; image-guided therapy; oncological outcomes; functional outcome; patient selection; surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Treatment Response Biomarkers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Basic Science to Clinical Validation

edited by

Paul T. Thevenot

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; prognostic biomarkers; liver-directed therapy; immune checkpoint inhibitors; combination therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Applications of Imaging Techniques in Neurosurgery

edited by Alessandro Della Puppa and

Giovanni Muscas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 570 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurosurgery; imaging; machine learning; augmented reality; surgical planning; segmentation; decision making

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

Advancements in Personalized Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

edited by Shreerang A. Bhide

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Radiomics in Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment

edited by

Stefano Maria Magrini

Filippo Alongi

Michela Buglione

, Davide Farina and Luigi Spiazzi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 515 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiomics; oncology; radiation oncology; personalized medicine; radiology; nuclear medicine; oncological diagnosis; predictive factors in oncology; biomarkers in cancer treatment; radio-biomarkers in oncology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Exercise Interventions for People Living with Cancer: Advances in Knowledge and Implementation

edited by

Lara Edbrooke

and Chris Swain

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; survivorship; exercise; physical activity; implementation

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

Immunotherapy Approaches in Breast Cancer Treatment

edited by Yi Huang and

Bing Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: breast cancer progression; immunotherapy; combination therapy; drug discovery; antitumor immunity; tumor immune microenvironment; biomarkers and clinical trials

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

The Duality of MYB: Normal and Cancer Cell Functions

edited by

Haseeb Zubair

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open

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

Endometrial Cancer—from Diagnosis to Management

edited by Mingxin Shi and

Xiang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: endometrial cancer; prognosis; diagnosis; novel biomarker; immunotherapy; targeted therapy; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)

Burkitt Lymphoma: From Pathogenesis to Current Treatments

edited by Lorenzo Leoncini and

German K. Ott

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: Burkitt lymphoma; high-grade B-cell lymphoma; EBV; NGS; whole-exome sequencing; RNAseq; methylation analysis; tumor microenvironment; immunotherapy; chemotherapy

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cancers

edited by Shengyang Peter Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer architecture; multimodal data integration; cancer diagnosis accuracy; personalized cancer treatment; machine learning in oncology

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

Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment in the Era of Transplant Oncology

edited by Eliano Bonaccorsi-Riani,

Emmanouil Giorgakis

and Laurent Coubeau

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuroendocrine neoplasms; NEN; pancreatic NEN liver metastases; unresectable neuroendocrine liver metastases; transplant oncology; NELM; liver transplantation; immunosuppression; recurrence monitoring; recurrence treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transplant Oncology)

Advancements in Technologies for Radiation Biology, Oncology, and Protection

edited by

Zhixiang Wang

and

Yi Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation biology; oncology; radiation protection; carcinogenesis; multi-omics; radiomics; radiotherapy; biodosimetry; adverse outcome pathway (AOP); personalized medicine

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

Survivorship and Quality of Life in Endometrial Cancer

edited by George Koukourakis,

Antonios Anagnostopoulos

, Georgios Angelopoulos and Anthi Miliadou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: endometrial cancer; quality of life; survivorship

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

Precision Medicine in Thoracic Oncology (2nd Edition)

edited by Jessica Menis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision medicine; thoracic oncology; lung cancer; thymoma; mesothelioma; thoracic NETs molecularly targeted therapy; immunotherapy; biomarkers

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

Molecular PET Imaging in Cancer Metabolic Studies

edited by

Aditi Mulgaonkar

and

Sashi Debnath

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: PET imaging; PET/CT; PET/MRI; cancer metabolism; tumor microenvironment; cancer antigens; radiotracers

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

Advancements and Treatment Strategies for Central Nervous System Malignancies and Cancer Stem Cells

edited by Mingli Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open