Clinical Advances and Therapeutic Challenges in Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Rare Thoracic Cancers
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729). This special issue belongs to the section "Thoracic Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editor
Interests: thymoma; thymic epithelial tumor; thymus neoplasms; lung cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
The clinical decision-making process for patients with rare tumors poses a significant challenge in oncology, particularly in defining individualized therapeutic strategies.
Unlike common malignancies, the available evidence and literature on rare tumors are predominantly limited to case series, retrospective studies, and small phase II prospective trials. Randomized trials, which are usually the cornerstone of therapeutic paradigms, are frequently unavailable or constrained by a limited sample size and the heterogeneity of enrolled populations.
Given this context, therapeutic decisions are largely based on physicians’ experience, guidelines developed by expert panels, and extrapolations from available evidence derived from different disease settings.
This Special Issue is dedicated to small-cell lung cancer and rare thoracic tumors, with a particular focus on epithelial thymic tumors, thoracic neuroendocrine neoplasms, and pleural mesothelioma.
Through meticulously analyzed and thoughtfully contextualized perspectives, this edition of Current Oncology aims to provide readers with valuable insights and updates on the latest clinical research developments, helping them navigate the intricate landscape of therapeutic decision-making.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Tommaso Martino De Pas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pleural mesothelioma
- thymic cancer
- neuroendocrine thoracic tumors
- small-cell lung cancer
- rare tumors
- thoracic cancer
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