Precision Diagnostics in Kidney Cancer
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 791
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bladder cancer; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; renal pelvis cancer; adrenal gland tumors
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Interests: bladder cancer; urology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Kidney cancer remains a heterogeneous disease in presentation, biology, and therapeutic response. While cross-sectional imaging has long been the diagnostic technique of choice, rapid advances in liquid biopsy, radionuclide techniques, and artificial intelligence (AI) now offer opportunities to detect disease earlier, subtype tumors more accurately, and monitor response and minimal residual disease with higher accuracy. This Special Issue invites original research and authoritative reviews that advance diagnostic science across the entire kidney cancer field, from population-level screening concepts and early diagnosis to risk stratification, active surveillance, perioperative decision-making, and longitudinal post-treatment monitoring.
The diagnostic landscape of kidney cancer is undergoing precise characterization at baseline, and, over time, will become increasingly central to surgical planning, systemic therapy selection, and surveillance. Bringing together innovations in imaging, radionuclide diagnostics, liquid biopsy, and AI will accelerate bench-to-bedside translation and clarify which tools improve outcomes for patients.
We welcome translational, clinical, methodological, and implementation studies that demonstrate clinical utility or provide robust analytical/clinical validation, with an emphasis on reproducibility, external validation, and equity.
Topics of interest, include but are not limited to, the following:
- Early detection and risk stratification;
- Imaging science;
- Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging;
- Liquid biopsy and multi-omics;
- AI and computational diagnostics;
- Pathology and digital pathology;
- Precision diagnosis informing precision therapy;
- Implementation science and health systems.
Prof. Dr. Qiang Lv
Dr. Xiao Yang
Dr. Qiang Cao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renal tumor
- diagnostic and prognostic markers
- non-invasive
- artificial intelligence
- precision diagnosis
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