Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 324
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Brain and other central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children, and frequently result in substantial long-term morbidity as well as disability. Recent years have seen remarkable progress in brain cancer biology across a large number of tumor types and histologies; however, improvements in long-term survival and quality of life for CNS tumors have remained elusive compared to other childhood cancers. Although the classification of CNS tumors was historically based on histologic features only, advances in our understanding of the molecular features of CNS tumors have led to the incorporation of molecular alterations into the diagnostic criteria. The 2021 revised fifth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumors of the CNS (WHO CNS5) further integrates molecular alterations for CNS tumor categorization, updating the current understanding of the pathophysiology of many of these disease entities with better-characterized natural histories as well as introducing new tumor types and subtypes, especially in the pediatric population. Optimizing the treatment of childhood CNS tumors remains a tremendously challenging task, requiring a multidisciplinary approach involving many pediatric specialists as well as the support of molecular biologists and pharmacologists.
Dr. Lucia De Martino
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
