Biomarkers of Oral Cancer
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 41625
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oral cancer is the 11th most common malignancy in the world, with 354,864 new cases and 177,384 deaths worldwide (GLOBOCAN, 2018) The highest incidence of these cancers has mainly been reported in South and Southeast Asia and some countries in southern Europe.
The most important risk factors for oral cancer development are tobacco use and extensive alcohol consumption. Moreover, infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) has been identified as a significant risk factor for a subset of oral cancer.
The main reasons for failure in oral cancer treatment, and the strongest adverse factors for prognosis, are the spread to the regional lymph nodes and early development of local recurrence or second primary tumors. Modern head and neck oncology can offer a plethora of treatment modalities including surgical resection with reconstructive options, radiotherapy (including proton therapy), conventional and targeted systemic treatment, and also, as of late, immunotherapy. The success rates of treatments can significantly vary between particular patients. Thus, one of the biggest future challenges is to tailor multidisciplinary treatments such that they are based not only on clinical assessment of disease advancement determined by stage, but also on the biological factors of the tumor.
Advances in genetics and molecular biology have improved our knowledge of cellular mechanisms, which provide insights into the pathophysiological processes that turn healthy epithelial cells into cancer. Potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets can be investigated to identify genetic signatures that could potentially be used for early diagnosis, treatment personalization, and finally, determination of prognosis for individual patients.
Prof. Dr. Paweł Golusiński
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Oral cancer
- Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
- Biomarkers
- Molecular diagnostics
- Risk factors
- Treatment strategies
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