Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics of Cancer
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinformatics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 11
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Interests: gene regulation; computational biology; bioinformatics; genomics; algorithms
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Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is one of the deadliest illnesses in the modern world, with multiple challenges for diagnosis, treatment, and patient survival. Yet it is also one of the most enigmatic illnesses with numerous possible causes and factors involved.
Cancer belongs to the category of complex diseases (related to multiple genes, their modifications (both genetic and epigenetic) and regulation, and environmental factors.
In this sense, it is similar to other complex diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune and psychiatric diseases. From scientific standpoint, it may be the most complex disease, often characterized as a family of multiple illnesses, not just one.
This makes cancer formidable scientific challenge. Huge amounts of data, originating from multiple and various sources, should be obtained, classified, and analyzed, to result in practical recommendations. Bioinformatically, this is highly multidimensional task, with all the respective problems and challenges involved.
The present issue invites original research papers and reviews that address this tremendous problem, either in general or in the specific aspects.
We hope that besides understanding the cancer(s) it will be helpful in understanding complex diseases in general.
Dr. Ilya Ioshikhes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- data analysis
- bioinformatics
- complex diseases
- dimensionality reduction
- genetics
- epigenetics
- gene regulation
- molecular mechanism
- environmental factors
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