New Advances and Challenges in Radiation Oncology for Gynaecological Malignancies
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 2894
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2. Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Interests: radiotherapy; gynecological cancers; rare cancers; quality of life
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Dear Colleagues,
Radiation therapy plays a crucial role in the treatment of gynaecological tumors. The main indications for radiotherapy in this group of cancers are found in the cervix, endometrium, vagina, and vulva; however, in recent years radiotherapy has been proven to be an appealing alternative for oligometastatic ovarian cancers, especially in cases of chemorefractory disease or intolerance to systemic agents. Research on radiation oncology for gynaecological tumors is currently aimed at achieving the rapid evolution of and changes in radiobiology, technology, and planning systems. On the one hand, biology is being evaluated as a method for selecting patients for treatments; on the other hand, fractionation schedules and their combinations of new drugs are objects of study in several working groups.
This Special Issue wants to focus on basic science in addition to translational and clinical research on the application of new radiation techniques in order to have a more complete comprehension of the response and toxicity after radiation therapy in gynecological malignancies. Topics of interest could include, but are not limited to, particle radiotherapy, brachytherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, BNCT, the application of radiotherapy on rare gynecological tumors, 2D–3D and animal radiobiological models, radiosensitizers and radioprotectors, combination treatments, immune radiobiology, and the tumor microenvironment. We also welcome manuscripts related to the clinical impact of radiation therapy on gynecological tumors and the impact of new advances in decreasing/preventing toxicities (i.e., planning systems, radiobiological models, image-guided techniques, and omics, but also new approaches such as pre- and post-rehabilitation techniques).
Since IJMS is a journal of molecular science, thus pure clinical studies will not suitable for our journal. But clinical or pure model submissions with biomolecular experiments are welcomed.
Dr. Amelia Barcellini
Dr. Noriyuki Okonogi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gynaecological tumors
- rare gynaecological tumors
- pre-clinical models
- animal models
- radiobiology
- radiation oncology
- particle beam radiotherapy
- brachytherapy
- toxicity
- omics
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