Current Research for Ovarian Cancer Biology and Therapeutics (Second Edition)
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: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 822
Special Issue Editor
Interests: reproductive cancers; ovarian cancer; extracellular matrix; tumor microenviroment; chemotherapy resistance; biomarkers
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Dear Colleagues,
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies leading to one of the highest causes of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. Over 250,000 women are diagnosed globally and over 150,000 patients pass due to this disease annually. It has been found that approximately 90% of ovarian cancer cases are epithelial ovarian cancer. The current treatment strategies consist of debulking surgery, followed by combined platinum- and taxane-based chemotherapy. Initial response to treatment is high but over 75% of patients relapse and acquire chemotherapy resistance. The development of more effective therapies for chemotherapy disease is urgently needed to improve the survival rate of ovarian cancer patients.
This Special Issue aims at generating a discussion around the research investigating novel molecular mechanisms, pathways and therapeutic strategies to target ovarian cancer. We encourage and invite researchers with related experiences in ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, or other rare gynecological cancers to contribute original research articles or review articles.
Dr. Carmela Ricciardelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ovarian cancer
- chemotherapy resistance
- metastasis
- novel therapeutic agents
- immunotherapy
- CAR-T cells
- cancer chemotherapy
- pre-clinical models
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