State-of-the-Art Immunotherapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to contribute to this special edition dedicated to immunotherapy in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Through this special edition, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences aims to highlight recent advances and the state-of-the-art role of immunotherapy in NSCLC, which has come to revolutionize outcomes for patients with NSCLC, providing long-term responses almost compatible with cures in the metastatic setting and increasing cures in the localized and locally advanced setting. 

This Special Issue aims to publish both original research articles and reviews that are going to refer to immunotherapy in the treatment of NSCLC. This should go beyond the use of checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) but can also include the use of vaccines or cellular therapies for NSCLC. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) predictive biomarkers for the use of CPIs, chemotherapy and other treatment approaches concurrent with CPIs, the role of concurrent use of angiogenesis inhibitors, integration of radiotherapy or stereotactic radiotherapy in conjunction with CPIs, efforts to modulate the microbiome to improve immunotherapy response, and finally, approaches to delay or reverse immunotherapy resistance.  

Looking forward to your contributions.

Dr. Haris Charalambous
Guest Editor

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