Malignancies of the Genitourinary System: Current Update and Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Genitourinary malignancies are a heterogeneous group of diseases linked by anatomical and physiological function, but are different in almost every aspect of pathophysiology, molecular biology, prognosis and treatment. This Special Issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine presents the up-to-date summaries related to the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognostic assessment, and management of the most common malignancies of genitourinary origin: kidney, prostate, bladder/urothelium and testicle. Effective treatment of these malignancies most often involves a combination of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy. Hence, we treat this Special Issue as multidisciplinary and aim to target a broad audience, including oncologists, urologists, pathologists and translational researchers. We welcome prospective, retrospective, and review studies and interesting case reports which address tumor pathogenesis, diagnostic challenges, advances in therapeutics, prognostic and predictive biomarkers, and treatment complications.

We look forward to you sharing your recent experiences in these areas with us. We are convinced that the planned Special Issue of JCM will meet the expectations of our readers, who provide the health care for this group of patients. We hope our work will positively impact the development of effective strategies for improving the quality of life of patients with genitourinary malignancies.

Dr. Minghao Zhong
Dr. Gang Wang
Guest Editors

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