Innovations in Pathology and Viral Oncology
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 February 2025) | Viewed by 1211
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pathology; oncology; gynecology; senology; human papilloma virus (HPV); HPV-test; PAP-test; Epstein–Barr virus (EBV); human herpes virus 8 (HHV8); coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS); Nipah virus; Ebola virus
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viral oncology deals with the study, diagnosis and treatment of tumors induced by viral infections. The so called oncoviruses are equipped with either a DNA or RNA genome. The well-known DNA oncovirus associated with tumors in women and men is the human papilloma virus (HPV), responsible for cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, anus, penis and oropharynx. Other well-known oncoviruses include the following: I) Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), or human herpesvirus 4 (HHV4), associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), nasal-type lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; II) Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), responsible for Kaposi’s sarcoma, multicentric Castleman’s disease, primary effusion lymphoma; III) hepatitis B and C viruses, causing hepatocarcinoma; IV) human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), associated with adult T-cell leukemia; and V) Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), recently discovered to be the etiological agent of Merkel cell carcinoma. Nowadays, bioptic analyses remain the gold standard for the diagnosis of these tumors , and the detection of the underlying oncovirus is achieved by exploiting ancillary techniques of immunohistochemistry (IHC) or molecular in situ hybridization (ISH). Therefore, the scope of this Special Issue is any innovative approach in the diagnosis, therapy, screening and prevention of virus-induced cancers; moreover, clinicopathological correlations are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Luca Roncati
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pathology
- viral oncology
- gynecological oncology
- hematological oncology
- head and neck tumors
- human papilloma virus (HPV)
- HPV-test
- PAP-test
- oncoviruses
- cancer
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