Molecular Targets and Mechanisms of Action of Anti-cancer Agents

Dear Colleagues,

The title of this Special Issue is “Molecular Targets and Mechanisms of action of Anti-Cancer Agents”. Recently, the treatments and outcomes of some cancers have significantly improved; however, other types of cancer showed little change in survival rates. Both synthetic and traditional anti-cancer drugs can cause side effects and develop drug resistance. Nowadays, it is important to find new anti-cancer agents with new mechanisms of action and identify new cellular targets and therapeutic strategies, which are both potent and selective against cancer cells. We welcome submissions of research related to these topics. The scope of this research is mainly focused on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Identifying promising compounds with in vitro and/or in vivo anti-cancer activity, and studies on elucidating their mechanisms of action;
• Combinatorial chemotherapy that might increase selectivity or synthetic lethality;
• Targeting new cellular targets that may offer cancer selectivity (novel inhibitors).

Dr. Peramaiyan Rajendran
Guest Editor

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