Advances in Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics for Cancer: Toward Personalized Oncology
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 882
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Interests: theranostic; plant derived agents; flow cytometry; neurosurgery; oncology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites contributions addressing innovative strategies in the diagnosis, treatment, and personalized management of cancer. It highlights advancements in drug delivery systems, theranostics, diagnostics, and the tumor microenvironment while emphasizing personalized oncology approaches to enhance therapeutic outcomes. Submissions may include original research, comprehensive reviews, or case studies in the following areas:
- Drug Delivery Innovations:
- Design and development of personalized, targeted drug delivery systems for cancer.
- Novel nanoparticle-based, lipid-based, or polymeric carriers tailored to patient-specific tumor profiles.
- Overcoming biological barriers to achieve selective delivery to metastatic sites.
- Therapeutics:
- Development of personalized therapies, including small molecules, biologics, and immunotherapies.
- Advances in radiation-based therapies integrated with personalized treatment strategies.
- Exploration of combination therapies targeting patient-specific metastatic pathways.
- Theranostics:
- Design of multifunctional agents that combine diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities for personalized oncology.
- Innovations in fluorescence-based or radiolabeled probes tailored to individual tumor biology.
- Real-time monitoring tools for treatment response and cancer tracking.
- Diagnostics and Biomarkers:
- Discovery of novel biomarkers for the early detection and progression monitoring of metastatic cancers.
- Development of personalized fluorescent sensors for the dynamic assessment of tumor microenvironment conditions.
- Multi-omics approaches for the identification of patient-specific predictive biomarkers and treatment customization.
- Emerging Technologies:
- Application of cutting-edge technologies in tailoring therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for cancer.
- Novel platforms for integrating personalized medicine into oncology practice.
Dr. Andreas Tzakos
Dr. Tim R. Crook
Dr. Nelofer Syed
Dr. George Alexiou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- personalized medicine
- cancer diagnostics
- cancer therapeutics
- cancer theranostics
- radiotherapeutics
- precision oncology
- targeted therapy
- immunotherapy
- molecular diagnostics
- biomarkers in cancer
- cancer genomics
- tumor microenvironment
- surgical oncology
- cancer biomarkers
- AI in cancer diagnosis
- multimodal cancer treatment
- advanced imaging in oncology
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