Impact of Global Climate Change on Carcinogenesis, Cancer Incidence and Management
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 276
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anticancer actions of natural products; plant polyphenols; flavonoids
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Dear Colleagues,
During the past few decades, humankind has witnessed a sharp rise in the incidence of cancer cases worldwide. Moreover, based on the data from GLOBOCAN 2020, the global cancer burden is expected to further increase by almost 50% by 2040, meaning that 28.4 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2040. These dreadful changes have occurred in parallel to the global climate warming. Indeed, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, limiting human-induced warming to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels is already beyond reach. Therefore, the current Special Issue is devoted to analyzing the possible impact of climate change on the rise of cancer cases, considering many different aspects, both direct and more indirect in nature. In this way, articles about changes in the incidence of specific cancer types (e.g., melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, as well as other malignancies) depending on climate warming will be included in this collection, unraveling also the possible molecular mechanisms underlying such associations. In addition, papers focused on more indirect effects of climatic changes on complex carcinogenesis processes are welcomed, including aspects related to alterations of dietary patterns and the composition of various food products, but also environmental pollution. Last but not least, a challenging question about the potential necessity to adjust the current cancer treatment and diagnostic strategies according to climatic changes is also raised for future discussion.
Dr. Katrin Sak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- global climate change
- cancer incidence
- cancer formation and progression
- cancer diagnosis and treatment
- pollution
- nutrition
- plant foods
- chemoprevention
