Special Issues

Cancers runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cutaneous Oncology
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3173 | Submission Open
Keywords: melanoma; cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; checkpoint blockade; immune-related adverse events; resistance to checkpoint blockade; PD-1; PD-L1; CTLA-4; LAG-3
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
Thoracic Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Role of Emerging Therapies submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2854 | Submission Open
Keywords: thoracic neuroendocrine tumors; lung NETs; low-grade typical carcinoids; TCs; intermediate-grade atypical carcinoids; ACs; high-grade large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma LCNEC; small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) neuroendocrine carcinoma
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Complex Approaches to Modeling the Tumor Microenvironment
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 1583 | Submission Open
Keywords: tumor models; tumor cell heterogeneity; tumor microenvironment (TME); extracellular matrix (ECM); tumor stroma; tumor vasculature; tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs); immune checkpoint inhibitors; immune oncology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
New Insights into Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1526 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; radiotherapy; radiation therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
IECC2023: New Targets for Cancer Therapies
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 799 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiosurgery; hypofractionated radiosurgery; spectroscopic MRI; proton radiation; image-guided radiotherapy; radiotherapy for benign tumors; radiotherapy for gliomas; gamma knife
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Focused Ultrasound and Cryoabation in Prostate Cancer: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
edited by Andrzej Lewicki and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; focal theraphy; HIFU; cryoablation; ablative treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
Past, Present, and Future Strategies in the Treatment and Management of Gliomas
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: glioma; surgery; radiosurgery; immunotherapy; tumor biology; tumor biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
The Evolving Role of Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy in the Non-operative Management of Esophageal and Rectal Cancer
edited by , and Cameron M. Callaghan
submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiotherapy; immunotherapy; non-operative management; esophageal cancer; rectal cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Advances in Chordoma
edited by and Piero Fossati
submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: chordoma; Brachyury; TBXT; targeted therapy; immunotherapy; poorly differentiated chordoma; dedifferentiated chordoma; paediatric chordoma; particle irradiation; chordoma surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal Cancer (2nd Edition)
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: rectal cancer; rectal imaging; chemoradiation; advanced rectal cancer; locally recurrent rectal cancer; multimodal treatment; neoadjuvant chemoradiation; prehabilitation; pelvic exenteration; multivisceral resection; pelvic reconstruction; urinary reconstruction; rehabilitation; quality of life; palliative surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Quantitative Technologies to Decipher Functional Phenotypes of Tumor-Associated Macrophages
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs); solid tumors; quantitative immunohistology; confocal microscopy; single cell analytics; spatial transcriptomics; mass-spectrometric metabolomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
Advanced Research in Oncology in 2023
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submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 14 articles | Viewed by 15934 | Submission Open
Cancer Minimally Invasive Surgery submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7053 | Submission Open
Keywords: laparoscopic surgery; robotic surgery; quality of life; colorectal cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; gynecologic cancer; tho-racic cancer; genitourinary cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life)
Radiation Therapy in Lymphoma
edited by Hans Theodor Eich and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4294 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiation therapy; lymphoma; radiotherapy; radiation doses; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Hodgkin lymphoma; radiation treatment; immunotherapeutic; chemotherapeutic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Salvage Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer—Optimizing Oncological and Functional Outcomes
edited by and Amir H. Lebastchi
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4261 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; salvage therapy; salvage radical prostatectomy; salvage radiation therapy; salvage cryotherapy; salvage focal tehrapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Cancers Driven by HIF
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submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3977 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; HIF; oxygen sensing; hypoxia; VHL; proliferation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
Colorectal Liver Metastasis (Volume II)
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3022 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver surgery; hepatectomy; hepatic resection; colorectal liver metastases; treatment strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Metastasis)
Inherited Breast Cancer Risk: BRCA Mutations and Beyond submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2958 | Submission Open
Keywords: hereditary; BRCA predisposition; resistance; PARP inhibitors; HRD; Li Fraumeni; testing criteria; universal testing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)
Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Oropharyngeal Cancers
edited by and Noah S. Kalman
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2857 | Submission Open
Keywords: human papilloma virus; oropharyngeal cancers; treatment; oral complications from cancer therapy; HPV vaccination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis)
Updates on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2149 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Current Challenges and Advances in the Biological Aspects, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management (Volume II) submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1369 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroendocrine neoplasms; carcinoid syndrome; multidisciplinary team in NENs; somatostatin analogs; targeted therapies; peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
2nd Edition: Colorectal Cancers submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1275 | Submission Open
Keywords: advances in early detection of colorectal lesions; biomarkers for assessing colorectal cancer; colorectal cancer stem cells; colorectal carcinogenesis and metastasis; colorectal tumor microenvironment; drug delivery to colorectal cancer cells; epigenetics of colorectal cancer; genetics and genomics of colorectal cancer; imaging of colorectal lesions; inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal carcinogenesis; microbiome and colorectal cancer; molecular targeted therapies for colorectal cancer; mouse models of colorectal cancer; precision medicine for colorectal cancer; signaling pathways in colorectal cancer cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
Advanced Cancer Nanotheranostics
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submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1177 | Submission Open
Keywords: theranostics; nanotechnology; cancer; nanomedicine; multifunctional nanoparticle; multimodal molecular imaging; drug delivery; drug targeting; combined cancer therapy; clinical trials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Drug Development)
Immune and Genetic Landscape of Lymph Nodes in Cancer submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: lymph nodes; immune profiles; genetic profile; cancer; immune landscape; genetic landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
Epidemiology of Genetic Variants Associated with Inherited Cancer Syndromes including Breast or Colon Cancer submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: inherited; cancer; breast cancer; colon cancer; modifiers; panel testing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)
Radiation Therapy in Primary Liver Cancers
edited by Emmanuel Melloul
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: Y90 radioembolization; liver surgery; downstaging; downsizing; liver hypertrophy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Ovarian Cancer Proliferation and Progression submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: ovarian cancer; single cell RNA-Seq; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; biomarker; drug target
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)
Minimally Invasive Surgery in Ovarian Cancer submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: minimally invasive surgery in early ovarian cancer  ; robotic surgery  ; secondary cytoreduction and minimally invasive surgery; HIPEC and minimally invasive surgery; interval debulking surgery and laparoscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
Genetics of Ovarian Cancer submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: epithelial ovarian cancer; genomics; epigenetics; translational research; biomarkers; DNA damage response; PARP inhibitors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)
Breast Cancer: Clinical Trial and Translational Research
edited by , Masayuki Nagahashi and Akari Murakami
submission deadline 23 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5693 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast cancer; translational research; clinical trial; new technology; early detection; new drug; targeting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Trials of Cancer)
The Role of Immunity in the Tumor Microenvironment
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submission deadline 23 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open
Keywords: tumor microenvironment; immunity; immunotherapy; microbiome; immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy; vaccines; CAR-T therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
Inflammation in Cancers submission deadline 24 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: inflammation; cancer; DNA damage; liquid biopsy; tumorigenesis; cancer marker; chronic inflammation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)
Artificial Intelligence and MRI Characterization of Tumors
edited by , , and Ermanno Cordelli
submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8287 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; MRI; CT; PET; 18F-FDG PET/CT; scintigraphy; artificial intelligence (AI); radiomics; convolutional neural networks (CNN)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)
Immunity and Gastrointestinal Cancer
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submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7633 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal cancer; immunity; immunotherapy; tumor immune microenvironment; immune biomarkers; esophagogastric cancer; hepatobiliary cancer; pancreatic cancer; colorectal cancer; anal cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
The Development of Effective Therapy Targeting the Microenvironment of Cancer
edited by and Sasagu Kurozumi
submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7593 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; tumor microenvironment; cancer therapy; cancer cell; animal level
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
Prostate Cancer Progression submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3735 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; localized disease; metastatic prostate cancer; novel therapies; combination therapies; biomarkers; biology; clinical research; translational research; basic research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)
Digital Pathology: Basics, Clinical Applications and Future Trends
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submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital pathology; digital image analysis; deep learning; AI approach; AI-based algorithm; classical image analysis; digital analysis of immunohistochemistry/biomarkers; cancer diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)
Skull Base Reconstruction Following Surgical Treatment of Sinonasal and/or Intracranial Tumors
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submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open
Keywords: reconstruction; cerebrospinal fluid leak; nasoseptal flap; pericranial flap; endoscopic skull base surgery; cranial base; skull base; quality of life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
Liver Cancer: Improving Standard Diagnosis and Therapy (Volume II) submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver cancer  ; diagnosis  ; treatment  ; basic research  ; clinical research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
PET/CT in Tumor Immunotherapy Assessment
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submission deadline 27 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7324 | Submission Open
Keywords: positron emission tomography; PET/CT; immune PET; immunotherapy; checkpoint inhibitors; CAR-T; immunomodulatory; combination therapy; molecular imaging; response assessment; tumor; lymphoma
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
Advances and Future Developments in Liver Transplantation for Cancers submission deadline 27 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine perfusion; marginal graft; split liver; immunotherapy; auxiliary liver transplantation; digital twin; modeling; organoï d
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Molecular Biology of Colorectal Cancers submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10067 | Submission Open
Keywords: colorectal carcinoma; metastatic behaviour; predictive factors; prognostic factors; signaling pathways; tumor microenvironment; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; omics technologies; targeted therapies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
Molecular Profiling, Detection, and Therapy of Squamous Cell Carcinomas submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4116 | Submission Open
Keywords: squamous cell carcinoma; tumor profiling; genetics; gene expression; biomarker; detection; therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
Computational Studies of Mutagenic Processes in Cancer submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3389 | Submission Open
Keywords: somatic mutations; mutational signatures; DNA damage; DNA repair; mutational processes and chromatin/DNA structure; mutational processes and cancer evolution; mutational processes and molecular pathways; mutational processes and environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Informatics and Big Data)
RAS Signaling Pathway in Cancer Therapy
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2197 | Submission Open
Keywords: RAS signaling; MAPK pathway; RAS effectors; KRAS inhibitors; resistance; drug combinations; tumor growth mechanisms; signaling pathways; toxicity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Advances in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1635 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
Targeting mTOR in Cancer Therapy
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1579 | Submission Open
Keywords: mTOR; mTORC1; mTORC2; rapamycin; AMPK; PI3K; cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; adjuvant chemotherapy; pancreatic resection; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; hyperthermia; curative resection; recurrence; S1; gemcitabine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
Cancer and Non-cancer Effects following Ionizing Irradiation
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 17 articles | Viewed by 26715 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
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