Biomarkers and Precision Medicine in Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729). This special issue belongs to the section "Gastrointestinal Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1726
Special Issue Editor
Interests: immune-oncology; upper gastro-intestinal cancers; hepato-biliary cancers; pancreas cancer; esophagus cancer; gastric cancer; neuro-endocrine tumors; rare cancers; histopathology; precision medicine; targeted treatments; clinical trials
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Dear Colleagues,
The current treatment of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers is centred around chemotherapy and surgery, with a limited number of patients being candidates for immunotherapy or molecularly targeted treatment based on biomarker selection. The poor efficacy of treatment, late diagnoses, and the aggressive behavior of most cases contribute to the high mortality of these diseases.
To improve results, one major approach pursues the stratification of patients, according to the molecular characteristics for predicting treatment responses or resistance. Other strategies focus on novel biomarkers for early diagnosis, the detection of progression or relapse, or prognosis.
We invite researchers to publish studies within this topic in upper gastrointestinal malignancies, including esophageal-gastric, pancreatic, duodenal/small bowel, and hepatic–biliary cancers.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Morten Ladekarl
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- precision medicine
- molecular biology
- biomarker
- prognosis
- diagnosis
- esophagus cancer
- gastric cancer
- pancreatic cancer
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- cholangiocarcinoma
- duodenal cancer
