Molecular Advances of Mass Spectrometry in Rapid Cancer Detection and Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Informatics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 1118
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Routinely using molecular information in the characterization of tumors is essential for both decision-making during surgery and in the careful selection of personalized therapies. Having real-time access to rapid molecular fingerprints of cancers in the operating rooms to assist decision-making during cancer surgeries is part of our current and future vision. This information—if available in a short time frame during cancer surgery—can have a significant impact on the outcomes and re-operation rates. In the future of automated, robotic surgery, real-time molecular information is also essential in the precise guidance of surgical robots. In parallel, easily accessible molecular information for pathologists can also support the rapid, detailed subtyping of the tumors and the suggested point-of-care therapies. Modern applications of mass spectrometry have enabled the collection of rapid, in vitro, even in vivo molecular data that is easily accessible to anyone. The interpretation of the gained molecular fingerprints, including small metabolites, lipids, peptides and proteins and linking the observed molecular patterns to known cancerous cell mechanisms is essential in our understanding of the role of mass spectrometry in cancer detection. This Special Issue on ‘Molecular Advances of Mass Spectrometry in Rapid Cancer Detection and Treatment’ invites original research and reviews on all aspects of novel and rapid mass spectrometry-based molecular information collection, interpretation of known cancer mechanisms and supporting computational technologies, and machine learning in cancer detection and subtyping.
Dr. Julia Balog
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mass spectrometry in cancer detection
- mass spectrometry in personalized cancer therapies
- mass spectrometry in future operating rooms
- cancer metabolomics, lipidomics and proteomics using mass spectrometry
- real-time tissue identification using mass spectrometry, cancer subtyping using mass spectrometry
