Advances and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urological Malignancies (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1973
Special Issue Editors
Interests: uro-oncology; lymph node metastasis-growth and immune evasion; minimally invasive surgery; radio-guided surgery; prostate cancer; bladder cancer
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Interests: urologic oncology; molecular diagnostics; endoscopic surgery
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Interests: uro-oncology; bladder cancer; cancer cell biology; bladder cancer cell cultures; bladder cancer organoids; biomarkers; immunotherapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue Advances and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urological Malignancies, which has 24 papers published.
The incidence of urological tumors has increased significantly over the past 40 years, and prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy among men. Even if in most cases the initial treatment is curative, a certain number of patients experience a poor course of disease with local or distant recurrence, and require further treatment, which significantly worsens their quality of life.
Over the past two decades, great efforts have been made to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes. Molecular biomarkers have been investigated and introduced into clinical practice, and new pathological and clinical classifications have been proposed to account for tumor behavior and risk of disease recurrence. At the same time, new surgical and pharmacological approaches have been developed to improve treatment outcomes.
Nevertheless, many issues remain a matter of debate regarding accurate diagnosis, targeted therapy, and multidisciplinary management.
This Special Issue of Cancers will cover all aspects of urological cancers, including original research into advanced imaging, molecular characterization, current and experimental treatment options, and quality of life. Expert opinions, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are also welcome.
Dr. Bartosz Małkiewicz
Prof. Dr. Jakub Dobruch
Dr. Łukasz Nowak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- prostate cancer
- bladder cancer
- upper urinary tract tumors
- kidney cancer
- testicular tumors
- molecular markers
- lymph node metastasis
- diagnosis
- radical treatment
- systemic treatment
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