Personalized Radiotherapy in Cancer Care
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2024) | Viewed by 8479
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innovative radiation oncology technologies; stereotactic radiosurgery; gamma knife; stereotactic body radiation therapy; image-guided radiation therapy; combined immunotherapy and radiotherapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 2004, the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) was established as the first predictive gene test for patients with hormonal receptor positive and HER-2 negative breast cancer who would not benefit from chemotherapy. Since then, numerous predictive biomarkers have been discovered, which has allowed us to tailor treatments to patients to offer them the best chance of survival, while also minimizing treatment-related toxicity. While many of the new predictive biomarkers involve modified systemic therapy, to the focus is now on optimizing radiation treatments. Predictive genetic tests and the presence of biomarkers are being studied to optimize radiation doses and volumes. This Special Issue hopes to highlight the current status and future plans of personalized radiation therapy for patients with cancer at different disease sites.
Prof. Dr. Bin S. Teh
Dr. Waqar M. Haque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- predictive biomarkers
- treatment-related toxicity
- radiation treatments
- radiation dose and volume
- personalized radiation therapy
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