Molecular Mechanisms in Head and Neck Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 5711
Special Issue Editors
Interests: head and neck tumor oncology; translational oncology; liquid biopsy research
Interests: head and neck tumor oncology; clinical research; liquid biopsy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Head and neck cancers (HNCs) are among the most common malignant neoplasms in humans. Due to the late disease presentation of the patient, lack of suitable biomarkers, and corresponding drugs for individually targeted therapy approaches, survival rates for HNC patients are still unsatisfying. The key to novel effective therapies, innovative predictive tools, and relevant drug targets is the detailed knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms in HNCs.
This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into molecular mechanisms, and cellular signaling networks regulating the development, growth, and metastasis of head and neck tumors. This knowledge can provide a new impetus for the development of innovative (multi-targeting) treatment strategies, and thus will aid in improving the prognosis of HNC patients.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: the molecular pathways of head and neck cancer; molecular alterations at genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic levels; novel methods for biomarker identification; and liquid biopsies in HNC.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Désirée Gül
Dr. Jan Hagemann
Prof. Dr. Roland Hans Stauber
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- head and neck cancer
- translational research
- molecular pathways
- cellular signaling
- biomarkers
- liquid biopsies
- transcriptome
- proteome
- survival
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