Cancer: Molecular Research and Novel Inflammatory Targets

Dear Colleagues,

Cancer is a leading cause of deaths around the world. Cancer development and its response to therapy are regulated by several factors, including inflammation, which may promote or inhibit tumor progression, exhibiting contrasting effects on therapeutic outcomes. Although there are many effective clinical treatment options, the survival rate for cancer patients is still low; thus, research on new and alternative therapeutic targets represents an important goal in the field of oncology research. Since its discovery, cancer-related inflammation has been considered a key feature of cancer, with a well-established link between chronic inflammation and tumor development. Given the relationship between inflammation and tumor, exploiting inflammation appears to be an important approach for a more efficient anti-cancer treatment.

Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to present new potential therapeutic targets to counteract cancer progression via inflammatory pathway modulation.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Sarah Adriana Scuderi
Dr. Alessia Filippone
Guest Editors

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• cancer
• tumor microenvironment
• molecular biology
• biomarkers
• novel and alternative therapies
• inflammation
• pharmacological inhibitors