Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Cancer Metabolism

Dear Colleagues,

Cancer metabolism is a venerable area of cancer research. A century ago, Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg studied the oxygen needs of cancer cells, leading to the determination that cancer cells acquire special properties that promote distinct growth and metastatic advantages over normal cells. There is now a growing research framework for understanding how cancer cells work, leading to major advances in targeted cancer therapies. We hope that this Special Issue will increase this understanding to advance metabolic-based cancer treatment and prevention strategies.

Areas of interest for this Special issue include abnormal glucose consumption and energy production in cancer cells of all types, amino acid requirements, inflammatory mechanisms, messaging and cross-talk between malignant and normal cells, mechanisms of effective dietary changes in cancer treatment and prevention, metabolic drivers behind carcinogenesis, and, at the other end of the spectrum, reasons for the devastating syndrome of cancer cachexia. Papers addressing other areas of metabolism, innovative research ideas, and suggestions for clinical trials are also welcome. Our goal is to foster a better understanding of cancer metabolism and the application of this understanding in the development of effective targeted therapies. We welcome your help.

Please note that this Special Issue is focused on molecular research, so pure clinical studies will not be accepted. However, clinical submissions utilizing biomolecular experiments are welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lucarelli
Dr. Daniel W. Nixon
Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Peluso
Guest Editors

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• cancer metabolism
• metabolic pathway
• glucose consumption and energy production
• amino acid requirement