Novel Design and Synthesis of Anticancer Agents (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Neoplastic diseases and cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of premature death. Despite the significant progress made over the last few decades on the molecular basis of the carcinogenesis process as well as diagnostic and prophylactic processes, the treatment currently used for neoplastic diseases is still not very specific or effective. We are currently facing numerous challenges related to the search for progress in cancer chemotherapy.

The design and synthesis of more effective and more selective novel anticancer drug candidates with promising activity and minimal side effects still remains a problem.

Currently, the search for new anticancer therapies is focused, inter alia, on the search for improved pharmaceutical forms (drug forms) and new analogues of the currently used anticancer drugs, on the study of the antitumor activity of drugs currently used for other indications, and on the study of new chemical compounds of natural or synthetic origin with the anticancer activities.

In this Special Issue, we focus on research related to the design and synthesis of new substances with potential anticancer activity, as well as the study of the mechanisms of this action. I cordially invite researchers working in this field to contribute original research articles and review articles.

Dr. Małgorzata Jeleń
Guest Editor

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• synthesis
• anti-proliferative activity
• anticancer activity
• cancer cell lines
• mechanism of anticancer action
• drug discovery
• drug design

• Novel Design and Synthesis of Anticancer Agents in Molecules (13 articles)