From Bench to Bedside: Advances in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in the Era of Precision Oncology

A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biology and Oncology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 508

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Department of Patholog & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: non-small cell lung cancer; liquid biopsy; comprehensive genomic profiling

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Dear Colleagues,

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Recent progress in the understanding of molecular mechanisms of NSCLC initiation and progression has led to the identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy. A better understanding of the interplay between intrinsic cancer cell mechanisms and the extrinsic tumor microenvironment is a gateway towards innovation and biomarker development in immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) therapy. Advances in next-generation sequencing have made comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) a mainstay for therapy selection. Techniques such as liquid biopsy in the management of NSCLC enable the noninvasive acquisition of diagnostic and surveillance samples with reduced patient morbidity and cost to the healthcare system. The use of diagnostic predictive modeling has further advanced the goals of precision medicine.

This Special Issue on NSCLC aims to highlight recent advances from bench-to-bedside research in NSCLC in the era of genomics and precision medicine. We seek original basic and translational studies and review articles in NSCLC pathogenesis, biomarker discovery, and development and laboratory genomic medicine. The scope of this Special Issue includes the following:

  1. Advances in the molecular pathogenesis of NSCLC.
  2. Advances in molecular methods for NSCLC diagnosis, including CGP.
  3. Identification of novel biomarkers and predictive machine learning modeling of molecular biomarkers, targeted therapy, and ICI therapy for risk stratification and patient outcomes.
  4. Advances in liquid biopsy in NSCLC.

Dr. Iyare Izevbaye
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • non-small-cell lung cancer
  • precision medicine
  • liquid biopsy
  • biomarkers
  • predictive modeling
  • comprehensive genomic profiling
  • biomarkers
  • immuno-oncology
  • lung cancer biology

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Personalizing Therapy Outcomes through Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Inhibition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
by Hasan Alsharoh, Paul Chiroi, Ekaterina Isachesku, Radu Andrei Tanasa, Ovidiu-Laurean Pop, Radu Pirlog and Ioana Berindan-Neagoe
Biomedicines 2024, 12(7), 1489; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12071489 - 5 Jul 2024
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Lung cancer (LC) is a highly invasive malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as its most prevalent histological subtype. Despite all breakthroughs achieved in drug development, the prognosis of NSCLC remains poor. The mitogen-activated protein [...] Read more.
Lung cancer (LC) is a highly invasive malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as its most prevalent histological subtype. Despite all breakthroughs achieved in drug development, the prognosis of NSCLC remains poor. The mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascade (MAPKC) is a complex network of interacting molecules that can drive oncogenesis, cancer progression, and drug resistance when dysregulated. Over the past decades, MAPKC components have been used to design MAPKC inhibitors (MAPKCIs), which have shown varying efficacy in treating NSCLC. Thus, recent studies support the potential clinical use of MAPKCIs, especially in combination with other therapeutic approaches. This article provides an overview of the MAPKC and its inhibitors in the clinical management of NSCLC. It addresses the gaps in the current literature on different combinations of selective inhibitors while suggesting two particular therapy approaches to be researched in NSCLC: parallel and aggregate targeting of the MAPKC. This work also provides suggestions that could serve as a potential guideline to aid future research in MAPKCIs to optimize clinical outcomes in NSCLC. Full article
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