Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Cancer Treatment
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 3833
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antineoplastic pharmacology; drug delivery; drug resistance; drug discovery; photodynamic therapy; tumor hypoxia
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Dear Colleagues,
Cancer affects a significant proportion of the global population and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is the second cause of death worldwide. Genetic and epigenetic alterations are among the most critical factors in the onset of carcinomas. Nevertheless, several lifestyle factors, such as physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, smoking, poor nutrition and exposure to ultraviolet radiation or X-rays, can contribute to the transition of healthy cells into malignant cells.
Conventional treatment approaches, such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, are still in use, while significant advances are being made in various fields, including stem cell therapy, targeted therapy, ablation therapy, nanoparticles, natural antioxidants, photodynamic therapy, sonodynamic therapy, immunotherapy and ferroptosis-based therapy. However, to overcome the drawbacks associated with the strategies currently in use in the clinic, novel therapeutic options are needed. This has prompted the research of additional drugs and drug delivery strategies to offer more effective therapeutic alternatives.
This Special Issue aims at collecting original research articles and comprehensive reviews on the most recent advances concerning cancer treatment, such as, but not limited to, novel small anticancer molecules, epigenetic drugs, nanotechnology-based combination therapies, targeted therapies including external stimuli-activated approaches, drug repurposing and immunotherapeutic.
Prof. Dr. Marzia Bruna Gariboldi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- small molecules
- epigenetic drugs
- drug delivery system
- targeted therapy
- personalized medicine
- photodynamic therapy
- photothermal therapy
- sonodynamic therapy
- drug repurposing
- combination therapy
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