Minimally Invasive Therapies in Urologic Cancers
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interventional radiology; MRI-guided laser ablation
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Interests: imaging; ablation; prostate cancer; kidney cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
Surgery and radiation therapy are the traditional treatments for urologic cancers. However, recent technological and procedural advances promote minimally invasive techniques that can focally ablate a subset of organ-confined cancers, offering control similar to that of traditional, more invasive methods. Percutaneous or endoscopic techniques are increasing in variety as modern imaging enables the diagnosis of smaller and less aggressive urologic tumors. These lesions are often best treated with focal therapy, which offers fewer side effects and complications, along with excellent technical success and cancer control. Urologic cancers that are best treated with such techniques originate in the urothelium, adrenal gland, kidney and prostate. Additionally, recent advances in targeted PET scanning allow for new possibilities for percutaneous treatment in highly selected patients with oligometastatic disease.
This Special Issue focuses on interventional and imaging innovations that support minimally invasive techniques in the management of urologic cancers.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Eric M. Walser
Dr. Guglielmo Manenti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laparoscopic surgery
- robotic-assisted surgery
- ablation
- high-intensity focused ultrasound
- partial nephrectomy
- minimally invasive procedures
- urologic cancers
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