Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 573
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gastrointestinal cancer; pediatric cancers; lung cancer; other general cancers and medical conditions that can be treated with radiation
Interests: clinical radiotherapy; the influence of radiation on tumor microenvironment
Interests: central nervous system malignancies; thoracic oncology including lung cancers; gastrointestinal malignancies; genitourinary malignancies; proton beam radiotherapies with particular focus in scanning beam technologies; clinical trials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The focus of this Special Issue is on radiotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer. Gastrointestinal cancers account for 26% of the global cancer incidence burden and 35% of all cancer-related deaths. Gastrointestinal cancers, therefore, present a major health problem. Gastrointestinal cancers include cancers of the esophagus, stomach, liver, bile duct, pancreas, small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus. These tumors frequently require a multi-modal treatment including a combination of radiotherapy, surgery, and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy can be carried out either before or after surgery, with or without concurrent chemotherapy.
Recent advances in modern medical imaging and radiotherapy technologies have improved the effectiveness, decreased the complications, and expanded the implications of radiotherapy. These advances include volumetric modulated arc therapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, real-time image-guided radiotherapy, and adaptive radiotherapy. We expect that the study of radiotherapy, combined with immunotherapy, novel radio-sensitizers, or radio-protectors, will improve the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy. In addition, the development of new radiopharmaceuticals directly and specifically facilitates the delivery of radiotherapy to cancer cells, especially in the liver.
In this Special Issue, we invite your contributions, either in the form of original research articles, reviews, or shorter perspective articles on all aspects related to the theme of “radiotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer” including radiation biology, physics, and oncology.
Prof. Dr. Chi Lin
Prof. Dr. Benhua Xu
Dr. Terence T. Sio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radiation biology
- radiation physics
- radiation oncology
- radiation therapy
- radiotherapy
- gastrointestinal cancer
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