Molecular Diagnostics for Cancer Treatment
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2024) | Viewed by 1979
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular diagnostics; biomarkers; digital pathology; telemedicine; artificial intelligence in pathology
Interests: molecular pathology; translational cancer research; bioinformatics; thoracic oncology; biomarkers; cellular signaling; tumor microenvironment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Revolutionary progress has been achieved in tumor therapy over the last 15 years. The detection and exact characterization of genetic changes have successfully been introduced in routine cancer treatment, serving as basis for the prediction of the therapeutic success of certain drugs.
With ongoing knowledge about mechanisms of tumor growth, the number of drugs potentially effective is growing exponentially. The same is true for the methods necessary to detect genetic changes as a basis for these novel treatments.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the developments made in methods capable of coping with the various needs of molecular diagnostics in routine care and their successful clinical application in cancer treatment. Any methods suitable to support molecular diagnostics in cancer (detection and treatment) are of interest. For clinical studies, it is important that the papers highlight the underlying molecular basis of the clinical findings.
In addition to studies dealing with already approved methods, this Special Issue is open for the submission of papers dealing with methods on the edge of being included in clinical decision making, such as single cell sequencing, AI-based decision support systems dealing with sequencing results, etc.
We solicit all types of papers with a clear focus on molecular diagnostics in the field of cancer treatment, including reviews, original articles, short communications, and case reports. The latter should include a prominent methods section describing the contribution of molecular diagnostics within the case presented.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Mairinger
Dr. Fabian Dominik Mairinger
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- precision medicine
- molecular diagnostics
- molecular tumor profiling
- tumor biology
- cancer treatment
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