Pulmonary Medicine: Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Today, personalised medicine represents one of the most critical pillars for achieving disease prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. Its importance has become more evident in pulmonary medicine as well, with various examples observed in the clinical practice. Molecular testing of lung cancer has broadened our therapeutic horizons, improving patients’ survival, while the introduction of immunotherapy has impressively changed the game. Moreover, the debate regarding genetic testing in interstitial lung diseases has been recently initiated, while targeted therapies have been increasingly used in severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite this progress, there are still major challenges to confront in the near future, including lung toxicity and ethical issues. However, it is almost certain that through diverse tools (omics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics and sequencing technologies), researchers will manage to elucidate the molecular factors underlying the influence of genetic signatures on disease development and therapeutics.

The aim of this Special Issue is to shed light on novel insights of precision medicine in diverse pulmonary diseases by presenting the latest scientific evidence.

This Special Issue will focus on presenting recent advances in cutting-edge research regarding the identification of novel biomarkers, drug target discovery and novel therapeutics, as well as advances in technologies and resources in the field of respiratory diseases.

Dr. Ioannis P. Tomos
Guest Editor

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