Personalized Diagnosis and Treatment of Hematological Malignancies

A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Personalized Therapy and Drug Delivery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2026 | Viewed by 311

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Division of Blood Disorders, Rutgers Cancer Institute, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Interests: acute myeloid leukemia; aplastic anemia; myelodysplastic syndromes; chronic myeloid leukemia; acute lymphoid leukemia

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Years of basic science and translational research have led to a surge in precision diagnostics and treatments in hematologic malignancies. The growing number of immunotherapies, targeted, and cellular therapies available and currently being studied in the treatment of myeloid, lymphoid, and plasma cell malignancies has created tremendous excitement for the individualization and advancement of treatment approaches in the years to come. Providers are no longer limited to highly toxic classical chemotherapy in the management of these diseases, allowing for the treatment of older and frailer patients, expanding the potential for benefit into the eighth and even ninth decades of life, adding both years to patients’ lives and life to their years. However, there remains an endless quest to improve outcomes and quality of life through further development and research in hematologic malignancies.

This Special Issue will highlight the personalized diagnosis and management of hematologic malignancies in adults, including the use of precision diagnostics, targeted therapies, immuno- and cellular therapies, and supportive care.

We cordially invite original research and review submissions focused on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Modern approaches to the management of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes;
  • New insights into the use of measurable residual disease testing and monitoring in myeloid, lymphoid, and plasma cell malignancies;
  • Advances in the sequencing and use of cellular therapies including stem cell transplantation and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies in lymphoid malignancies;
  • Personalized treatment selection/planning for patients with chronic leukemias;
  • Recent advances in supportive care in adults with hematologic malignancies.

Dr. Adam S. Zayac
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • hematologic malignancies
  • targeted therapies
  • myeloid neoplasms
  • non-hodgkin lymphoma
  • plasma cell neoplasms
  • supportive care
  • immunotherapies
  • cellular therapies

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Targeted Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Current Approaches and Novel Directions
by Kaitlyn H. Ko, Rebecca Gelfer, Justin C. Wheat and Sheng F. Cai
J. Pers. Med. 2026, 16(3), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm16030169 - 20 Mar 2026
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a molecularly heterogeneous neoplasm of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. The advent of high-resolution genomic sequencing has uncovered several genetic drivers of AML which spurred a surge of therapies that target the disease at a mutational, clonal, or [...] Read more.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a molecularly heterogeneous neoplasm of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. The advent of high-resolution genomic sequencing has uncovered several genetic drivers of AML which spurred a surge of therapies that target the disease at a mutational, clonal, or epigenetic level. Currently, the molecular profiling of AML patients before treatment is commonplace and crucial for ensuring that patients receive the most optimal therapy for any driver mutations they may have. Here, we detail the current targeted therapies available for AML: specifically, those targeting the BCL2 family (venetoclax), FLT3 (midostaurin, gilteritinib, quizartinib), IDH1/2 (enasidenib, ivosidenib), and MENIN (revumenib, ziftomenib). In addition, we outline potential mechanisms of resistance against these therapies, as well as efforts being taken to prevent or bypass them. Full article
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