Recent Advances in Translational Neuro-Oncology
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuro-oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 7 April 2025 | Viewed by 408
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Interests: brain tumors; radiosurgery; neuro-oncology; gliomas; brain metastasis; nanomedicine; theranostics; DNA damage response; image-guided neurosurgery; disparities in neuro-oncology care; blood-brain barrier; patient-derived mouse models of brain tumors; genome-editing
2. Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
3. School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
4. Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
Interests: brain tumors; radiosurgery; skull base surgery; neuro-oncology; management of brain tumors during pregnancy; gliomas; brain metastasis; pituitary tumors; intraventricular tumors; image-guided neurosurgery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in understanding the molecular biology of brain tumors, combined with high-throughput screening platforms for therapeutic discovery, novel multimodal strategies that allow for maximally safe surgical tumor resection and downstream targeted adjuvant treatments, have the potential to significantly increase the survival of patients with primary and/or metastatic brain tumors.
In this Special Issue of Brain Sciences, we welcome submissions that present cutting-edge perspectives on recent developments in the fields of translational neuro-oncology, immune-oncology pertaining to the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, and cancer neuroscience.
We explore the emerging use of artificial intelligence in the field of neuro-oncology, including its use in radiomics to assist in the diagnosis of brain tumors, its incorporation in the surgical management of brain tumors and as a tool to predict outcomes. We welcome submissions studying the uses of machine learning and data analytics to understand global real-world treatment patterns for primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Finally, we welcome original articles that probe the neuropsychiatric effects of treatments for all types of brain tumors, studies that explore the importance of neurorehabilitation before, during and after therapy, and the role of clinical nurse advocates in helping brain tumor patients and their families navigate complicated health systems and address disparities in the delivery of cancer care to this vulnerable patient population.
Dr. Fred C. Lam
Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Matthias Kasper
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- brain tumors
- neuro-oncology
- neurosurgery
- radiosurgery
- immune-oncology
- translational research
- clinical trials
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