Medical Complications and Supportive Care in Patients with Cancer (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 645
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer; oncological emergencies; supportive care; autoimmune diseases; infectious diseases; critical care; vasculitis; immunotherapy; immune-related adverse events
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of the previous one, entitled "Medical Complications and Supportive Care in Patients with Cancer" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/U18OO3N5CE).
The prevalence of cancer is increasing due to the aging population, early diagnosis and the therapeutic novelties that have appeared in recent years (targeted therapies or different modalities of immunotherapy, among others) and have led to improvements in the survival of patients with oncological diseases. However, this has also caused an increase in the complexity in the management of these patients, who present classic complications of cancer (oncological emergencies, thromboembolic disease or infectious diseases) but also pose new challenges for the professionals who provide them with medical care (new treatment toxicities such as immune-related adverse events, the adverse effects of CAR-T cell therapies or the need for intensive care). In addition, other challenges arise in parallel: older patients may be candidates for oncologic treatment (oncogeriatrics), and the palliative needs of patients are becoming more complex and require specialized attention.
For all these reasons, we believe that this Special Issue will be of great interest to professionals who work with cancer patients and strive to provide the best care for those experiencing medical complications of cancer and receiving supportive or palliative care. Papers related to these areas are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue, whether they are about oncological emergencies, infectious diseases in cancer patients, treatment toxicities, immune-related adverse events, supportive care, palliative care or thromboembolic disease, among others.
Dr. Javier Marco-Hernández
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- oncological emergencies
- immune-related adverse events
- immunotherapy
- supportive care
- palliative care
- infectious diseases
- thromboembolic disease
- treatment
- toxicities
- CAR-T cell therapy
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