The Role of Autophagy in Brain Tumors (Volume II)
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Tumor Microenvironment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 366
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Research, Unit of Cellular Network and Therapeutic Innovation, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy
Interests: tumor biology; molecular oncology; onco-suppressor p53; autophagy; hypoxia; oxidative stress; tumor microenvironment; glioblastoma; personalized medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of "The Role of Autophagy in Brain Tumors" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/brain_autophagy_tumors).
Primary and metastatic brain tumors are among the most threatening diseases worldwide. Even improved surgical interventions cannot often completely eradicate brain tumors that progress and metastasize, reducing the patient’s chance of survival. Current therapeutic options, such as radio- and chemo-therapies and immunotherapy, are also ineffective because brain tumors are highly resistant to therapies. Autophagy is a highly conserved cellular homeostatic process; however, its deregulation is associated with several pathological processes, including cancer. Therefore, autophagy manipulation could be exploited to improve the outcome of cancer treatments.
This Special Issue will focus on the autophagy manipulation of brain tumors for therapeutic purposes. We are pleased to invite authors to submit original articles that provide novel findings or reviews that comprehensively highlight the latest discoveries in the field.
I look forward to receiving your contribution.
Dr. Gabriella D'Orazi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- glioblastomas
- cancer treatment
- chemoresistance
- autophagy
- autophagy inhibitors
- autophagy activators
- novel therapeutics
- targeted therapy
- personalized therapy
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