Circulating Molecules and Precision Medicine in Cancer
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 4492
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pharmacogenetics; pharmacogenomics; epigenetics; miRNAs; liquid biopsy; circulating molecules; cancer
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Interests: next-generation sequencing; predictive markers in solid tumors; molecular pathology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last decade, oncology care has shifted from a one-size-fits-all paradigm toward a personalized treatment, selected on the basis of patient-specific molecular and clinical characteristics. More recently, so-called liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis and monitoring cancer-medicine approach has entered the oncology landscape, with the promise to revolutionize the standard clinical approach.
Liquid biopsy allows the detection of different circulating molecules in the bloodstream and other body fluids which may have a key role in diagnosing, monitoring tumor evolution, and evaluating treatment response as well as resistance. These include but are not limited to circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating tumor RNAs (ctRNAs) as well as miRNAs and lncRNAs, and extracellular vesicles (EVs).
We invite researchers and authors to submit original research which pinpoints the application of liquid biopsy as an innovative tool in cancer as well as its possible application in clinical routine practice. Articles may also be focused on understanding how circulating molecules offer new therapeutic strategies in cancer treatment. Review articles that describe the state of the art on this topic are also encouraged.
Dr. Gloria Ravegnini
Dr. Dario de Biase
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Precision Medicine
- Cancer
- ctDNA
- ctRNA
- Circulating miRNAs and lncRNA
- Exosomes and extravesicles
- Personalized therapy
- Liquid biopsy
- Circulating molecules
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