Targeted Therapies and Molecular Methods in Cancer, 3rd Edition
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: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug delivery; drug resistance; electroporation; photodynamic therapy; oxidative stress and free radicals; natural chemotherapeutics; nanotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue continues on from our previous Special Issues, “Targeted Therapies and Molecular Methods in Cancer” and “Targeted Therapies and Molecular Methods in Cancer, 2nd Edition”.
This Special Issue of IJMS will examine targeted strategies for dealing with cancer. We welcome articles on new, targeted anticancer methods, new ways for delivering drugs, and entirely new approaches, including, but not limited to: immunotherapy; new aspects of radiotherapy; methods to facilitate drug delivery, such as pulsed electric fields (PEF), sonoporation, magnetic fields (MF), nanotechnology, and nanocarriers; and gene electrotransfer using PEF. Targeted anticancer methods can focus on membrane proteins and ion channel alterations, targets can be specific surface receptors (ER—estrogen receptors, FAR—folic acid receptors, HAR—hyaluronic acid receptors) or cancer biomarkers. Research targeting drug resistance (MDR), aimed at bypassing or modifying the activity of drug transporters, i.e., MDR1/P-gp, MRP1, BCRP, and LRP, etc., will be of interest. We are interested in new and more effective protocols, which could be developed and find potential applications in pharmacy and medical sciences. This Special Issue will cover the latest research concerning targeted therapies and molecular methods against cancer.
Dr. Julita Kulbacka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- immunotherapy
- radiotherapy
- methods using facilitated drug delivery such as electroporation, sonoporation, and magnetic fields
- nanotechnology and nanocarriers
- gene electrotherapy
- intelligent predicting methods with AI
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