Special Issue

Topic: Liquid Biopsies in Cancer Early Diagnosis

A Special Issue of Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment

ISSN 2454-2857 (Online) 2394-4722 (Print)

Submission deadline: 31 May 2020

Guest Editor(s)

Dr. Wei Zhang
Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

Special Issue Introduction

Significant progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment has contributed to improved clinical outcomes for many cancers. However, cancer remains a major health problem around the globe. Early detection of malignant tumors that are still treatable (e.g., surgical removal) is key to lowering cancer-related mortality and improving patient survival. Compared to tissue-based cancer diagnosis approaches that may be limited by for example the issue of tumor heterogeneity, difficulty in obtaining tissue at certain body locations, and possible complications associated with the biopsy procedure, approaches utilizing liquid biopsy (i.e., bodily fluids such as blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, sweat) have been demonstrated as a noninvasive or minimally-invasive, clinically convenient alternative that has been attracting more and more research efforts during the past few years. Specifically, tumor-derived mutational, epigenetic, and transcriptomic features are contained in certain bodily fluids from a patient, thus providing the rationale for developing cancer biomarkers based on these specimens. Furthermore, during the past few years exciting technical advances have emerged to allow profiling various molecular targets in a variety of clinical specimens. In this Special Issue, we are interested in publishing original articles, reviews, short communications, and technical notes that cover the broad area of cancer early diagnosis using liquid biopsy.

Keywords

Liquid biopsy, cancer, precision oncology, early diagnosis

Submission Deadline

31 May 2020

Submission Information

For Author Instructions, please refer to https://www.oaepublish.com/jcmt/author_instructions
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Submission Deadline: 31 May 2020
Contacts: Elaine Gao, managing editor, editorialoffice@jcmtjournal.com
Ivory Ma, assistant editor, ivory@jcmtjournal.com

Published Articles

The use of liquid biopsy in early breast cancer: clinical evidence and future perspectives
Open Access Review 6 Jan 2021
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Liquid biopsy in endometrial cancer
Open Access Review 26 Sep 2020
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Extracellular RNAs as potential biomarkers for cancer
Open Access Review 16 Sep 2020
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Protection of small-cell lung cancer circulating tumor cells by cellular fragmentation
Open Access Original Article 16 Sep 2020
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Early detection of non-small cell lung cancer in liquid biopsies by ultrasensitive protease activity analysis
Open Access Original Article 6 Aug 2020
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Magnetic nanotechnologies for early cancer diagnostics with liquid biopsies: a review
Open Access Review 9 Jul 2020
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Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment
ISSN 2454-2857 (Online) 2394-4722 (Print)

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