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Advancing Excellence in Thoracic Oncology: Breakthroughs and Impactful Discoveries
Curated by Giuseppe Giaccone (Cornell) and Sharon Pine (Univ. of Colorado), this collection showcases key advances in thoracic oncology: cancer biology, diagnostics, treatments, biomarkers, translational insights, early detection, and clinical care.
Editor's Pick: Explainable, Federated AI for Brain Tumor MRI Classification
This study combines privacy-preserving federated learning with explainable AI (Grad-CAM, saliency maps) to classify brain tumors on MRI as glioma, meningioma, pituitary, or none, reaching 94% accuracy with transparent, clinician-ready predictions
ESMO Oncology Congress 2026 in Madrid
We will attend the ESMO Congress 2026 from 23 to 27 October in Madrid, Spain. Clinicians, researchers, and health leaders will share practical work to improve cancer diagnosis and care. We look forward to seeing you there.
Editor’s Pick: The pivotal role of TGF-β/Smad pathway in fibrosis pathogenesis and treatment
This review examines how dysregulated TGF-β/Smad signalling drives fibrosis via fibroblast activation, EMT, and ECM accumulation across the liver, kidney, lung, heart, and skin, and frames the pathway as a pivotal antifibrotic therapeutic target
Editor's Pick: Mechanisms and Technologies in Cancer Epigenetics
This review maps the epigenetic mechanisms driving cancer (DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, ncRNAs) and technologies reshaping the field, from single-cell and spatial epigenomics to multi-omics and CRISPR epigenome editing
Editors
See allliang qiao
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Specialty Chief Editor
Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
maria raffaella ambrosio
University of Siena
Siena, Italy
Associate Editor
Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
ziad awad
University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville
Jacksonville, United States
Associate Editor
Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
abbes belkhiri
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, United States
Associate Editor
Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
