About this Research Topic
Surgery is the cornerstone for the treatment of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC). The past decade has witnessed incredible progress and technological advances, including minimally invasive surgery, robotics and improved tumor imaging techniques supplemented with the use of artificial intelligence, creating an "augmented reality" in the operating theater. There is also increasing recognition of the utility of biological analyses in guiding cancer surgery at different stages of management.
The surgical management of oral cancers is a complex topic at the crossroad of surgical innovation, technical innovation and more recently, tumor biology. This is reflected by the increasing need for multidisciplinary management of these tumors.
The objective of this Research Topic is to address recent developments in the technologies involved in the surgical management of these cancers and in the understanding of the biology of these tumors. These novel advances have not yet changed the management of oral cancers, but may contribute in the future. Therefore having a topic that brings together the various specialists in the field would increase the awareness and knowledge of the target audience and foster eventual collaborations to further the developments in this new and exciting field.
This Research Topic is targeted at specialists in different fields: oral surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, biologists, researchers, and clinical oncologists to name some. Both review articles and original articles are welcome, covering the topics of surgical and/or medical management of oral cancers and how the novel technological advances in surgery, microsurgery, imaging or biological analyses can be useful in this field.
Specific themes that could be considered include topics related to:
1. Practical improvements and technological advances toward more precise surgery: minimally invasive surgery, microsurgery, robotics, artificial intelligence etc.
2. Biomarkers and molecular biology techniques and findings that could guide the medical management and surgical management of oral cancers.
The surgical management of oral cancers is a complex topic at the crossroad of surgical innovation, technical innovation and more recently, tumor biology. This is reflected by the increasing need for multidisciplinary management of these tumors.
The objective of this Research Topic is to address recent developments in the technologies involved in the surgical management of these cancers and in the understanding of the biology of these tumors. These novel advances have not yet changed the management of oral cancers, but may contribute in the future. Therefore having a topic that brings together the various specialists in the field would increase the awareness and knowledge of the target audience and foster eventual collaborations to further the developments in this new and exciting field.
This Research Topic is targeted at specialists in different fields: oral surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, biologists, researchers, and clinical oncologists to name some. Both review articles and original articles are welcome, covering the topics of surgical and/or medical management of oral cancers and how the novel technological advances in surgery, microsurgery, imaging or biological analyses can be useful in this field.
Specific themes that could be considered include topics related to:
1. Practical improvements and technological advances toward more precise surgery: minimally invasive surgery, microsurgery, robotics, artificial intelligence etc.
2. Biomarkers and molecular biology techniques and findings that could guide the medical management and surgical management of oral cancers.
Keywords: oncology, oral cancers, precision medicine, precision surgery
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