Call for Papers: Malignant Wounds — From Assessment to Management and Multidimensional Care Implications

Call for Papers: Malignant Wounds — From Assessment to Management and Multidimensional Care Implications

Introduction

Malignant wounds develop as a serious medical complication that advanced cancer patients develop during their disease progression. The wounds produce severe physical symptoms, which include pain, malodour, bleeding, infection and excessive exudate drainage. The treatment of this condition requires more than clinical wound management because it needs dedicated and skilled health professionals who work together with the patient to deliver personalised treatment.

The call for papers on Malignant Wound Management aims to advance knowledge and practice by examining malignant wound care from comprehensive assessment to holistic management and broader care implications. This issue requires researchers from different fields to study clinical practice while examining how patient-focused approaches and scientific research findings combine to enhance the well-being of patients who suffer from malignant wounds.

Researchers, clinicians and scholars are invited to submit high-quality original manuscripts that contribute to advancing clinical practice, research and education in malignant wound management across diverse healthcare settings.

Scope

It welcomes original research articles, systematic and scoping reviews, qualitative and mixed-method studies, clinical practice papers, case-based analyses and service evaluations that explore malignant wounds in the context of advanced cancer and palliative care.

The submission must show actual research methods and relevant clinical applications and interdisciplinary research fields, together with the specific practical and ethical aspects of managing malignant wounds. The body of work needs nursing contributions together with Oncology wound care research, wound care, allied health, psychology and related fields.

The issue particularly encourages studies that explore innovative assessment frameworks and symptom management strategies, integrated care models and psychosocial support mechanisms to enhance patient-centred and evidence-informed care.

Know More About This Issue

Malignant wounds present multiple challenges that affect patients and their caregivers, and all healthcare workers who treat these patients. The treatment of these wounds requires complete and compassionate care because they cause physical symptoms and create psychological, social, and ethical issues. The literature on oncology and palliative care has insufficient research about Malignant wound assessment, which results in a lack of high-quality evidence that should guide medical procedures and patient services.

The special issue aims to achieve its goal through multidisciplinary approaches, which will establish evidence-based practices for malignant wound treatment. The issue provides research-based information and clinical expertise and operational assessments to help healthcare workers deliver complete medical services that focus on the individual needs of patients in all healthcare settings, including hospitals, community centres, hospital facilities and home health services.

The special issue demonstrates how interdisciplinary teamwork, effective communication and policy creation work together to enhance healthcare delivery and make medical services accessible to all patients while improving their treatment results for Multidimensional care in malignant wounds across the world.

Malignant Wounds

Key Themes

The study examines how malignant wounds develop through their pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations in patients with advanced cancer.

  • The study requires a complete assessment of wounds through its structured methods of wound evaluation.
  • The study examines five different symptoms, which include pain, odour and bleeding together with infection and exudate problems.
  • The study evaluates three treatment methods, which include wound dressings and topical therapies, together with innovative treatment approaches.
  • The study investigates how different dimensions of care, which include psychosocial and emotional, and cultural and ethical aspects, function.
  • The study shows how malignant wounds affect three essential human elements, which include quality of life, dignity and identity.
  • The process of shared decision-making, together with effective communication and advanced care planning.
  • The study examines how caregivers experience their duties while receiving various types of support systems.
  • Healthcare professionals need proper education and training programs to develop their skills in treating malignant wounds.

    • How We Support Your Submission

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  • Support in addressing reviewer comments and revising manuscripts for final acceptance
  • Our expert team ensures that your manuscript meets the scholarly standards required for successful publication.

    • Journal Guidelines:

  • Manuscripts need to be original work, which should not be submitted to any other publication at this time.
  • The complete manuscript requires approval from all authors, who must show their essential academic contributions to the work.
  • All funding sources and conflicts of interest need to be fully reported.
  • The journal requires authors to adhere to its specific formatting and submission rules for their manuscripts.
  • Research that includes patient participation needs to show both ethical approval and informed consent procedures.
  • Every submitted work will be evaluated through a thorough peer review process conducted by two separate professional reviewers.
  • Authors need to complete their manuscript revisions according to the established deadlines, which come after they receive reviewer comments.

    • Important Dates

    Submission Deadline: 30 January 2027

    To ensure successful and timely submission to the special issue “Malignant Wounds — From Assessment to Management,” researchers are encouraged to leverage the expert services of the, offering comprehensive support from conceptualisation to final manuscript submission within the specified deadline.

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    Reference

    Yu, B., & Safaee Fakhr, B. (2026). Inhaled nitric oxide: Discoveries and potential new clinical indications — Special issue call for papers. Elsevier. Nitric Oxide | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier – Nitric Oxide | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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