APT offers the possibility of publishing a special topic  (8-10 articles). These issues will be required to be fully peer-reviewed and all content must be approved by the Editor-in-Chief. Proposals should include an initial title, the guest editors, a brief summary/synopsis of what will be covered, and possible author/title list (with 15-20 potential contributors).

Topic：

1) Rats as a re-emerging model for aging research;
2) The role of histone deacetylase in aging and cancer;
3) Does premature aging accelerate aging?

Editor-in-chief：Warren C Ladiges，DVM, MSc, ACLM

Affiliation: Professor and Director, Geropathology Research Network, Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Email： wladiges@uw.edu

4) Cancer immunotherapy, including PD1/PD-L1 blockade and CAR-T cell therapy;
5) Tumor microenvironment and tumor metabolism;
6) The application of bioinformatics in tumor occurrence analysis and survival prediction models.

Editor：Liang Wang, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Email： wangliangtrhos@126.com

7) Can metformin, which is used to treat diabetes, have an anti-aging effect on people?
8) How to use the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to guide the anti-cancer treatment of cancer in the elderly population?
9) The critical point for diagnosing sarcopenia through muscle measurement;
10) Can improving the lifestyle of elderly people, developing a habit of continuous exercise, supplementing calories, vitamin D, and protein, improve their frailty?

Editor：Feng Liu, MD, PhD

Professor, Chief Physician, Director of Geriatric Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of Geriatric Department, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

Email： pfys1103@126.com

Responsibility

▪ Determine the scope and prepare a brief introduction for the special issue;

▪ Actively participate in article invitations and selection;

▪ Pre check submissions to special issues;

▪ Make a decision on the special issue manuscript based on the comments of the reviewers;

▪ Actively participate in promoting special issues and public awareness.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria
▪ Doctoral and/or medical doctoral degrees;

▪ Excellent research records in the field of applied journals;

▪ A strong history of publishing articles in international journals;

▪ If it is not the mother tongue, then it has competent English proficiency;

▪ Having enough time to flexibly carry out the editing work of the special issue;

▪ Priority will be given to those with experience in journal editing.

Email: apt@antpublisher.com