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Guest Editors: Wieland Voigt (Medical Innovations and Management, Steinbeis University Berlin, Berlin, Germany); Helmut Prosc (Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

Guest Editor: David Waller (St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK)

Guest Editor: Ghulam Abbas (West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA)

Guest Editors: Douglas Kyle Hogarth (The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA); Jonathan S. Kurman (Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)

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The "Meet the Professor" series features interviews with the global Key Opinion Leaders, providing a window into the new developments, breakthroughs, and achievements in the interviewees’ professional fields, both clinically and academically.

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Guest Editors: Stefano Margaritora (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy); Roberto Crisci (University of L'Aquila, "G. Mazzini" Hospital, Piazza Italia 1, Teramo, Italy); Elisa Meacci (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy)

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Guest Editors: David Waller (St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK); Annabel Sharkey (Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK)

Guest Editors: Lorenzo Spaggiari (University of Milan, Milan, Italy; European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy); Domenico Galetta (European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy)

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