GuideforAuthorsTypesofPapersCancerLettersisaninternationaljournalthatconsiderfulllengtharticlesandminireviewsinthebroadareaofbasicandtranslationaloncology.Additionally,specialissueshighlighttopicalareasincancerresearch.AreasofinteresttothebroadreadershipofCancerLettersincludethemoleculargeneticsandcellbiologyofcancer,radiationbiology,molecularpathology,hormonesandcancer,viraloncology,metastasisandchemoprevention.Thejournalplacesemphasisonexperimentaltherapeutics,particularlytargetedtherapiesforpersonalizedcancermedicine.AlloriginalpaperssubmittedtoCancerLetterswillbeevaluatedbytheJournal'sEditorsandshouldbebetween3000and3500words.TheEditorialOfficehasadoptedaratingsystem,inordertoestablishwhichmanuscriptswillbesentoutforpeerreview.TheratingsystemallowstheEditortoassessthemanuscriptintermsofthefollowingcriteria:*Presentation*Styleandstructure*QualityofEnglishlanguage*Whetherthetopicbeingcoverediswithintheaimsandscopeofthejournal*Themanuscript'sscientificnoveltytogetherwithhowitcomparestoothermanuscriptssubmittedonsimilartopics.ThosemanuscriptswhicharejudgedasbeingeligibleforconsiderationbytheEditorswillbesubjecttopeerreview.PagechargesThisjournalhasnopagecharges.EthicsinpublishingForinformationonEthicsinpublishingandEthicalguidelinesforjournalpublicationseehttp://www.elsevier.com/publishingethicsandhttp://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/ethics.EthicsandProceduresTheeditorsandpublisherofthisJournalbelievethattherearefundamentalprinciplesunderlyingscholarlyorprofessionalpublishing.Whilethismaynotamounttoaformal"codeofconduct",thesefundamentalprincipleswithrespecttotheauthors'paperarethatthepapershould:*betheauthors'ownoriginalwork,whichhasnotbeenpreviouslypublishedelsewhere*reflecttheauthors'ownresearchandanalysisanddosoinatruthfulandcompletemanner,*properlycreditthemeaningfulcontributionsofco-authorsandco-researchers,*notbesubmittedtomorethanonejournalforconsideration(ensuringitisnotunderredundantsimultaneouspeerreview),and*beappropriatelyplacedi...