AimsandscopeOfficialOrganoftheDeutscheKrebsgesellschaftTheJournalofCancerResearchandClinicalOncologycontainssignificantandup-to-datearticleswithinthefieldsofexperimentalandclinicaloncology.TheJournal,whichischieflydevotedtoOriginalpapersandRapidcommunications(givenprioritytreatmentbytheEditors),alsoincludesReviewsaswellasEditorialsandGuesteditorialsoncurrent,controversialtopics.ThesectionLetterstotheeditorsprovidesaforumforarapidexchangeofcommentsandinformationconcerningpreviouslypublishedpapersandtopicsofcurrentinterest.Meetingreportsprovidecurrentinformationonthelatestresultspresentedatimportantcongresses.Thefollowingfieldsarecovered:Carcinogenesis-etiology,mechanisms·Molecularbiology·Recentdevelopmentsintumortherapy·Generaldiagnosis·Laboratorydiagnosis·Diagnosticandexperimentalpathology·Oncologicsurgery·Epidemiology.Manuscriptssubmittedforpublicationmustcontainastatementtotheeffectthatallhumanstudieshavebeenexaminedbytheappropriateethicscommitteeandhavethereforebeenperformedinaccordancewiththeethicalstandardslaiddowninthe1964DeclarationofHelsinki.Itshouldalsobestatedclearlyinthetextthatallpersonsgavetheirinformedconsentpriortotheirinclusioninthestudy.Detailsthatmightdisclosetheidentityofthesubjectsunderstudyshouldbeomitted.Reportsofanimalexperimentsmuststatethatthe"Principlesoflaboratoryanimalcare"(NIHpublicationNo.85-23,revised1985)werefollowed,aswellasspecificnationallaws(e.g.thecurrentversionoftheGermanLawontheProtectionofAnimals)whereapplicable.Theeditorsreservetherighttorejectmanuscriptsthatdonotcomplywiththeabove-mentionedrequirements.Theauthorwillbeheldresponsibleforfalsestatementsorforfailuretofulfilltheabove-mentionedrequirements.Thecopyrightcoverstheexclusiverightandlicense(forU.S.governmentemployees:totheextenttransferable)toreproduce,publish,distributeandarchivethearticleinallformsandmediaofexpressionnowknownordevelopedinthefuture,includingreprints,translations,photographicreproductions,microform,electronicform(offline,online)oranyotherrepro...
