AuthorGuidelinesCancerSciencehasconvertedtoOPENACCESS!CancerScienceisfullyopenaccessfrom1January2014.Manuscriptsacceptedforpublicationwillbepublishedasopenaccessarticles,immediatelyfreetoread,downloadandshare.AuthorsortheirfunderwillberequiredtopayanArticlePublicationChargeuponacceptance.PleaserefertothearticlepublicationchargespageformoredetailsincludingtheJCAmemberdiscounts.Forinquires,contactCancerScience@wiley.com.Averagesubmissiontofirstdecisionis16days.CancerScienceistheofficialjournaloftheJapaneseCancerAssociation.CancerSciencepublishesoriginalarticles,editorials,andletterstotheeditor,describingoriginalresearchinthefieldsofbasic,translationalandclinicalcancerresearch.TheJournalalsoacceptsreportsandcasereports.Reportsareintendedtopresenthighlysignificantandtimelyfindings.Theyarenotintendedsimplytobeshortversionsoforiginalarticles.Casereportsshoulddescribenewfindingsthathaveasignificantclinicalimpactononcologistsorthatmayalterthediseaseconceptofatumor.Casereportsofthefollowingcontentswillnotbeacceptedforpublication:descriptionofararetumororconditionwithoutnewfindingstobeaddedtopreviousreports;combinationofdifferenttumorswithoutnewsuggestivefindingsforoncologicalresearch;remarkableeffectofalreadyknowntreatmentswithoutsuggestivedatatoexplaintheexceptionalresult.Reviewarticlesmayalsobepublished.Thefollowingsubjectcategoriesarecovered:•BasicandClinicalImmunology•Carcinogenesis•Cell,Molecular,andStemCellBiology•ClinicalResearch•DrugDiscoveryandDelivery•EpidemiologyandPrevention•Genetics,Genomics,andProteomics•InflammationandVirology•PathologyEDITORIALREVIEWANDACCEPTANCETheacceptancecriteriaforallpapersarethequalityandoriginalityoftheresearchanditssignificancetoourreadership.Exceptwhereotherwisestated,manuscriptsaresingle-blindpeerreviewedbytwoanonymousreviewers,theAssociateEditor,andtheEditor.FinalacceptanceorrejectionrestswiththeEditors,whoreservetherighttorefuseanymaterialforpublication.Authorsmaypresentnamesofpotentialreviewersandofreviewerswhomtheywo...
