1CancerResearch(CanRes):InstructionsforAuthorsScopeCancerResearchisthemostfrequentlycitedcancerjournalintheworld.Thejournalpublishesoriginalstudies,reviews,andopinionpiecesofferingsignificanceandbroadimpacttoadiverseaudiencespanningbasic,preclinical,clinical,prevention,andepidemiologicresearch.CancerResearchseeksmanuscriptsthatofferpathobiologicalandtranslationalimpacttoinformthepersonal,clinical,andsocietalproblemsposedbycancer.Themainscopeofthejournaliscapturedinitsprimarysubsections,whichfocusonmolecularandcellularpathobiology,tumorandstemcellbiology,therapeuticsandtargets,microenvironmentandimmunology,preventionandepidemiology,andintegratedsystemsandtechnology.Pleasenotethatthejournalisunabletoentertainpre-submissioninquiries.SeetheSubmissionProceduressectionoftheInstructionsforAuthorsforinformationonsubmittingamanuscriptforconsideration.Papersarestringentlyreviewed,andonlythosethatreportresultsofnovel,timely,andbroadly-significantresearchmeetinghighstandardsofscientificmeritareacceptedforpublication.Thefollowingcriteriaprovideanoverviewofthetypesofstudiesconsideredbythejournal:•Findingswhichhavenotbeenpreviouslypublishedinanothertumormodel.•Studiesperformedinmultiplecelllines.•Conclusionswhicharenotrepresentativeofincrementalfindings.•Studieswhichincludeaclearlywrittentitleandabstractwhichcommunicatethestudy'simpactofsignificancetonon-experts.•Anincisiverationalethatcouldinterestabroadaudience.•Manuscriptscontaininginvivodata.Althoughinvivodataisnotrequired,studiescontainingthisdataarepreferred.•Apotentiallygeneralizable,broadimpactconclusion.•StudieswhichdescribeRNAinterference(RNAi)mustcontainonenon-specificcontrolandtwospecificsiRNAsforeachknockdowntargetofinterest.Additionaldatashowingthatknockdownatthelevelofproteinexpression(notjustmRNA)wasachievedisrequired.2CategoriesofPublicationThefollowingtypesofarticleswillbeconsideredforpublication.Notethatwordcountsareexclusiveofreferences.Authorsareadvisedthatsubmissionsnotadheringtotheguidelinesprovid...
