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aboutTHEJOURNAL
CancerBiology&Medicineisapeer-reviewedopen-accessjournalofChineseAnti-cancerAssociation(CACA),whichistheleadingprofessionalsocietyofoncologyinChina.Quarterlypublished,thejournalprovidesinnovativeandsignificantinformationonbiologicalbasisofcancer,cancermicroenvironment,translationalcancerresearch,andallaspectsofclinicalcancerresearch.ThejournalalsopublishessignificantperspectivesonindigenouscancertypesinChina.Thescopecoversthefollowingtopics:
Cancergenetics
Cancerandstemcellbiology
Molecularandclinicalimmunology
Cancerpreventionandepidemiology
Cancerbiomarkers
Radiationoncology
oncologyclinicaltrials
Mechanismsofdrugsensitivityandresistance
Targetedtherapyandimmunology
Multidisciplinarytreatmentandpersonalizedmedicine
ThejournaladherestotheUniformRequirementsforManuscriptsSubmittedtoBiomedicalJournals,issuedbytheInternationalCommitteeforMedicalJournalEditors(ICMJE)andtheguidelinesofCommitteeonPublicationEthics(COPE).
MISSION
CancerBiology&Medicinededicatestopresentcutting-edgeandhighqualityarticlesonbasic,clinical,andtranslationalcancerresearch,inanefforttokeepcancerresearchersandclinicianswithcurrentknowledgeofnovelfindingsandrecentadvancesinoncologythroughouttheworld.
AUDIENCE
CancerBiology&Medicineendeavorstoappealadiverseaudienceengagedincancerresearchandsubspecialtiesinclinicaloncology.Readersmayinclude,butnotlimitedto,investigators,physicians,surgeonsandnursesincancerresearchareas,medicalstudents,andotherrelevanthealthcareprofessionals.
ConTENTCATEGORIES
OriginalArticle,Editorial,Review,Minireview,LettertotheEditor,ClinicalGuideline,MeetingReport,CaseReport,andUICC-ChinaSpokeNews.
INDEXINGINFORMATION
CancerBiology&MedicineisindexedinPubMed/PubMedCentral,BIOSISPreviews,EMbase,SCOPUS,EBSCO,DOAJ,andChemicalAbstracts.
EDITORIALPOLICIES
AuthorshipandContributorship
Authorshipcreditshouldbebasedon1)substantialcontributionstoconceptionanddesign,acquisitionofdata,oranalysisandinterpretationofdata;2)draftingthearticleorrevisingitcriticallyforimportantintellectualcontent;and3)nalapprovaloftheversiontobepublished.Thecorrespondingauthorisrequiredtoensurethatauthorsareappropriatelylistedandprovideinformationonthespecificcontributionseachauthorhasmadetothearticle.Themanuscript’scontentanditssubmissionforpublicationshouldbeapprovedbyallauthors.ContributorswhodonotmeetthecriteriaforauthorshipshouldbelistedintheAcknowledgmentssection.Pleasebeawarethatallcommunicationsduringthesubmissionandpublishingprocesswillbesenttothecorrespondingauthor.
EthicsInvolvingHumansandAnimals
ExperimentsonhumansubjectsshouldfollowtheHelsinkiDeclaration(asrevisedin2013)andshouldbeapprovedbyanethicscommittee.Writteninformedconsentsshouldbeobtainedfromallparticipants.Concerningprivacyand/orsecurityofpersonalinformation,informedconsents,permissions,andreleasesmustbeobtainedinregardtocasedetails,personalinformation,and/orimagesused.Animalexperimentsshouldabidebytheinstitutionalandnationalguideforthecareanduseoflaboratoryanimals.Theaboveinformationshouldbestatedinthepaper.
ConflictofInterest
Conictofinterestexistswhenanauthor(ortheauthor’sinstitution),reviewer,oreditorhasanynancialorpersonalrelationshipsthatmayinappropriatelyinuence(bias)hisorheractions.CancerBiology&Medicinerequiresallauthorstodiscloseanyrelationshipthatmightresultinanactual,potential,orperceivedconflictofinterestaboutthemanuscriptsubmittedforreview.Reviewersandeditorsshouldalsodiscloseallrelationshipsthatmayunderminethecredibilityofthepublicationprocess.
ExclusiveSubmission
Manuscriptsareconsideredforreviewonlyifnopartoftheworkhasbeenpreviouslypublishedinprintorelectronically.Previouspublicationofanabstractintheproceedingsofmeetingsdoesnotprecludewholemanuscriptsubmissionforpublication,butfulldisclosureshouldbemade.Atsubmission,thecorrespondingauthorisresponsibletoattestthatthemanuscript,inwholeorinpart,isnotunderconsideration,inpress,orpublishedinanyotherpublicationorelectronicmedium.
Ifamanuscriptincludescopyrightedmaterialsofothers,authorsmustobtainwrittenpermissionfromthecopyrightownersandindicatethesourcesinthearticle.Thewrittenpermissionshouldbesimultaneouslysubmittedwiththemanuscript.
Reproducingthemanuscriptinwholeorinpartforteaching,lecturepresentation,andcommunicationinconferences.
Includingpartsofthemanuscriptinsubsequentarticlesorbooks,withacknowledgementofitsoriginalpublicationinCancerBiology&Medicine.
Postingtheacceptedversionofthemanuscript(revisedaccordingtopeerreviewers’opinions)onpersonalorinstitutionalwebsite,withalinktothefinalpublishedversiononthewebsiteofCancerBiology&Medicine.
Usingthemanuscriptfullyorinpartinadoctoralthesisordissertation.
CheckingforScientificMisconduct
CancerBiology&Medicinehasanobligationtoensurethatitspublishedarticlesareaccurateandadherestothehighestethicalstandard.EditorscheckallsubmissionsusingCrossCheck.Inthecasesofplagiarism,redundantorduplicatepublication,thejournalwillsendaletterofreprimandtotheauthors’institution,publishanoticeofmisconductandformallyretractthepublishedmanuscript.Thejournalwillremovefurtherassociationwiththeinvolvedauthorsandinstitutions.
PeerReview
Afterinitialreviewbytheeditororsometimesbyaneditorialboardmember,manuscriptswithoutsufficientpriorityforpublicationwillbeeditoriallyrejectedwithin7days.Thosequalifyingforpeerreviewwillbesenttoatleasttwoexpertreviewersforunbiased,independentandcriticalassessment.Peerreviewers’identitiesarekeptconfidential,butauthors’informationwillbeprovidedtothereviewers.Theeditorsendeavortoreachdecisionsonthesepaperswithinfourweeksfromtheoriginalsubmissiondate.Weallowauthorstwoweeksforgeneralrevisionandonemonthformajorrevision.Acceptedpaperswillbepublishedinprintwithinfourmonthsofacceptance.
EmbargoPolicy
ScientificinformationinamanuscriptwhichisunderconsiderationorinpressinCancerBiology&Medicinemaynotbediscussedwiththemediabeforepublication.Preliminaryreportingtopublicmedia,governmentalagencies,ormanufacturersshouldnotjeopardizepublication,andshouldbediscussedwithandapprovedbytheeditorinadvance.
ResponsestoScientificMisconduct
CancerBiology&Medicinehasanobligationtoensurethatitspublishedresearchisaccurateandadherestothehighestethicalstandard.Inthecasesoffalsification,plagiarism,redundantorduplicatepublication,thejournalwillsendaletterofreprimandtotheauthors’institution,publishanoticeofmisconductandformallyretractthepublishedmanuscript.Thejournalwillremovefurtherassociationwiththeinvolvedauthorsandinstitutions.
AdvanceonlinePublication
OpenAccess
MANUscriptSUBMISSION
PresubmissionInquiries
onlineSubmission
Questionsandrequireddocumentsinsubmissionprocess:
●Manuscripttype
●Manuscripttitle
●Runningtitlewithnomorethan10words
●Fullnamesincludingfirstandmiddlenamesofallauthorsshouldbeprovided,theaffiliationofeveryone,aswellasthee-mailaddressofcorrespondingauthor(s)shouldbealsoincluded
●Abstractisthesketchofcorecontentofthewholepaper,particularly,itshouldofferthepurposeofthestudy,themethodsused,andresultsandconclusionsinanoriginalarticle.Referencescouldnotappearinabstract,also,abbreviationsandacronymsshouldbeavoided
●Atleast5keywordsshouldbeprovidedonthemaininformationofthepaper
●Acoverlettershouldbeuploadedalongwiththepaper(seemoredetailsbelow)
●Theapprovalfromanethicscommitteeshouldbeofferedwhenthepaper,especiallyoriginalarticle,referstoclinicaltrials
●UploadPDFsorotherfilesforSupplementaryData(ifapplicable)
●Answerstosomeotherquestionssuchaslistingthereviewersrecommendedbyauthor(s)andsoon.
Ouronlinesubmissionsystemwillpromptyoutouploadthecomponentsofyourmanuscript(coverletter,text,figures,supplementaldata,etc.)asseparatefiles.Uponcompletionofthisstep,thewebsitewillbuildacompositePDFfileofyourentiremanuscript.AuthorsareresponsibletochecktheformatofmanuscriptandqualityoffiguresintheconvertedPDFfileandapprovethesubmission.
CoverLetter
Eachsubmissionmustbeaccompaniedbyacoverletter,whichshouldcontainthefollowinginformation:
Thetitleandabriefsummaryofthesignificantfindingsorpointsofthemanuscript.
Astatementofexclusivesubmissionandnoplagiarismorothermisconducts.
Astatementthatthemanuscripthasbeenreadandapprovedforsubmissionbyalltheauthors.
Thename,address,andtelephonenumberofthecorrespondingauthor.
Suggestionsforappropriatereviewersandreviewerexclusions.
StatusInquiries
RevisionSubmission
Therevisedversionofmanuscriptshouldbesubmittedwithintwomonthsafterauthorsreceivethereviewerscomments.Pleasecontacttheeditorifextratimeisneededforrevision.Thejournalgenerallyallowsonlyoneroundofrevision.Exceptfortherevisions,authorsshoulduploadapoint-by-pointresponsetothereviewers’comments.Pleasedonotuploadrevisedmanuscriptsasnewsubmissions.
MANUscriptFORMATS
OriginalArticle
OriginalArticlesreportsignificantnewfindingsorimportantclinicalexperienceincancerarea,whichhavevaluableimplications.
●300-wordabstract
●6,000wordsoftext
●50referencesormore
●8figuresand/ortablesinmaximum
●ResultsandDiscussionmustnotbecombined.
●Additionaldisplayitemsmaybepublishedassupplementaryinformation.
Editorial
Editorialsareusuallyinvited,commentingontheleading-edgediscoveriesincancerresearchandsignificantadvancesoncancerdiagnosisandtreatment.
●3,000wordsoftext
●10referencesormore
●3figuresand/ortablesinmaximum
Perspective
PerspectivespresentaviewpointonanimportantareaofresearchandarewrittenonlyattheinvitationoftheEditorialBoard.Perspectivesfocusonaspecificfieldorsubfieldwithinalargerdisciplineanddiscusscurrentadvancesandfuturedirections,sometimeswithpersonalinsights.
●3,500wordsoftext
Review
Reviewsdiscussrecentprogressontopicsofbroadinteresttocancerresearchersorcancercareprofessionals.Solicitedreviewswillalsobesentoutforpeerreview.
●250-wordabstract
●7,000wordsoftext
●75referencesormore
●7figuresand/ortablesinmaximum
Minireview
Minireviewsareshorterreviews,usuallybasedonrecentlypublishedoriginalstudies.Solicitedminireviewswillalsobesentoutforpeerreview.
●200-wordabstract
●4,000wordsoftext
●5figuresand/ortablesinmaximum
LettertotheEditor
ReadersareencouragedtocommentonarticlespublishedinCancerBiology&Medicine,viaLetterstotheEditor.Letterstotheeditorwillnotundergopeerreview.
●ALettershouldclearlyindicatetheoriginalsource.
●ResponsetoaLettershouldreferencetheLetterinthefirstparagraphsanditstitleshouldincludetheLettertitle.
●500wordsoftext
●5referencesormore
CaseReport
CaseReportsintroducenew,rareortypicalcancercases.Thefeatures,diagnosisortreatmentofthesecasesshouldhavevaluableimplicationsandprovidepracticalinformationforclinicians.
●100-wordabstract
●1,000wordsoftext
●7figuresand/ortablesmaximum
●Including3sections,namelyIntroduction,CaseReport,andDiscussion
MeetingReport
MeetingReportpresentsessenceofimportantcancerconferencesorsymposiaallovertheworld,suchmanuscriptsshouldcontainnovelinformationandinsightfulviewsofthemeetingandshouldbesubmittedwithinthreemonthsofthemeetingdate.
●5figuresand/ortablesmaximum
PracticeGuideline
PracticeGuidelinesintroduceconsensusesorclinicalguidelinesproducedbyinternationalauthoritativegroupsorsocietiesaboutcancer.
MANUscriptPREPARATION
Themanuscriptofobservationalandexperimentalarticlesshouldincludetitlepage,abstract,introduction,materialsandmethods,results,discussion,acknowledgements,conflictofintereststatement,references,figures,tables,andsupplementaryinformation.Allpagesofthemanuscriptshouldbenumberedconsecutively,beginningwiththetitlepage.
TitlePage
TitleKeyinformationshouldbeincludedinthetitle,whichenableselectronicretrievalofthearticlebothsensitiveandspecic.Thetitleshouldnotcontainanyabbreviationsexceptforcommonlyusedgeneorproteinacronyms.Thetotallengthofthetitleshouldnotexceed20words.
AuthorsandAfliationsMultiplefirst-authorshipsareacceptableandshouldbeindicated.Multipleseniorauthorsarealsoacceptablebutonlyoneshouldbedesignatedascorrespondingpersonfortimelycommunicationbetweenauthorsandthejournal.Thename,mailingaddress,telephoneandfaxnumbers,ande-mailaddressofthecorrespondingauthorshouldbeindicatedclearly.Numbersinsuperscriptshouldbeusedtoindicatethedepartment,institution,citywithpostalcodeandcountry,foreachauthor.
AuthorContributionCancerBiology&Medicinerequiresastatementspecifyingthecontributionsofeveryauthoronthetitlepage.
Source(s)ofSupportAnysupportintheformofgrants,equipment,drugs,oralloftheseshouldbeclaimed.
RunningTitleArunningtitleofnomorethan10wordsisrequired.
Abstract
Thisshouldbeasingleparagraphofabout250words,accuratelyreflectingthecontentofthearticle.Abbreviationsandreferencecitationshouldbeavoidedintheabstract.Theabstractshoulddescribeallkeynovelfindingsofthestudy.Structuredabstracts(Objective,Methods,Results,andConclusion)arepreferredfororiginalresearcharticles.Forarticlesonclinicaltrials,itemsidentifiedbytheConSORTgroupshouldbeprovidedandthetrialregistrationnumbershouldbelistedattheendoftheabstract.
Keywords
Introduction
TheIntroductionsectionshouldprovidethenecessarybackgroundandthespecificpurposeoftheresearch.Citereferencestothemostpertinentarticlesandavoidincludingdataorconclusionofthestudybeingreported.
MaterialsandMethods
Informationaboutmaterialsandmethodsshouldbebriefandadequatesothatallprocedurescanberepeatedbyothers.Methodsthathavebeenwelldescribedinpreviouspublicationsshouldbemerelycitedwithappropriatereferences.onlynewandsubstantiallymodiedmethodsneeddetailedexplanation.Thegenericname(s),dose(s),andadministrationroute(s)ofalldrugsandchemicalsshouldbepreciselyidentified.
Describestatisticalmethodswithenoughdetails.Providereferencesforthestatisticalmethodswhenpossibleandexplainwhethertheirdataconformtotheassumptionsofthetests.Thecomputersoftwareusedshouldbespecified.Authorsshouldbeawarethatstatisticalanalysisandpresentationisanessentialparttoreviewforallreferees.
Manuscriptsinvolvinghumansandanimalsmustincludeastatementinthissectionthattheresearchhasbeenreviewedandapprovedbyinstitutionalethicalcommitteebeforeconductionofresearch.Formanuscriptsinvolvinghumansubjects,astatementthattheinformedconsentwasobtainedfromeachsubjectisrequired.
Results
Theresultsshouldbepresentedinlogicalsequenceinthetext,tables,andfigures,accuratelydescribingimportantfindingsofthestudy.Conciselysummarizethedatapresentedintablesandfigures,avoidingexcessiveexplanations.
Discussion
Accuratelyinterpretthenewandimportantfindingsofthestudyanddiscusstheresultsinabroadercontext.AvoidrepeatingmaterialsalreadyshowedintheIntroductionortheResultssection.Pertinentdatainpreviouspublicationsshouldbeappropriatelydiscussedandcited.Discussthelimitationsandimplicationsofthestudy.Avoiddrawingconclusionswithoutadequatesupportbythedata.
Inthissection,whetherthereisaConflictofInterestshouldbestated.Authorsmustdisclosethedetailsofallconflictsifthereareany.
Acknowledgements
Contributionsofnon-authorsshouldbeacknowledged.Thecorrespondingauthorisresponsibletoobtainthewrittenpermissionfromthosementionedinthissection.Thefundingsources(ifany)shouldbelisted,withgrantnameandnumber.
References
Articleinabook:GradisharW.Malebreastcancer.In:HarrisJ,LippmanM,MorrowM,OsborneC,eds.Diseasesofthebreast.2nded.Philadelphia:LippincottWilliams&Wilkins.2000:661-7.
Anentirebook:BruceA.Chabner,DanL.Longo.CancerChemotherapyandBiotherapy:PrinciplesandPractice.Philadelphia:LippincottWilliams&Wilkins.2006.
onlinefirstarticles:GreggW.Stone,AkikoMaehara,BernhardWitzenbichler,etal.IntracoronaryAbciximabandAspirationThrombectomyinPatientsWithLargeAnteriorMyocardialInfarction:TheINFUSE-AMIRandomizedTrial.JAMA.Publishedonlinefirst:March25,2012.DOI:10.1001/jama.2012.421
Tables
TypetablesonseparatesheetsandnumberthemconsecutivelyinArabicnumeralsaccordingtotheorderoftheirfirstmentioninthetext.Tablesshouldbeself-explanatoryandincludeabriefdescriptivetitleabove.Columnheadingsshouldbeconcise,withunitsofmeasurementinparentheses.Explainallabbreviationsinfootnotesandusethefollowingsymbols,insequence:?,?,§,?,etc.*,**,***,etc.shouldbereservedforPvalues.
Figures
FiguresshouldbelabeledinconsecutiveArabicnumeralsandpresentedintheordertheyarementionedinthetext.Ifreuseofafigureinpreviouslypublicationsisnecessary,theauthormustprovidethewrittenpermissionfromthecopyrightholderandindicatetheoriginalsourceinthelegend.
Thefiguresshouldbesubmittedasseparatefiles,inTIF,EPS,JPEG,orGIFformatsandshouldbesizedat127×173mm(5×7inches).Highresolutionispreferred.Atleast300dpiforcolorfiguresand1,000dpiforlinefiguresarerequired.Photomicrographsshouldhaveinternalscalemarkers.Symbols,arrows,orlettersusedinphotomicrographsshouldcontrastwiththebackground.
Figurelegendsshouldbeconciseandcomprehensiveandbelistedinaseparatepage.Ensurethatlegendsandfiguresmatchupcorrectly.Indicatestainsandmagnificationsandclearlyexplainsymbols,arrows,abbreviations,andlettersusedinthelegends.
SupplementaryInformation
Supplementarydatashouldenhance,butnotbeessentialto,areader'sunderstandingofthepaper.Withoutthem,thearticlealsomustbecompleteandclear.Supplementarydatawillalsobesentoutforpeerreviewasequalinqualityasthemainpaper.
Supplementaryfilesmayconsistofthefollowingcontents:
●Figuresand/ortables
●Materialsandmethodsmentionedinthemainpapershouldbedescribedindetails
●Databaseinformation
●Electronicmultimediadocuments(e.g.,videos,audios)
Restrictionsonnumberandsizeoffiles:
●Thenumberofsupplementaryfilesperarticleshouldnotexceed8.
●Thefilesizeshouldnotexceed10MB.
Submitsupplementaryinformationasaseparatefilethroughthesubmissionsystem.
Eachsupplementaryitem/filemustbereferencedatleastonceinthepaper.Theformoftablesorfiguresinsupplementaryitemsshouldfollowtherelatedrequirementsusedforthemanuscript,forinstance,“FigureS1”standsforsupplementaryFigure1,or“TableS3”standsforsupplementaryTable3.
PROOFS
CHARGES
SponsoredbyCACA,CancerBiology&Medicineemphasizesonrapidlypublishingleading-edgeinformationoncancerandpromotingitsdissemination.Nofeeswillbechargedforcolorfigures,online/printpublication,orOpenAccess.
OFFPRINTS
Offprintorderformswillbesentwiththeproofs.Authorswhorequestoffprintsshouldcompleteandreturntheformstotheeditorialofficebeforethejournalisprinted.Lateorderssubmittedaftertheprintpublicationmaybesubjecttoanincreasedprice.