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Oncologists dare to talk of a ‘cure’ in fight against cancer

For George Coukos, one of the world’s foremost experts in immunotherapy, this is “an extraordinary moment in human history” when the word “cure” can be seriously used in relation to cancer, our most feared global killer.

Meanwhile, oncologist Bruce Johnson, the outgoing president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Asco) and a 33-year veteran of the war against cancer, relishes the distance covered by his profession over the span of his career. He recalls that when he became a board-certified specialist in cancer medicine in 1985 “there were only about 10 to 15 drugs approved for all of oncology”.

These responses typify an authentic sense of excitement…

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 Oncologists dare to talk of a ‘cure’ in fight against cancer

For George Coukos, one of the world’s foremost experts in immunotherapy, this is “an extraordinary moment in human history” when the word “cure” can be seriously used in relation to cancer, our most feared global killer.

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Published since 1950 by the American Cancer Society, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians is one of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in oncology. The journal also retains the highest impact factor of all ISI-ranked journals. CA reaches a very wide and diverse group of health professionals, and provides an unparalleled opportunity to present information to these professionals about cancer prevention, early detection, treatment of all forms, palliation, advocacy issues, quality-of-life topics, and more.

Cancer

Published since 1948, Cancer is one of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in oncology. As a journal of the American Cancer Society, Cancer provides a forum for the exchange of information among the oncologic disciplines concerned with the etiology, course, and treatment of human cancer. Cancer strives to be comprehensive–delivering something for everyone involved in cancer research or practice. Articles published in the journal frequently make headlines in the newsroom due to their cutting-edge nature.

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Contemporary biomedical research is on the threshold of an era in which physiological and pathological processes can be analyzed in increasingly precise and mechanistic terms. The transformation of biology from a largely descriptive, phenomenological discipline to one in which the regulatory principles can be understood and manipulated with predictability brings a new dimension to the study of cancer and the search for effective therapeutic modalities for this disease. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews provides a forum for critical review and discussion of these challenging developments.

Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals is the established peer-reviewed journal, with over 25 years of cutting-edge content on innovative therapeutic investigations to ultimately improve cancer management. It is the only journal with the specific focus of cancer biotherapy and is inclusive of monoclonal antibodies, cytokine therapy, cancer gene therapy, cell-based therapies, and other forms of immunotherapies. The Journal includes extensive reporting on advancements in radioimmunotherapy, and the use of radiopharmaceuticals and radiolabeled peptides for the development of new cancer treatments.

Cancer Cytopathology

Published since 1997, Cancer Cytopathology is a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. It is the elite journal in its field, offering the highest impact factor among cytopathology journals as well as rapid peer review and online publication times. Cancer Cytopathology is the journal of choice for top authors in the field, which helps it consistently deliver the highest-quality research and most comprehensive reviews across all disciplines in cytopathology.

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention publishes articles featuring population-based research on cancer etiology, prevention, surveillance, survivorship, and cancer health disparities-- with a particular focus on articles with a transdisciplinary approach.

Cancer Gene Therapy

Cancer Gene Therapy is the essential gene and cellular therapy resource for cancer researchers and clinicians, keeping readers up to date with the latest developments in gene and cellular therapies for cancer. The journal publishes original laboratory and clinical research papers, case reports and review articles.

Cancer Genomics & Proteomics

Cancer Genomics & Proteomics (http://cgp.iiarjournals.org) is an online-only open access international peer-reviewed journal designed to publish rapidly high quality articles and reviews on the application of genomic and proteomic technology to experimental and clinical cancer research.

Cancer Immunology Research

Cancer Immunology Research publishes outstanding original articles reporting major advances in cancer immunology that span the discipline from basic investigations in host-tumor interactions to developmental therapeutics in model systems, early translational studies in patients, and late-stage clinical trials.

Cancer Research

Cancer Research is the most frequently cited cancer journal in the world. The journal publishes original studies, reviews, and opinion pieces offering significance and broad impact to a diverse audience spanning basic, preclinical, clinical, prevention and epidemiological research.

Clinical Cancer Research

Clinical Cancer Research, is a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research whose focus is to publish innovative clinical and translational cancer research studies that bridge the laboratory and the clinic. Clinical Cancer Research is especially interested in clinical trials evaluating new treatments, accompanied by research on pharmacology and molecular alterations or biomarkers that predict response or resistance to treatment.

Current Oncology

Current Oncology is a peer-reviewed, Canadian-based and internationally respected journal. Current Oncology represents a multidisciplinary medium encompassing health care workers in the field of cancer therapy in Canada to report upon and to review progress in the management of this disease.

Current Opinion in Oncology

With its easy-to-digest reviews on important advances in world literature, Current Opinion in Oncology offers expert evaluation on a wide range of topics from seventeen key disciplines including sarcomas, transplantation, cancer biology and endocrine tumors. Published bimonthly, each issue covers in detail the most pertinent advances in these fields from the previous year.

Future Oncology

The next few decades will see dramatic changes within the field of oncology. Whilst the burden of disease is set to increase, the available armamentarium to the oncologist will be greater, more robust and offer the potential to focus on individual needs. Future Oncology (ISSN 1479-6694) provides a forum for a new era of cancer care. The journal focuses on the most important advances and highlights their relevance in the clinical setting.

International Journal of Oncology

The International Journal of Oncology provides an international forum for the publication of the latest, cutting-edge research in the broad area of oncology and cancer treatment. The journal accepts original high quality works and reviews on all a aspects of oncology research including carcinogenesis, metastasis, epidemiology, chemotherapy and viral oncology.

Molecular Oncology

Molecular Oncology highlights new discoveries, approaches, as well as technical developments, in basic, clinical and discovery-driven translational research.

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Nature Reviews' clinical content is written by internationally renowned clinical academics and researchers and targeted towards readers in the medical sciences, from postgraduate level upwards. While intended to be read by practicing doctors, researchers and academics within a specialty, we aim to make all our articles accessible to readers working in any medical discipline.

Oncogene

Oncogene — shaping the scientific community and publishing the latest developments in cancer research. Oncogene is published weekly and covers the structure and function of oncogenes.

Oncology Reports

Oncology Reports is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of high quality original studies and reviews concerning a broad and comprehensive view of fundamental and applied research in oncology, focusing on carcinogenesis, metastasis and epidemiology.

Oncology Reviews

The journal provide up-to-date information on the latest achievements in different fields of oncology for both practising clinicians and basic researchers. Oncology Reviews aims at being international in scope and readership, as reflected also by its Editorial Board, gathering the world leading experts in both pre-clinical research and everyday clinical practice.

The Lancet Oncology

The Lancet publishes a weekly journal and six monthly specialty journals in the fields of global health, diabetes and endocrinology, oncology, neurology, respiratory medicine, and infectious diseases. All Lancet journals are published online and in print, with the exception of The Lancet Global Health, which is exclusively online. The Lancet Oncology's Review, Commentary, and Breaking News sections are published exclusively online.

The Oncologist

Oncology and hematology professionals are continuously charged with staying on the cutting—edge of new medical treatments and technologies to foster better cancer patient care and practice management. To that end, The Oncologist® is dedicated to translating the latest research developments into best multimodality practice. Established by oncologists for oncologists, the Journal is committed to helping physicians excel in a challenging and ever-changing environment; to ensure their patients’ rights to the highest level of care from screening and prevention to diagnosis, treatment and management of the disease.

Acta Oncologica

Acta Oncologica is the official journal of the five Nordic oncological societies. The members of the editorial committee represent these societies. Oncologica is one of the leading journals in clinical oncology and related disciplines, and accepts articles within all fields of clinical cancer research from applied basic research to cancer nursing and psychological aspects of cancer.

American Journal of Clinical Oncology

American Journal of Clinical Oncology is a multidisciplinary journal for cancer surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, GYN oncologists, and pediatric oncologists. The emphasis of AJCO is on combined modality multidisciplinary loco-regional management of cancer. The journal also gives emphasis to translational research, outcome studies, and cost utility analyses, and includes opinion pieces and review articles.

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (AJHPM) is a peer-reviewed journal, published eight times a year. In 30 years of publication, AJHPM has highlighted the interdisciplinary team approach to hospice and palliative medicine as related to the care of the patient and family.

Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of top quality original articles and reviews on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate angiogenesis in physiological and pathological conditions. As a central source for rapid communications representing the full spectrum of angiogenesis research, this multidisciplinary journal will publish innovative experimental studies using molecular, in vitro, animal model systems and clinical investigations of angiogenic diseases.

Annals of Oncology

Annals of Oncology is devoted to the rapid publication of editorials, reviews, original articles and letters related to oncology, particularly medical oncology. Annals of Oncology is the official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. Since 2008 the Journal is also affiliated with the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology.

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Annals of Surgical Oncology is one of the leading journals in Oncology and Surgery. Annals is a monthly publication that features original articles on the latest advances in oncology for surgeons from all specialties.

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Anti-Cancer Drugs reports both clinical and experimental results related to anti-cancer drugs, and welcomes contributions on anti-cancer drug design, drug delivery, pharmacology, hormonal and biological modalities and chemotherapy evaluation. An internationally refereed journal devoted to the fast publication of innovative investigations on therapeutic agents against cancer, Anti-Cancer Drugs aims to stimulate and report research on both toxic and non-toxic anti-cancer agents.

AntiCancer Research

ANTICANCER RESEARCH is an independent international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the rapid publication of high quality original articles and reviews on all aspects of experimental and clinical oncology.

Apoptosis

Apoptosis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the rapid publication of innovative basic and clinically-oriented investigations into programmed cell death. It aims to stimulate research on the basis of mechanisms of apoptosis and on its role in various human disease processes including: cancer, autoimmune disease, viral infection, AIDS, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, osteoporosis and ageing.

BBA Reviews on Cancer

BBA-Reviews on Cancer covers the whole field of the biology and biochemistry of cancer, emphasizing oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, growth-related cell cycle control signalling, carcinogenesis mechanisms, cell transformation, immunologic control mechanisms, genetics of human (mammalian) cancer, control of cell proliferation, genetic and molecular control of organismic development, rational anti-tumor drug design.

BMC Cancer

BMC Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of cancer research, including the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers. The journal welcomes submissions concerning molecular and cellular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials.

BMC Palliative Care

BMC Palliative Care is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.

Brain Tumor Pathology

Brain Tumor Pathology is the official journal of the Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology. This international journal documents the latest research and topical debate in all clinical and experimental fields relating to brain tumors, especially brain tumor pathology. The journal has been published since 1983 and has been recognized worldwide as a unique journal of high quality.

Breast Cancer Research

Breast Cancer Research is an international, peer-reviewed online journal, publishing original research, reviews, commentaries and reports. Research articles of exceptional interest are published in all areas of biology and medicine relevant to breast cancer, including normal mammary gland biology, with special emphasis on the genetic, biochemical, and cellular basis of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment provides the surgeon, radiotherapist, medical oncologist, endocrinologist, epidemiologist, immunologist or cell biologist investigating problems in breast cancer a single forum for communication. The journal creates a `market place' for breast cancer topics which cuts across all the usual lines of disciplines, providing a site for presenting pertinent investigations and for discussing critical questions relevant to the entire field. It seeks to develop a new focus and new perspectives for all those concerned with breast cancer.

Breast Disease

Breast Disease publishes review issues devoted to an in-depth analysis of the scientific and public implications of recent research on a specific problem in breast cancer. Thus, the reviews will not only discuss recent discoveries but will also reflect on their impact in breast cancer research or clinical management.

British Journal of Cancer

Cancer is a complex problem. The international effort to understand and control it involves clinicians trained in many branches of medicine and scientists from most biological disciplines, chemistry, pharmaceutical and physical sciences. British Journal of Cancer (BJC) exists to serve the needs of this diverse community, providing a forum for prompt communication of original and innovative research findings that have relevance to understanding the etiology of cancer and to improving the treatment and survival of patients.

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Endocrine-Related Cancer is the established global journal for basic, translational and clinical research on hormones and cancer. Endocrine-related cancers typically include cancers of the breast, prostate, pituitary, testes, ovary and neuroendocrine system as well as hormone-dependent cancers elsewhere.

Gynecologic Oncology

Gynecologic Oncology, an international journal, is devoted to the publication of clinical and investigative articles that concern tumors of the female reproductive tract. Investigations relating to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of female cancers, as well as research from any of the disciplines related to this field of interest, are published.

Integrative Cancer Therapies

ICT is the first journal to spearhead and focus on a new and growing movement in cancer treatment. The journal emphasizes scientific understanding of alternative medicine and traditional medicine therapies, and their responsible integration with conventional health care. Integrative care includes therapeutic interventions in diet, lifestyle, exercise, stress care, and nutritional supplements, as well as experimental vaccines, chrono-chemotherapy, and other advanced treatments.

International Journal of Cancer

The International Journal of Cancer (official journal of the Union for International Cancer Control - UICC) appears 24 times per year. International Journal of Cancer invites submissions under a broad scope of topics relevant to experimental and clinical cancer research and publishes original research articles, mini reviews, short reports, and letters to the editor. The article categories within the journal are: carcinogenesis, cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, infectious causes of cancer, tumor immunology, early detection and diagnosis, epidemiology, and cancer therapy.

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, the official journal of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology, is the primary educational and informational publication for topics relevant to detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gynecologic malignancies. IJGC emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach, and includes original research (clinical trials and translational or basic research), reviews, and opinion pieces.

International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics

International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics (IJROBP), known in the field as the Red Journal, publishes original laboratory and clinical investigations related to radiation oncology, radiation biology, medical physics, and both education and health policy as it relates to the field.

Journal of Chemotherapy

Journal of Chemotherapy is an international multidisciplinary journal committed to the rapid publication of high quality, peer-reviewed, original research. The journal publishes original experimental and clinical research articles, reviews, brief communications and letters on all aspects of antimicrobial, anticancer and immunomodulating chemotherapy

Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology

The journal is devoted to the rapid publication of innovative preclinical investigations on therapeutic agents against cancer and pertinent findings of experimental and clinical oncology. In the journal you will find review articles, original articles, and short communications on all areas of cancer research, including but not limited to preclinical experimental therapeutics; anticancer drug development; cancer biochemistry; biotechnology; carcinogenesis; cancer cytogenetics; clinical oncology...

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

The Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (JIC) publishes original papers, laboratory or clinical, as well as case reports and notes from all parts of the world on all aspects of chemotherapy, covering the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control of infection, including treatment with anticancer drugs. Offerings include experimental studies on animal models and pharmacokinetics, and reports on epidemiology and clinical trials.

Journal of Integrative Oncology

Integrative Oncology, is a new subject in the field of oncology that deals with different therapeutic methods to treat and cure cancer. The Journal of Integrative Oncology addresses all aspects of alternative medicine with conventional health care practices for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice

Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to educating health professionals about providing pharmaceutical care to patients with cancer. It is the official publication of the International Society for Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP).

Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice

Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to educating health professionals about providing pharmaceutical care to patients with cancer and is the official publication of the International Society for Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP). Publishing pertinent case reports and consensus guidelines that drive clinical practice, this practical journal also includes information on new products, new therapies and patient management, as well as reviews of the latest research.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (print ISSN: 0027-8874, online ISSN: 1460-2105) publishes peer-reviewed original research from around the world and is internationally acclaimed as the source for the most up-to-date news and information from the rapidly changing fields of cancer research and treatment.

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), the official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, is the primary educational and informational publication for topics relevant to detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of thoracic malignancies. JTO emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach, and includes original research (clinical trials and translational or basic research), reviews, and opinion pieces.

Leukemia

Leukemia covers all aspects of the research and treatment of Leukemia and Allied Diseases. Studies of normal hemopoiesis are covered because of their comparative relevance. Topics of interest include oncogenes, growth factors, stem cells, leukemia genomics, cell cycle, signal transduction, molecular targets for therapy and more.

Lung Cancer

Affiliated with the Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Toracica,the International Lung Cancer Consortiumthe European Thoracic Oncology Platform and the British Thoracic Oncology Group. Lung Cancer is an international publication covering the clinical, translational and basic science of malignancies of the lung and chest region.

Melanoma Research

Melanoma Research is a well established international forum for the dissemination of new findings relating to melanoma. The aim of the Journal is to promote the level of informational exchange between those engaged in the field. Melanoma Research aims to encourage an informed and balanced view of experimental and clinical research and extend and stimulate communication and exchange of knowledge between investigators with differing areas of expertise.

Molecular Cancer Research

Molecular Cancer Research publishes articles describing novel basic cancer research discoveries of broad interest to the field. Studies must be of demonstrated significance, and the journal prioritizes analyses performed at the molecular and cellular level that reveal novel mechanistic insight into pathways and processes linked to cancer risk, development, and/or progression.

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics publishes the best science in the categories of Therapeutic Discovery, Preclinical Development, and Molecular Medicine in Practice. The journal provides a publication forum for these emerging disciplines that is focused specifically on cancer research.

NEJM Hematolgy/Oncology

The Hematology/Oncology collection covers topics such as chemotherapy, metastatic disease, prostate cancer and imatinib mesylate and includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary.

Neoplasia

Neoplasia publishes the results of novel investigations in all areas of oncology research. The title Neoplasia was chosen to convey the journal's breadth, which encompasses the traditional disciplines of cancer research as well as emerging fields and interdisciplinary investigations. Neoplasia is interested in studies describing new molecular and genetic findings relating to the neoplastic phenotype and in laboratory and clinical studies demonstrating creative applications of advances in the basic sciences to risk assessment, prognostic indications, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

Pathology & Oncology Research

Pathology & Oncology Research (POR) is an interdisciplinary journal at the interface of pathology and oncology, including the preclinical and translational research, diagnostics and therapy. Furthermore, POR offers an international forum for the rapid communication of reviews, original research, critical and topical reports with excellence and novelty.

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Pediatric Blood & Cancer will publish in print and online, the highest quality manuscripts describing basic and clinical investigations of blood disorders and malignant diseases of childhood, including diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, etiology, biology, and molecular and clinical genetics of these diseases as they affect children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatric Blood & Cancer will also include studies on such treatment options as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, immunology, and gene therapy.

Radiation Oncology Online Journal

The Radiation Oncology Online Journal (ROOJ) is a non-profit service organization dedicated to the advance of radiation oncology. This site is intended to be an outstanding source of radiation oncology information and resources for the public and health care professionals.

Radiotherapy & Oncology

Radiotherapy and Oncology publishes papers describing original research as well as review articles. It covers areas of interest relating to radiation oncology. This includes: clinical radiotherapy, combined modality treatment, experimental work in radiobiology, chemobiology, hyperthermia and tumour biology, as well as physical aspects relevant to oncology, particularly in the field of imaging, dosimetry and radiation therapy planning.

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Seminars in Cancer Biology is a review journal dedicated to keeping scientists informed of developments in the field of molecular oncology on a topic by topic basis. Each issue is thematic in approach, devoted to an important topic of interest to cancer biologists, from the underlying genetic and molecular causes of cellular transformation and cancer to the molecular basis of potential therapies.

Surgical Oncology Clinics

Provide current, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic conditions requiring surgical intervention.

Targeted Oncology

Despite the major efforts made in oncology over the past ten years, only relatively modest improvements have been made in the conventional treatment of cancer. Recently, a better understanding of molecular pathways has provided pathologists with clues to the parthenogenesis of the disease and multiple targets for new strategies. New treatments, monoclonal antibodies or small molecules, have emerged targeting these pathways and inhibiting tumor growth and progression. This journal aims to be a pragmatic tool for all physicians committed to the field, focusing on insight into the basic science of cellular functions, critical reviews of clinical data.

Thoracic Cancer

Thoracic Cancer aims to facilitate international collaboration and exchange of comprehensive and cutting-edge information on basic, translational, and applied clinical research in lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal cancer, breast cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Prevention, treatment and research relevant to Asia-Pacific is a focus area, but submissions from all regions are welcomed.

Thoracic Oncology

Thoracic Oncology is a specialty section of Frontiers in Oncology. A large number of scientific teams worldwide are working on research questions related to lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, sarcoma and cancer that has metastasized to the chest. The process of publishing results, both positive and negative, still remains inflexible and very slow, and Thoracic Oncology aims to address these challenges directly, by providing an open access, equal opportunity publishing platform for scientists.

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

World Journal of Surgical Oncology publishes articles related to surgical oncology and its allied subjects such as epidemiology, cancer research, biomarkers, prevention, pathology, radiology, cancer treatment, clinical trials, multimodality treatment and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on original research articles. The journal will also provide significant clinical case reports as well as balanced, extensive and timely review articles on selected topics.