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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Original Research

Original Research articles report novel clinical, translational, or basic oncology research. The main text should be up to 4,000 words and include a structured abstract of up to 300 words. Up to 8 tables and/or figures and up to 100 references are permitted. Manuscripts should follow a standard structure that includes Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References.

Narrative Review / Systematic Review / Meta-analysis

Review articles synthesize evidence and provide expert interpretation of the literature. The main text should be up to 5,000 words with an abstract of up to 300 words. Up to 5 tables and/or figures and up to 120 references are permitted. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should clearly describe the search strategy and study selection approach.

Editorial

Editorials provide concise commentary on timely issues or recent advances relevant to oncology. There is no fixed word limit, and an abstract is not required. Tables/figures and references may be included as appropriate.

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