Cancer Science
The Official Journal of the Japanese Cancer Association
Edited by:
Yusuke Nakamura
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 52/141 Oncology
Impact Factor: 3.471
Cancer Science (formerly Japanese Journal of Cancer Research) aims to present research that has a significant clinical impact on oncologists or that may alter the disease concept of a tumor. The Journal publishes original articles and editorials, letters to the editor, review articles and reports describing original research in the fields of basic, translational and clinical cancer. Subject categories include (effective from 1 November 2009):
- Basic and Clinical Immunology
- Carcinogenesis
- Cell, Molecular, and Stem Cell Biology
- Clinical Research
- Drug Discovery and Delivery
- Epidemiology and Prevention
- Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics
- Inflammation and Virology
- Pathology
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Open Access after 12 months
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Articles published online ahead of print
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online through our Early View feature before the print edition of this journal is published.
Free Access in the Developing World
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Japan's leading cancer research journal is pleased to announce a new award, dedicated to the development of young researchers from the Asia region in the area of cancer science and research.
Share your research with the world, and be in the running to win:
- 12 month online subscription to Cancer Science
- Book prizes from Blackwell Publishing to the value of US$150
- Testimonial of award from the Editors of the Journal
For conditions of entry, please see below. The 2009 awardees were announced at the Japanese Cancer Association annual meeting in October 2009.
Congratulations to the 2009 Young Scientists Award Awardees:
- Shou Liu for Daintain/AIF-1 promotes breast cancer proliferation via activation of the NF-kB/cyclin D1 pathway and facilitates tumor growth 99 (5)
- Hong-Li Yan for Clinical Features and Mismatch Repair Gene analysis of Chinese Suspected HNPCC Patients: a Cost-effective Screening Strategy Proposal 99 (4)
- Suman Lal for The Influence of ABCB1 and ABCG2 Polymorphisms on Doxorubicin Disposition in Asian Breast Cancer Patients 99 (4)
Cancer Science Young Scientists Award Conditions of Entry:
- Only first/corresponding authors of articles published in Cancer Science in the specified period are eligible.
- Open to all authors published in the Journal from the Asia region (excluding Japan, Australia and New Zealand).
- Authors must be at age 35 years or younger at the time of manuscript submission, and currently employed by an institution or university. Students from any institution or university are strongly encouraged to enter.
- The following subject categories are covered: carcinogenesis, tumor biology and pathology, molecular biology and genetics, epidemiology and prevention, immunology and virology, experimental therapeutics and clinical medicine.
- Submissions can be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cas.
TopHighlights
Recently published papers available free online:
Masao Seto, Keiichiro Honma, Masao Nakagawa
Volume 101 Issue 3 - March 2010
Critical roles of T-LAK cell-originated protein kinase in cytokinesis
Jae-Hyun Park, Toshihiko Nishidate, Yusuke Nakamura, Toyomasa Katagiri
Volume 101 Issue 2 - February 2010
Potential for therapeutic targeting of tumor stem cells
Vaibhav Saini, Robert H. Shoemaker
Volume 101 Issue 1 - January 2010
Genetic alterations and signaling pathways in the evolution of gliomas
Hiroko Ohgaki, Paul Kleihues
Volume 100 Issue 12 - December 2009
Hepatocellular carcinoma development induced by conditional -catenin activation in Lkb1+/− mice
Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Atsuko Deguchi, Masayuki Nakau, Yasushi Kojima, Akira Mori, Masanobu Oshima, Masahiro Aoki, Makoto Mark Taketo
Volume 100 Issue 11 - November 2009
Protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2: A proto-oncogene product that promotes Ras activation
Takashi Matozaki, Yoji Murata, Yasuyuki Saito, Hideki Okazawa, Hiroshi Ohnishi
Volume 100 Issue 10 - October 2009
Therapeutic antitumor efficacy of monoclonal antibody against Claudin-4 for pancreatic and ovarian cancers
Masayo Suzuki, Mariko Kato-Nakano, Shinobu Kawamoto, Akiko Furuya, Yuzuru Abe, Hirofumi Misaka, Naoya Kimoto, Kazuyasu Nakamura, So Ohta, Hiroshi Ando
Volume 100 Issue 9 - September 2009
Quantification of mouse pulmonary cancer models by microcomputed tomography imaging
Hiroshi Fushiki, Tomoko Kanoh-Azuma, Masahiro Katoh, Ken Kawabata, Jian Jiang, Nozomi Tsuchiya, Akio Satow, Yoshitaka Tamai, Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Volume 100 Issue 8 - August 2009
Review Articles: Cancer stem cells and their niche
Hiroko Iwasaki, Toshio Suda
Volume 100 Issue 7 - July 2009
Review Article: From tumor lymphangiogenesis to lymphvascular niche
Satoshi Hirakawa
Volume 100 Issue 6 - June 2009
Review Articles: Cellular senescence: Its role in tumor suppression and aging
Naoko Ohtani, David J. Mann, Eiji Hara
Volume 100 Issue 5 - May 2009
Therapeutic potential of proapoptotic molecule Noxa in the selective elimination of tumor cells
Saori Suzuki, Makoto Nakasato, Tsukasa Shibue, Isao Koshima, Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Volume 100 Issue 4 - April 2009
Critical role for constitutive type I interferon signaling in the prevention of cellular transformation
Hui-min Chen, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yukiko Mitani, Eri Oda, Hiroaki Nozawa, Jian-zhong Chen, Hideyuki Yanai, Hideo Negishi, Myoung Kwon Choi, Toshiroh Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Akinori Takaoka
Volume 100 Issue 3 - March 2009
Preventing the unfolded protein response via aberrant activation of 4E-binding protein 1 by versipelostatin
Junichi Matsuo, Yoshinori Tsukumo, Junko Sakurai, Satomi Tsukahara, Hae-Ryong Park, Kazuo Shin-ya, Toshiki Watanabe, Takashi Tsuruo, Akihiro Tomida
Volume 100 Issue 2 - February 2009
Transforming growth factor-â signaling at the tumor-bone interface promotes mammary tumor growth and osteoclast activation
Mitsuru Futakuchi, Kalyan C. Nannuru, Michelle L. Varney, Anguraj Sadanandam, Kimihisa Nakao, Kiyofumi Asai, Tomoyuki Shirai, Shin-ya Sato and Rakesh K. Singh
Volume 100 Issue 1 - January 2009
Also all contents of Volume 100 Issue 1 is Free. Click here to read free sample issue.
Open Access after 12 months: Articles published 12 months ago are freely available online!
