Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

期刊简介：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.Each issue of Cancer and Metastasis Reviews is devoted to a particular theme or topic and will contain from five to seven different contributions. In addition, an introductory preface is included from an individual who is distinguished in the field to be covered. The topics and contributors are chosen by the Editor-in-Chief after consultation with various members of the Editorial Advisory Board. Special emphasis is placed on subjects which are of relevance to the molecular and cellular biology of cancer metastasis and tumor progression, as well as to the treatment of metastatic disease. Occasional issues will be devoted to an in-depth clinical and biological analysis of a particular type of cancer.A major function of the journal is to review some of the more important and interesting recent developments in the biology and treatment of malignant disease, as well as to highlight new and promising directions, be they technological or conceptual. Contributors are encouraged to review their personal work and be speculative.

【译文】当代生物医学研究正处于一个时代的前沿，在这个时代中，生理和病理过程可以以越来越精确和机制性的术语进行分析。生物学从主要描述性的、现象学的学科转变为可以理解和操纵的调节原则，这为癌症的研究和寻找这种疾病的有效治疗方式带来了新的维度。癌症与转移综述提供了一个论坛，用于对这些具有挑战性的发展进行批判性评论和讨论。癌症与转移综述的每一期都致力于特定的主题或话题，并将包含五到七篇不同的贡献。此外，还包括一位在该领域有杰出贡献的人士的序言。主题和作者由主编在咨询编辑顾问委员会的成员后选定。特别强调与癌症转移的分子和细胞生物学以及转移性疾病治疗相关的问题。偶尔的期数将致力于对特定类型癌症的深入临床和生物学分析。该期刊的主要功能是回顾恶性疾病生物学和治疗的一些更重要和有趣的新发展，同时突出新的和有希望的方向，无论是技术上的还是概念上的。鼓励作者回顾他们个人的工作并具有推测性。