The ''European Journal of Cancer'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

devoted to

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

research on experimental oncology, clinical oncology (medical, paediatric, radiation, surgical), and on cancer epidemiology and prevention. It is the official journal of the

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) is a unique pan-European non-profit clinical cancer research organisation established in 1962 operating as an international association under Belgium law. It develops, conduc ...

(EORTC) and the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA). The

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is Alexander M. M. Eggermont. In Clarivate's 2020 Journal Citation Reports indexed by Web of Science, the ''European Journal of Cancer'' received an

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...

of 9.162, ranking it 33 out of 242 journals in the category ''Oncology''.

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* {{Official, http://www.ejcancer.com/ Elsevier academic journals Oncology journals English-language journals Publications established in 1965