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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Oncology

World Journal of Clinical Oncology (WJCOWorld J Clin Oncol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJCO accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJCO are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJCO is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of oncology, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJCO include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2024 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Jian-Hua Mao, BSc, MSc, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Senior Scientist, (E-mail: jhmao@lbl.gov) Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
  • Hiten RH Patel, BM BCh, BSc, FRCS, PhD, Professor, Surgical Oncologist, (E-mail: hrhpatel@hotmail.com) Department of Urology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromso 9038, Norway
  • Stephen Safe, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: ssafe@cvm.tamu.edu) Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, United States
  • Ken H Young, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Full Professor, (E-mail: ken.young@duke.edu) Hematopathology Division, Duke University Medical Center and Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCO is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2023 Edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJCO as 2.8; IF without journal self cites: 2.8; 5-year IF: 3.0; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.36.
ISSN
2218-4333 (online)
Editorial
Review
Brandon Lucke-Wold, Burhanuddin Sohail Rangwala, Muhammad Ashir Shafique, Mohammad Arham Siddiq, Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa, Fnu Danish, Rana Muhammad Umer Nasrullah, Noor Zainab, Abdul Haseeb 
World J Clin Oncol 15(4):482-495. Published online Apr 24, 2024. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.482
Mariana Santos Calmon, Fabian Fellipe Bueno Lemos, Marcel Silva Luz, Samuel Luca Rocha Pinheiro, Luis Guilherme de Oliveira Silva, Gabriel Lima Correa Santos, Gabriel Reis Rocha, Fabrício Freire de Melo 
World J Clin Oncol 15(4):496-522. Published online Apr 24, 2024. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.496
Minireviews
Agnieszka Kajdanek, Damian Kołat, Lin-Yong Zhao, Mateusz Kciuk, Zbigniew Pasieka, Żaneta Kałuzińska-Kołat 
World J Clin Oncol 15(4):523-530. Published online Apr 24, 2024. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.523
De-Yi Geng, Qing-Shan Chen, Wan-Xian Chen, Lin-Sa Zhou, Xiao-Sha Han, Qi-Hu Xie, Geng-Hong Guo, Xue-Fen Chen, Jia-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Ping Zhong 
World J Clin Oncol 15(4):531-539. Published online Apr 24, 2024. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.531
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Basic Study
Case Report
Anna Mydlak, Łukasz Ścibik, Monika Durzynska, Jakub Zwoliński, Karolina Buchajska, Olga Lenartowicz, Jakub Kucharz 
World J Clin Oncol 15(4):566-575. Published online Apr 24, 2024. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v15.i4.566