Get your Cancer Biology and Therapy paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Cancer Biology and Therapy goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Cancer Biology and Therapy guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Cancer Biology and Therapy. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Cancer Biology and Therapy journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Cancer Biology and Therapy guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Cancer Biology and Therapy guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Cancer Biol Ther requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Research Articles: Structured abstract of 250 words. The abstract should make the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the abstract. Review Articles: Structured abstract of 150 words. References should not be cited. Article Commentary: Unstructured abstract of 150 words. Letters to the Editor and Meeting Reports: Requirements not explicitly stated in the guide |
| Main text | Research Articles: No word limit specified in the guide. Review Articles: Word limit not specified (the guide states 'Should be no more than words' without providing the actual number). Article Commentary: No word limit specified. Letters to the Editor: Described as 'short, focused text' but no specific limit given. Meeting Reports: No word limit specified |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Between 5 and 10 keywords for all article types (Research Articles, Review Articles, Article Commentary, Meeting Reports) |
| References | Any consistent scholarly citation format is acceptable at initial submission. The Taylor & Francis Council of Science Editors (CSE) citation-sequence style (superscripted numbered citations) will be applied post-acceptance. Reference limits by article type: Research Articles: No more than 85 references. Review Articles: No more than 150 references. Other article types: No specific limit stated |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymous) peer review. Manuscripts are peer reviewed by two independent, anonymous expert reviewers. Authors are not anonymous to reviewers |
| Submission | rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=KCBT |
Read the Cancer Biology and Therapy guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Cancer Biology and Therapy in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Cancer Biol Ther papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Cancer Biology and Therapy journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Cancer Biology and Therapy guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.