Cancer Medicine Template
Writing for Cancer Medicine? This template gives you a submission-ready structure—sections, abstract, and references—so you focus on the research, not the formatting.
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How to Use the Cancer Medicine Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 25 July, 2026
Submitting to Cancer Medicine goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Cancer Medicine 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.
What is the Cancer Medicine Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Cancer Medicine. 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 Medicine journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a CM submission:
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 Medicine guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
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 Medicine guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Cancer Medicine Template include?
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 ScholarOne / Research Exchange.
Steps to Use This Template with Scispace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The Scispace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for CM.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Cancer Medicine guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through ScholarOne / Research Exchange.
Cancer Medicine Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | CM requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Abstract required and 'does need to be correctly styled' but no specific structured format with mandatory headings is specified for Original Research Articles. Brief Communications require an abstract limited to 100-150 words; the manuscript body can be structured or unstructured. For Registered Reports of RCTs, authors must specify that the manuscript is a report of an RCT in the abstract. No explicit word limit stated for standard Original Research abstracts. |
| Main text | Section order and length per article type |
| Declarations | Ethics, competing interests, funding, data as required |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 1-4 keywords required. Keywords 'should be selected from the list that generates during submission.' No MeSH requirement explicitly stated. Optional suggestions for new keywords can be sent to editorial office. |
| References | Vancouver style for final journal output. However, at initial submission: 'References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript.' The guide states 'The completeness and content of your reference list is more important than the format chosen.' Authors must format references to Vancouver style upon revision/acceptance. |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymized) peer review. The current author guidelines state: 'Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-anonymised peer reviewed.' Authors' information is provided to reviewers, but reviewers' identities are kept confidential. |
| Submission | authorservices.wiley.com |
Quick Tips for Using the Cancer Medicine Template
Read the Cancer Medicine 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 Medicine in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent CM 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 Medicine journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Cancer Medicine guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through ScholarOne / Research Exchange.
