Get your Cancer Research and Treatment 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 Research and Treatment goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Cancer Research and Treatment 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 Research and Treatment. 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 Research and Treatment 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 Research and Treatment 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 Research and Treatment 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 Res Treat requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required (Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion), maximum 250 words for Original Articles. For Case Reports: unstructured abstract, maximum 150 words. The abstract should describe concisely in a paragraph format. |
| Main text | For Original Articles: no specific word/page limit stated (the guide states 'Although there is no limitation on the length of these manuscripts, the Editorial Board may abridge excessive illustrations and large tables'). Text should be structured as: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. For Case Reports: no more than 5 figures including tables, and no more than 15 references. For Correspondences: should not exceed 400 words total. For Editorials: no more than 5 pages in length |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3 to 10 keywords or terms to be used as index terms. Terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list should be used; if suitable MeSH terms are not yet available, current terms may be used |
| References | Numbered citation style (Vancouver/NLM style). References cited with Arabic numerals in brackets in text, numbered in order cited. Journal titles abbreviated in Medline style. List all authors if 6 or fewer; list first 6 authors followed by 'et al.' if more than 6. Should follow Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. Total number of references should be less than 30 for Original Articles |
| Peer review | Double-blind (double-anonymous) peer review, where author and reviewer identities are concealed from each other but visible to the decision-making editor. Reviewers interact only with an editor, ensuring an independent review |
| Submission | journal.cancer.or.kr/submission/Login.html |
Read the Cancer Research and Treatment 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 Research and Treatment in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Cancer Res Treat 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 Research and Treatment journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Cancer Research and Treatment guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.