Familial Cancer Template
Get your Familial Cancer 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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How to Use the Familial Cancer Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Familial Cancer goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Familial Cancer. 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 Familial Cancer journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Familial Cancer 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 the journal's submission system.
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 Familial Cancer.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Familial Cancer 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 the journal's submission system.
Familial Cancer Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Familial Cancer requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. For life science journals (when applicable): Trial registration number and date of registration for prospectively registered trials; Trial registration number and date of registration, followed by 'retrospectively registered', for retrospectively registered trials. No structured format required; unstructured abstract |
| Main text | No restrictions regarding the word count, reference count or number of figures/tables; however, the Editor may ask authors to shorten their manuscripts, reduce the number of figures, etc., where it is felt that such adjustments will improve the overall quality of the published article. types include: Research (complete, comprehensive report of original research), Review (authoritative, balanced survey), Brief Report (concise report with same format as regular articles, but very concise in introduction and discussion), Correspondence, and Matters Arising (formal post-publication scientific commentary) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. The journal recommends that authors only use abbreviations in keywords if they are firmly established in the field |
| References | Numbered citation style (Vancouver-style). Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets (e.g., [3], [1-3, 7]). The list of references should be numbered consecutively. Journal article format: Author(s) (Year) Title. Journal abbreviation Volume:pages. DOI. The names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of 'et al' in long author lists is also accepted. Journal names should use standard abbreviations according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations. Authors preparing manuscripts in LaTeX can use the bibliography style file sn-basic.bst included in the Springer Nature Article Template |
| Peer review | Transparent/open peer review via In Review service (participating journal). The journal uses the In Review service provided by Research Square, where the author's original submitted manuscript and all subsequent versions are released in real time as peer review progresses. The peer review timeline is public, and articles undergoing review are available for the public to read, comment on, cite, and share. Note: The submission guidelines mention that standards could vary slightly per journal dependent on their peer review policies (i.e. single or double blind peer review), but Familial Cancer specifically participates in the transparent In Review process |
| Submission | submission.nature.com/new-submission/10689/3 |
Quick Tips for Using the Familial Cancer Template
Read the Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer 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 Familial Cancer guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
