''Cancer'' is a biweekly

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covering oncology. The journal was established in 1948. It is an official journal of the American Cancer Society and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the society. The first

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

was Fred W. Stewart, who held that position until 1961. The current editor-in-chief is Suresh S. Ramalingam, and the previous one was Fadlo R. Khuri. '' Cancer Cytopathology'' was published as a section from 1997 until 2008, when it was split into a separate journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 5.649, ranking it 26th out of 211 journals in the category "Oncology".

Abstracting and indexing

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