Cancer Biology & Therapy Celebrates Five Years of Publication

Abstract

On the completion of our fifth year of publication it is a good time to reflect on the progress and direction of this journal, and to celebrate its success. This has been an exciting time and it went by very quickly.At the time we conceived and started Cancer Biology and Therapy there were far fewer print and online journals in the expanding cancer research field and there was clearly a need that was rapidly and simultaneously filled by several new journals. This journal attempted to define itself as interested in both basic and translational research, in addressing not only the biology of cancer but also its molecular therapy. In addition to classical areas we quickly developed sections in molecular imaging, animal models and aspects of the tumor microenvironment including angiogenesis, hypoxia and stem cells. We included a section called Bedside-to-Bench reports and over the past few years we have included Clinical Case Reports and Clinical Trials. From the start we developed a section called Research P...