Oncotarget (a primarily oncology-focused, peer-reviewed, open access journal) aims to maximize research impact through insightful peer-review; eliminate borders between specialties by linking different fields of oncology, cancer research and biomedical sciences; and foster application of basic and clinical science.
Its scope is unique. The term "oncotarget" encompasses all molecules, pathways, cellular functions, cell types, and even tissues that can be viewed as targets relevant to cancer as well as other diseases. The term was introduced in the inaugural Editorial,
Introducing Oncotarget.
As of January 1, 2022, Oncotarget has shifted to a continuous publishing model. Papers will now be published continuously within yearly volumes in their final and complete form and then quickly released to Pubmed.
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Dinara Ryspayeva, Attila A. Seyhan, William J. MacDonald, Connor Purcell, Tyler J. Roady, Maryam Ghandali, Nataliia Verovkina, Wafik S. El-Deiry, Martin S. Taylor, Stephanie L. Graff
Published Mar 7, 2025 · Vol. 16, No. 1 · pp. 168-201
Keywords: breast cancer, oncogenic pathways, signal dysregulation in cancer, therapeutic approaches, clinical trials
Sukhmani K. Padda, Yesim Gökmen-Polar, Jessica A. Hellyer, Sunil S. Badve, Neeraj K. Singh, Sumanth M. Vasista, Kabya Basu, Ansu Kumar, Heather A. Wakelee
Published May 21, 2021 · Vol. 12, No. 12 · pp. 1178-1186
Duna H. Barakeh, Rasha Aljelaify, Yara Bashawri, Amal Almutairi, Fatimah Alqubaishi, Mohammed Alnamnakani, Latifa Almubarak, Abdulrahman Al Naeem, Fatema Almushawah, May Alrashed, Malak Abedalthagafi
Published Feb 27, 2021 · Vol. 12, No. 7 · pp. 686-697
Keywords: breast cancer, PIK3CA, BCa, Saudi Arabia, BRCA
Christina Walter, Andreas Hartkopf, Andre Koch, Marion Klaumünzer, Martin Schulze, Eva-Maria Grischke, Florin-Andrei Taran, Sara Brucker, Florian Battke, Saskia Biskup
Published Aug 1, 2020 · Vol. 11, No. 35 · pp. 3279-3285
Keywords: breast cancer, genetics, next-generation sequencing, actionable mutations
Katerina Zakka, Rebecca Nagy, Leylah Drusbosky, Mehmet Akce, Christina Wu, Olatunji B. Alese, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Kabir Mody, Jason Starr, Walid L. Shaib
Published Apr 26, 2020 · Vol. 11, No. 19 · pp. 1749-1757
Lacey M. Litchfield, Karsten Boehnke, Manisha Brahmachary, Cecilia Mur, Chen Bi, Jennifer R. Stephens, J. Michael Sauder, Sonia M. Gutiérrez, Ann M. McNulty, Xiang S. Ye, Wenjuan Wu, María José Lallena, Xueqian Gong, Farhana F. Merzoug, Valerie M. Jansen, Sean G. Buchanan
Published Mar 23, 2020 · Vol. 11, No. 17 · pp. 1478-1492
Fiamma Buttitta, Lara Felicioni, Alessia Di Lorito, Alessio Cortellini, Luciana Irtelli, Davide Brocco, Pietro Di Marino, Donatella Traisci, Nicola D’Ostilio, Alessandra Di Paolo, Francesco Malorgio, Pasquale Assalone, Sonia Di Felice, Francesca Fabbri, Giovanni Cianci, Michele De Tursi, Antonio Marchetti
Published Mar 17, 2020 · Vol. 11, No. 11 · pp. 982-991
Richard K. Yang, Yun Qing, Fatima Zahra Jelloul, Mark J. Routbort, Peng Wang, Kenna Shaw, Jiexin Zhang, Jack Lee, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Scott Kopetz, Michael T. Tetzlaff, Russell R. Broaddus
Published Feb 11, 2020 · Vol. 11, No. 6 · pp. 600-618
Elena Fountzilas, Vassiliki Kotoula, Georgia-Angeliki Koliou, Eleni Giannoulatou, Helen Gogas, Christos Papadimitriou, Ioannis Tikas, Jianhua Zhang, Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Flora Zagouri, Christos Christodoulou, Angelos Koutras, Thomas Makatsoris, Sofia Chrisafi, Helena Linardou, Ioannis Varthalitis, George Papatsibas, Evangelia Razis, Pavlos Papakostas, Epaminontas Samantas, Gerasimos Aravantinos, Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Paris Kosmidis, Anna Koumarianou, Amanda Psyrri, Georgios Pentheroudakis, Dimitrios Pectasides, Andrew Futreal, George Fountzilas, Apostolia M. Tsimberidou
Thierry M. Nordmann, Olivia Messerli-Odermatt, Larissa Meier, Sara Micaletto, Thomas Coppetti, Mirjam Nägeli, Jivko Kamarachev, Ken Kudura, Sandra N. Freiberger, Tamara Rordorf, Joanna Mangana, Ralph Braun, Reinhard Dummer
Published Nov 19, 2019 · Vol. 10, No. 62 · pp. 6647-6650