Anti-Cancer Drugs is an international medical journal

Medical journal

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, which aims to promote and encourage research on anti-cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

 agents. It was first published in 1990 and it includes reports on clinical and experimental research results, from conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....

 to hormonal or biological response modalities.. The journal has 10 issues per year and the current editor in chief

Editor in chief

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 is Mels Sluyser. According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has an impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of 2.358, ranking it 82nd out of 141 in the category Oncology and 102nd out of 216 in the category Pharmacology & Pharmacy.