Clinical Ovarian Cancer is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

 published by CIG Media Group

CIG Media Group

CIG Media Group is a medical publisher based out of Dallas, TX that publishes 7 peer-reviewed, tumor-specific oncology and hematology journals for clinical and medical oncologists and hematologists....

 (Cancer Information Group). The journal is devoted to articles on detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from the ovary. Symptoms are frequently very subtle early on and may include: bloating, pelvic pain, difficulty eating and frequent urination, and are easily confused with other illnesses....

. The main emphasis is on recent scientific developments in all areas related to ovarian cancer. Specific areas of interest include clinical research and mechanistic approaches, drug sensitivity and resistance, gene and antisense therapy, pathology, markers, and prognostic indicators, chemoprevention strategies, multimodality therapy; and integration of various approaches.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in CINAHL

CINAHL

CINAHL is an index of English-language and selected other-language journal articles about nursing, allied health, biomedicine and healthcare....

 (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Embase

EMBASE

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, and Chemical Abstracts.

Article types

The journal publishes editorials, original research papers, comprehensive reviews, current treatment reports, case reports, brief communications, current trials, translational medicine pieces, and a "Meeting Highlights" section.