The European Journal of Cancer Prevention (print: , online: ) is the official journal

Medical journal

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 of the European Cancer Prevention Organization. It was established in 1991 and is published bimonthly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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. The journal focuses on raising awareness of the various forms of 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...

 prevention as well as stimulating research and innovation. The articles cover a wide scope of field areas, including descriptive and metabolic epidemiology

Epidemiology

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, histopathology

Histopathology

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, lifestyle issues, environment, genetics

Genetics

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, biochemistry

Biochemistry

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, molecular biology

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, microbiology

Microbiology

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, clinical medicine

Clinical Medicine

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, intervention trials

Clinical trial

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 and public education, basic laboratory studies, and special group studies. The current editor in chief is Jaak Ph. Janssens. According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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 the journal has an impact factor

Impact factor

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of 1.865, ranking it 106 out of 141 in the category Oncology.