Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention 

http://www.ijcp.ir/

Publisher: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention appreciates articles in all aspects of cancer including: 

* Risk factor management: Life style, gene–environment interactions, molecular triggers and strategies for reducing risk. 
* Public health issues: Epidemiology, cost-effectiveness of procedures, health technology assessment, cancer registry, social determinants of health, health needs and impact assessment, quality of life measurement, public and professional education, and cancer control programmes. 
* Cancer diagnosis and prognosis: Molecular markers; diagnostic imaging; defining tumour margins; detecting minimal residual disease. 
* New approaches to cancer therapy: Surgery, radiation therapy, rational drug design, gene therapy, immunotherapy, combination therapies, combating drug resistance, targeting therapies to the individual and complementary medicine, spiritual and psychological in particular. 
* Experimental systems and techniques: Cell culture and animal models, genomic and proteomic approaches to studying cancer. 
* Cancer-associated conditions: Cancer pain, cachexia, symptoms associated with treatment (hair loss, anaemia, gastrointestinal disorders), psychosocial aspects of cancer. 
* Ethical and legal issues surrounding cancer research: Trial design, genetic screening, communicating with patients and families, death issues, research policy and advocacy. 

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention focuses on advances in epidemiology, genetics, translational therapeutics, molecular medicine, pathology, new approaches in surgery and radiation therapy, and biotechnologies that have an impact on clinical oncology modalities. All of these goals depend on a combination of basic, applied, and health system research. 

Content in English.

pISSN: 2008-2398
eISSN: 2008-2401

Manuscript submission via online system.

The Editor-in-Chief
Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention 
Cancer Research Center, 
Shohada Hospital, Tajrish, Tehran, Iran 

Postal Code:1989934148

Email: info@ijcp.ir

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet.

Abstracts available online. Articles available in PDF and XML format.

Current Issue: Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 2010

Date: 22 September 2010