Overview

Aging AND Cancer is a quarterly peer-reviewed, international open access journal that is focused on understanding how the process of aging is a central component of cancer evolution and progression. The journal will cover basic, translational and clinical findings that are of broad interest, investigating the biology of and/or mechanisms via which age-associated deterioration of the individual, from macromolecules to tissues and organs, promote the onset, progression and relapse of cancer, treatment options and outcomes.

Research areas of interest to Aging AND Cancer include (but are not limited to)

  • epigenetics
  • host microenvironment
  • microbiome
  • DNA damage and repair
  • stem cell function
  • immunotherapy
  • genomic instability
  • genomic profiling
  • inter-organ communication
  • metabolism
  • senescence
  • inflammation
  • pre-mature aging
  • evolutionary biology of aging and cancer risk
  • interventions that reduce aging-associated cancer risk
  • impacts of diet and exercise on cancer risk and therapeutic outcomes
  • geriatric oncology including clinical trials for elderly population

Article types: Original research, reviews, clinical studies, rapid reports, research notes, basic-to-bedside reviews, opinions, early access studies, key findings papers, white papers, policy updates. The journal will also publish timely editorials, commentaries and perspectives that will be commissioned by the Editors-in-Chief. For submission details click here.  

Manuscripts within the scope of the journal are evaluated for publication on the bases of:

  • rationale and importance of the question being addressed
  • novelty
  • scientific rigor
  • evidence that the data support conclusions
  • adherence to technical and ethical standards

Indexing Information
  • CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • Embase (Elsevier)
  • SCOPUS (Elsevier)