About the Journal
Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, is the primary educational and informational publication for topics relevant to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all thoracic malignancies. JTO emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and includes original research reviews and opinion pieces. The audience includes epidemiologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, radiologists, pathologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and research scientists with a special interest in thoracic oncology. The journal is interested in receiving manuscripts dealing with epidemiology, prevention, screening, early detection, staging, cure, and treatment of thoracic malignancies. Submissions on tobacco control and cessation are of interest, particularly where there is direct relevance to lung cancer epidemiology and therapeutic outcomes. The Journal also welcomes submissions on pathologic and histologic classification and novel imaging and bronchoscopic approaches. Submissions regarding novel systemic therapies, particularly in the fields of biomarker targets, genomics, immunology, and cellular therapies are of interest. Novel radiotherapy and surgical techniques are of interest. Submission of randomized phase II and phase III trials, as well as meta analyses of individual participant data, are encouraged. Basic science studies must have direct clinical and translational relevance.
Authors are also welcome to submit to the journal?s open access companion title, JTO Clinical and Research Reports, which welcomes a range of manuscripts from subset analyses of published trials to high-quality case reports.
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1556-0864 |
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Journal |
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Volume Number |
Volume 16 |
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12 issues |
Editor-in-Chief ,Alex A. Adjei ,MD, PhD, FACP,Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, United States,Deputy Editors ,Satoshi Ishikura ,MD, PhD,Koshigaya Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan,Reviews Editor ,D. Ross Camidge ,MD, PhD,University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States,Statistical Editor ,Sumithra J. Mandrekar ,PhD,Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, United States,Web Editor ,Cheryl Ho ,MD, FRCPC,British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,Editor Emeritus ,James R. Jett ,MD,National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States,Associate Editors, Europe ,Dirk DeRuysscher, MD, PhD ,,MAASTRO, Maastricht, the Netherlands, ,Anne-Marie C. Dingemans ,MD, PhD,University Medical Centre, The Netherlands, ,Rafal Dziadziuszko ,MD,Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, ,Wilfried Ernst Erich Eberhardt ,MD,Universität Duisburg-Essen, Dept. of Medicine, Essen, Germany, ,Keith M. Kerr ,MB ChB, FRCPath,University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ,Louis M. Montuenga ,PhD,University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ,Silvia Novello ,MD, PhD,University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ,Jean-Louis Pujol ,MD, PhD,University Hospital Centre Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ,Martin Reck ,MD, PhD,LungenClinic Grosshansdorf GmbH, Großhansdorf, Germany, ,Gabriella Sozzi ,PhD,National Cancer Institute IRCCS Pascale Foundation, Italy, ,Paul E. Van Schil ,MD, PhD,University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium,Associate Editors, Asia/Australia/Rest of World ,Myung-Ju Ahn ,MD,Samsung Medical Center, Gangnam-gu, Korea, ,Abdul-Rahman Jazieh ,m MD,King Abdulaziz Medical City, Department of Oncology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ,Young Tae Kim ,MD, PhD,Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ,Shun Lu ,MD, PhD,Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China, ,Tetsuya Mitsudomi ,MD,Kindai University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Department of Medical Oncology, Osaka-Sayama City, Japan, ,Keunchil Park ,MD, PhD,Samsung Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul, Korea, ,Emily Stone ,. MD, PhD,St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, Australia, ,Daniel S.W. Tan ,BSc, MBBS, MRCP,National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ,Shinichi Toyooka ,MD, PhD,Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, ,James Chih-Hsin Yang ,MD, PhD,National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ,Yashushi Yatabe ,MD, PhD,National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-Ku, Japan, ,Wen-Zhao Zhong ,MD, PhD,Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China,Associate Editors, The Americas ,Andrea Bezjak ,MD, MSc, FRCPC,Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ,Jeffrey Bogart ,MD,State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States, ,Michele Carbone ,MD, PhD,University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, ,Frank C. Detterbeck ,MD, FCCP,Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, ,Jeremy Erasmus ,MD,UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, Houston, Texas, United States, ,Fred R. Hirsch ,MD, PhD,University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, United States, ,Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou ,MD, PhD,University of California Irvine, CA, United States, ,Eduardo Richardet ,MD,Oncological Institute of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ,Yu Shyr ,PhD,Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, ,William D. Travis ,MD,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States, ,Graham Warren ,MD, PhD,Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, ,Ping Yang ,MD, PhD,Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States,Editorial Board ,Thierry Berghmans ,MD,Jules Bordet Institute, Bruxelles, Belgium, ,Gouri Shankar Bhattacharyya ,MD,Fortis Hospital Anandapur, West Bengal, India, ,Paolo Bironzo ,MD,University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ,Lukas Bubendorf ,MD,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ,Mauricio Burotto ,MD,German Clinic of Santiago SA, Chile, ,Samjot Singh Dhillon ,MD,Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States, ,Jessica Scott Donington ,MD,NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New York, New York, United States, ,Afshin Dowlati ,MD,Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, ,Nicolas Girard ,MD,Institute Curie, France, ,Heidi A. Hamann ,PhD,University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, ,Lizza E. Hendriks ,MD, PhD,Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands, ,Andreas-Claudius Hoffmann ,MD,University Hospital Essen, ,Louis B. Irving ,MD,The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ,Ronan J. Kelly ,MD, MBA,JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE, Baltimore, MD, United States, ,Takashi Kohno ,PhD,National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, ,Natasha Leighl ,MD,Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ,Aaron Mansfield ,MD,Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, ,Tamas F. Molnar ,MD, DSci,University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ,Patrick Nana-Sinkam ,MD,OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, Columbus, Ohio, United States, ,Kaushal Parikh ,MBBS,Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, ,Nir Peled ,MD, PhD,Ha'merkaz ha'refui Rabin, Petah Tikva, Israel, ,Paola Perego ,PhD,Foundation IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy, ,Helmut H. Popper ,MD,Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ,Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad ,MD DM,Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ,Mary Reid ,PhD,Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States, ,Jordi Remon ,MD,HM Delfos, Barcelona, Spain, ,Thanyanan Reungwetwattana ,MD, MSc,Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand, ,Jeong-Seon Ryu ,MD, PhD,Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of, ,Yoshitaka Sekido ,MD, PhD,Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, ,Lecia Sequist ,MD, MPH,Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Thomas Stinchcombe ,MD,Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States, ,Jennifer S. Temel ,MD,Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Shalini K. Vinod ,MBBS, MD,University of New South Wales, ,Shuhang Wang ,MD, MS,Peking University, Beijing, China, ,Pan-Chyr Yang ,MD, PhD,National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ,Sai S. Yendamuri ,MBBS,Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States, ,Junji Yoshida ,MD, PhD,National Cancer Center Japan, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, ,Matjaz Zwitter ,MD, PhD,Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia