The American Journal of Cancer

Abstract

The American Journal of Cancer, which will make its first appearance in January, 1931, will be not merely a continuation of the former Journal of Cancer Research but will represent a far wider field. It will continue to present the original papers on experimental work which established the earlier journal on such a sound scientific basis and will add to these, clinical contributions representative of the best opinion and practice both in America and abroad. Photographs, microphotographs, drawings, diagrams, and color plates will supplement the articles and add not alone to the beauty of the page but to the clarity and elucidation of the text. One of the important new features of the Journal will be a complete abstract service covering the subject of cancer in all its phases and relationships, not only with the various branches of purely medical science—pathology, gynecology, dermatology, urology, neurology, surgery, etc., but also with chemistry, general biology, and genetics; the statistical, educational, and public health aspects will also be covered. It is planned to make this abstract service a comprehensive survey of the world's literature so that within the pages of a single periodical the subscriber will have, issue by issue, the results of work being done not only in our own country but in Great Britain and the Continent, the clinics and schools of South America, Australia, South Africa, and the medical centers of China, Japan, and India. More than five hundred journals will be reviewed for this service as well as the reports of various Cancer Commissions and societies. Editorial comment on the abstracted material will be offered as occasion arises and writers whose work is reviewed will be given an opportunity of replying to any criticism or questions that are raised in connection with their work, so that the Journal will be truly representative of all schools. Clinical reports from the Memorial Hospital, book reviews, editorials, and various other features will be included. The Journal will, of course, remain on the highest scientific basis, and, while its appeal will be wide enough to include the general practitioner as well as the most highly specialized research worker, no attempt will be made to “popularize” it in the commonly accepted sense of that term. Dr. Francis Carter Wood, as Editor, has associated with himself an editorial staff whose names are at once a guarantee of the high standing of the Journal and of its wide scope. These include: The American Journal of Cancer will continue to be published from the Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University, quarterly at first, with the possibility of more frequent publication as the amount of material justifies. Its formation will be attractive and practical. Clear, readable type, good paper, well proportioned pages, and beautiful illustrations in color and black and white will make it a model of periodical manufacturing.