Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy (CPT) is an international open access journal covering key topics in all aspects of cancer research, focusing on mechanism innovation, emerging interdisciplinary and clinical trials research in Oncology. As a Chinese Medical Association (CMA) journal, it strives to publish the highest quality content that provides authoritative guidance to oncology specialists, physicians and researchers.


CPT is dedicated to publishing innovative and significant research results in basic research, translation research and clinical oncology, including novel antitumor drugs, especially clinical trials, early screening/prevention, precise diagnosis and targeted therapy, interdisciplinary oncology innovation research and clinical translation in genetics, bioinformatics, pharmacology, and biology, and also new viewpoints, new ideas, new methods and new models of cancer prevention and public health policy.


CPT regularly features news and expert interviews to promote expert oncologists' views on oncology guidelines, consensus , and education.


CPT is concerned about, but not limited to, the following academic scopes: Basic Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer prevention and public health policy, Oncological Pharmacology, Cancer Genomics, Cancer Informatics, Drug discovery, Artificial Intelligence, etc.


The article types for CPT include: Research articles, Review article, Evidence-based Oncology, Clinical Trial, Editorial, Guideline and Consensus, Study Protocols, Mini review, Perspective, Case report, technical notes, Clinical Image, Letter to Editor, etc.