Nature Reviews Cancer

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Cancer is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Computing brain metastasis impact1665
Digging for treasures in the tumour interactome1205
An inhospitable site999
Fructose takes a detour to feed cancer624
Implementing practice-changing progress for managing cancer of unknown primary583
Exploiting metabolic cell death for cancer therapy565
Oncofetal reprogramming in tumour development and progression388
INVADEseq to study the intratumoural microbiota at host single-cell resolution387
Emerging strategies to investigate the biology of early cancer377
Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis362
Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers353
Convergent inducers and effectors of T cell paralysis in the tumour microenvironment331
How medical anthropology can contribute to cancer research325
Mapping the prostate cell family tree323
Fighting cancer with fat317
Reply to ‘Heterogeneity of TP53 mutations necessitates differentiation with p53-rescue therapies’286
3D chromatin architecture as a predictor of somatic mutations in cancer genomes281
Author Correction: Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma263
Connie J. Eaves (1944–2024)259
Antihistamines boost immunotherapy251
The evolution of cancer and ageing: a history of constraint235
The role of CRAF in cancer progression: from molecular mechanisms to precision therapies227
The recruitment of metastasis-associated monocytes215
Translating premalignant biology to accelerate non-small-cell lung cancer interception208
Context-dependent functions of pattern recognition receptors in cancer205
Epithelial and stromal co-evolution and complicity in pancreatic cancer204
Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel201
Gut microbes produce novel genotoxic metabolites197
Tertiary lymphoid structures as hubs of antitumour immunity197
No mutation, tumour initiation195
Nanoreceptors take down mutant p53192
Impersonating neurons187
Dendritic cells rise and shine186
Tumour EVPs disrupt liver function182
AACR 2025173
Measuring HLA disruption using MHC Hammer167
Persistence is key166
Thelpers? More like Ttroublemakers160
Removing barriers to address sex differences in anticancer drug toxicity158
Remodelling of the tumour microenvironment by the kallikrein-related peptidases156
Moonlighting functions of glucose metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer149
Defining a ‘cells to society’ research framework for appendiceal tumours146
3D bioprinted cancer models: from basic biology to drug development140
How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment136
Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy130
Bone voyage: immune crosstalk sets sail128
B-ring sterols to the rescue126
In-depth organoid profiling of pancreatic cancer123
Visualizing intratumoural heterogeneity with EpicMIBI122
Identifying spatial cellular structures with SPACE-GM120
The path to leptomeningeal metastasis117
Points of entry for tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes116
Environmental endocrine disruptors: rethinking the origins of early-onset ER+ breast cancer115
Regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment115
Un-Fair Skin: racial disparities in acral melanoma research112
The immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer112
Metabolic interplays between the tumour and the host shape the tumour macroenvironment108
Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy107
Leveraging the replication stress response to optimize cancer therapy107
Linking cell mechanical memory and cancer metastasis103
In situ decellularization of tissues to resolve the tumour-associated matrix100
Understanding and addressing race disparities in childhood cancer outcomes97
Race influences the tumour microbiome97
Encoding spatial tumour dynamics with Starfysh97
Deciphering the cancer genome and epigenome96
The link between vitamin D and prostate cancer91
Taming TAMs in brain metastases89
Don’t blame the messenger: lessons learned for cancer mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic88
Cancer nanomedicine84
Polygenic scores in cancer83
Acetyl-CoA metabolism in cancer82
RNA splicing dysregulation and the hallmarks of cancer82
Targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy81
Z-nucleic acids give immunotherapy a boost78
Local CAR manufacturing75
Parity modulates epithelial–immune cell communication72
Author Correction: Antibody-based proteomics: fast-tracking molecular diagnostics in oncology69
Right ON target: a new RAS-GTP inhibitor69
Prime editing GEMMs to model cancer mutations67
Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care66
Expanding the utility of precision oncology knowledge bases65
NOTUM-mediated stem cell competition in CRC64
A trojan horse to target spliceosome mutant cells62
Tamoxifen takes the wheel62
Androgen receptor signalling in non-prostatic malignancies: challenges and opportunities59
Defining precancer: a grand challenge for the cancer community59
Tertiary lymphoid structures in anticancer immunity54
Chromothripsis in cancer51
Targeting ferroptosis as a vulnerability in cancer49
Neutrophils: a roadblock for immunotherapy47
Revealing genomic secrets of archival FFPE samples47
In vivo labelling system to study cell neighbourhoods47
Judith Campisi (1948–2024)45
Quantum probes in cancer research45
Functional lineage tracing to study the clonal evolution of therapy resistance43
New pathogen on the block42
Inferring cancer metabolism from gene-expression data41
Glycogen condensates drive tumorigenesis by trapping Hippo kinases40
Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-mediated myocarditis: CTLA4, PD1 and LAG3 in the heart38
Recent advances in therapeutic cancer vaccines38
The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map37
Pancreatic cancer evolution and heterogeneity: integrating omics and clinical data36
Carcinogenesis at single-cell resolution35
Bidirectional CART.BiTE cells bring new hope34
Patient-derived organoids unveil sarcoma vulnerabilities34
Global post-mortem tissue donation programmes to accelerate cancer research33
Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression31
Focusing on the complex and dynamic interplay between ageing and cancer31
A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology30
Developing dietary interventions as therapy for cancer30
Epigenomic heterogeneity as a source of tumour evolution30
Traject3d for studying 3D cellular heterogeneity29
Digitally enhanced Raman spectroscopy29
Author Correction: Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care29
Mechanisms and treatment of cancer therapy-induced peripheral and central neurotoxicity28
We cannot ignore the cancer risks of wildfires27
Harnessing the influenza virus to fight cancer26
Structural variations in cancer and the 3D genome26
Neuro-immune cross-talk in cancer25
Mechanisms, challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiotherapy in cancer24
Guardrails for the use of generalist AI in cancer care23
Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer22
Immunogenic cell death in cancer: targeting necroptosis to induce antitumour immunity21
Targeting cancer cell dormancy21
The role of ROS in tumour development and progression20
mRNA-based cancer therapeutics19
Frozen silicified vaccines18
Next-generation epidemiologic cohorts for cancer aetiology18
AACR 202418
Fungi in cancer: not such a ‘fun-guy’17
Male melanoma comes of age17
The role of eIF4F-driven mRNA translation in regulating the tumour microenvironment17
Ethnically diverse cancer cell lines for drug testing17
Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens17
CAFs promote CRPC16
Decoding the functional impact of the cancer genome through protein–protein interactions15
Advances in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma14
Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells14
EMT in chemoresistance14
Silent mutations make noise13
Energizing leukaemia13
Author Correction: Learning to distinguish progressive and non-progressive ductal carcinoma in situ13
Multiomics-guided cellular immunotherapies12
Same same but different11
Inflammatory neutrophils10
Disconnecting multicellular networks in brain tumours10
Key role for microbiota in gut–bone crosstalk10
Deep tissue imaging of cancer in the infrared10
Stemness in solid malignancies: coping with immune attack10
Decoding the basis of histological variation in human cancer10
Advances in translational research of the rare cancer type adrenocortical carcinoma9
Exploiting senescence for the treatment of cancer9
Therapeutic resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy in breast cancer9
Air pollution promotes tumorigenesis through pre-existing oncogenic mutations8
Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals8
Glioblastomas remodel neural circuits8
Mapping out mitochondria8
Enhanced transposable elements8
Too much of a good thing8
Pathogenesis of cancers derived from thyroid follicular cells7
Androgen receptor activation for breast cancer therapy7
Fungi in cancer7
Black voices in cancer research and oncology7
Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy7
Limiting bias in AI models for improved and equitable cancer care6
Overcoming heterogeneity with 3D whole-tumour sampling6
Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment6
Big data in basic and translational cancer research5
Feeding latent brain metastasis5
Conventional chemotherapy: millions of cures, unresolved therapeutic index5
Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency5
Breast milk for breast cancer detection5
Tumour avatars to model patients’ responses to immunotherapy5
Hubs of transcriptional activity5
Genomic and fragmentomic landscapes of cell-free DNA for early cancer detection5
Proximity labelling to study chromatin interactomes5
Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action5
The fibroinflammatory response in cancer5
Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers4
Defining and using immune archetypes to classify and treat cancer4
Epigenetic memory4
Replication timings affect the frequency of chromosomal translocation4
Modelling the ageing dependence of cancer evolutionary trajectories4
Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics4
Small speckles, big impact4
Targeting the roots of myeloid malignancies with T cell receptors4
Intercepting gastric cancer4
Polyamines in cancer: integrating organismal metabolism and antitumour immunity4
VIBRANT: mapping cell phenotypes using vibrational spectroscopy4
Protection against tumour formation4
The dynamic role of platelets in cancer progression and their therapeutic implications3
Studying extrachromosomal DNA with the ecTag method3
Tracing the evolutionary history of breast cancer3
Exploiting temporal aspects of cancer immunotherapy3
Lactate gives a sour taste3
scAtlasVAE: a deep learning framework for generating a human CD8+ T cell atlas3
Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma3
Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy3
Multiplex protein imaging in tumour biology3
Enhancing cellular immunotherapies in cancer by engineering selective therapeutic resistance3
A machine learning toolkit for subtyping cancer in existing and new datasets3
Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications3
Epigenetic lesions drive gliomagenesis2
Naughty neutrophils2
Challenging the status quo to improve the translational potential of preclinical oncology studies2
Tumour-derived d-2HG blocks T cell cytotoxicity2
Identification, functional insights and therapeutic targeting of EMT tumour states2
Unravelling the genetics and epigenetics of the ageing tumour microenvironment in cancer2
Author Correction: The importance of 3D fibre architecture in cancer and implications for biomaterial model design2
Shared immunosuppressive mechanism between pregnancy and cancer2
Preprints as tools to advance careers2
Targeting aberrant splicing2
NET-working under stress2
Cancer’s sensory experience2
Hidden epithelial subtypes refine colorectal cancer classification2
Ageing lipids map melanoma’s journey2
Presenting fibroblasts2
Mastering the use of cellular barcoding to explore cancer heterogeneity2
Tryptophan metabolite improves PDAC response rates and survival2
Tracking genome evolution following p53 inactivation2
Tumour hypoxia in driving genomic instability and tumour evolution2
Aggregating premalignancy2
Nanotherapy: targeting the tumour microenvironment2
Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology2
Managing cancer following the World Trade Center disaster2
Pressing defence2
Taking a detour2
Gender and sex interactions are intrinsic components of cancer phenotypes2
PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science2
Smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking: chemical mechanisms and cancer prevention2
Heard immunity in CAR T cells2
How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers2
Salmonella, the insidious contributor to gallbladder and colon cancers2
How cancer reduces motivation2
Activated neutrophils: the anti-hero2
CRISPR in cancer biology and therapy2
Rusting away with age2
Targeting the tumour’s little helpers2
Oncologists must act to manage cancer detected through prenatal screening2
Liquid biopsies for Hodgkin lymphoma2
Allies in the epidermis2
Expanding oesophageal cancer research and care in eastern Africa2
Stromal cells drive tumorigenesis in BRCA1 mutation carriers2
Phosphoinositide kinases in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities2
Sex affects cancer genomes2
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