Led by Editor in Chief Fatima Cardoso, The Breast is one of the latest additions to the ESMO family of journals.
The Breast is a multidisciplinary open access journal which focuses on translational and clinical research for the advancement of breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all stages.
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What type of papers does The Breast publish?
The Editors welcome the submission of original research articles, systematic reviews, viewpoints/commentaries and debate articles, and correspondences on all areas of pre-malignant and malignant breast disease, including:
- Epidemiology and prevention
- Translational research, encompassing the use of new technologies, molecular biology, genetics and pathology
- Screening, early diagnosis, follow-up and response assessment: use of imaging, nuclear medicine and other technologies
- Medical oncology
- Radiation oncology
- Breast surgery
- Psycho-oncology
- Quality of life
- Survivorship
- Supportive care
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Advocacy
- Breast nursing
- Breast units management and organization of breast care, including health economics
Why publish with The Breast?
- Our journal's Impact Factor is 4.254 (2021) and our CiteScore is 6.7 (2021)
- Your article will be tagged Open Access in ScienceDirect so it is easy to find for more than 1 million visitors a day
- Rigorous peer review by noted experts in the field
- Authors receive a first decision within an average of 2.5 weeks
ESMO members are entitled to receive a 20% discount on the journal's article publication charge for all papers submitted after January 1st 2023. Find out more about joining ESMO