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25 words that have been published elsewhere. Authors must describe any direct or indirect financial interest they have in the subject
matter of a submitted manuscript. Papers accepted by the Journal become the copyright of the Royal College of Radiologists. Authors should
notify the Editorial Office if there is any reason (e.g. Crown copyright or other restrictions) why they may not be able to transfer
copyright to the Royal College of Radiologists. This Journal supports the COPE Guidelines for publication in Medical Research. Refer
to Clinical Oncology 2000;12:206-212.
Language
Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language
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Covering Letter
Each manuscript
should be accompanied by a covering letter from the author, addressed to the Editor, and detailing any permission that is being sent
by post.
Title Page
This should carry the complete title of the manuscript, initial(s) and surname(s) of all authors
with the affiliation and address of each author cross-referenced to the appropriate name. A separate name and address for correspondence
should be given including telephone, fax, and email addresses.
Abstract
The text of Original Articles, Review Articles,
Case Reports, and Articles for Special Issues should be preceded by an Abstract of no more than 300 words followed by up to 6 Keywords,
placed in alphabetical order. For Original Articles the abstract should be structured into Aims; Materials and Methods; Results; and
Conclusions. For Review Articles an unstructured abstract would be acceptable.
Text
The Text of each manuscript should
contain an Introduction stating the purpose of the study, followed by Materials and Methods describing clearly the number of selection
of the subjects studied (patients or experimental animals, including controls), Results presented in a logical sequence with tables where
appropriate, Discussion emphasising the new and important aspects of the study and conclusions that follow from them, Acknowledgements,
and References numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned. All pages should be numbered consecutively.
Tables
Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively in the text.
Illustrations
Original line drawings and graphs (not photocopies) should be typed on separate sheets, and submitted in a form suitable for immediate
reproduction. Any halftone illustrations (photographs) must be of top quality to ensure good and accurate reproduction, with any lettering
and detail large enough to ensure reduction to a minimum of 78 mm width. Each Illustration should be numbered at the top of the page
and carry a caption. Clinical photographs and other material should be anonymous and a statement confirming patient consent to publication
included with the manuscript. No more than 6 illustrations will be accepted, and a limited number of colour illustrations may be included.
References
The accuracy of the references is the author's responsibility. References should be numbered consecutively
as they appear in the text, using Arabic numerals in square brackets. "Unpublished observations" and "personal communications" must not
be included in the reference list. References can only be designated "in press" if the article has been accepted for publication. Titles
of journals should be abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus. When seven or more authors are listed, only the first three
names should be cited. At the end of the article, references should be listed in numerical order, following the style of the examples
below:
Standard Journal Article: Aviles A, Alatriste S, Talevera A, et al. Alternating combination chemotherapy and interferon improves
survival in poor prognosis multiple myeloma. Clin Oncol 1995;7:97-101.
Book: Chamberlain J, Moss S (editors). Evaluation of cancer screening.
London, Springer, 1995.
Chapter in a book: Tannock IF. Cell kinetics and cancer chemotherapy. In: Hellman K, Carter SK, editors. Fundamentals
of cancer chemotherapy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987:7-19.
Abbreviations:
Abbreviations should be used only where appropriate,
and the full term should be given first. Non-proprietary (generic) names of products should be used. If a brand name of a drug is used,
the British or International non-proprietary (approved) name should be given. The source of any new or experimental preparation should
also be given.
Units/Symbols
Scientific measurements should be given in SI units. For guidance and conversion factors,
see SI for the Health Professions (WHO, 1977).
Statistical Methods
Statistical Methods should be defined in the Methods
section of the paper, and any not in common use should be either described in detail or supported by references. Refer to Clinical Oncology
2000;12:202-205.
Editorials
Editorials should be no more than 2000 words in length and relate to articles published
in the Journal, or to issues of relevance for the readership. Editorials are normally solicited by the Editor and Assistant Editor,
and authors should discuss other proposals with the Editor prior to submission.
Original Articles
Original Articles must
conform to the Journal's aims and should be no more than 5,000 words in length.
Personal Views
Personal Views will address
a subject considered by the author to be relevant to clinical oncology. They should be no more than 2000 words in length, including
a maximum of 2 figures or tables, and an unstructured abstract of no more than 50 words.
Review Articles
Review Articles
should be prefaced by a statement detailing the search strategies used and sources of information. They should be between 5,000 to 6,000
words in length.
Short Reports
Short reports should provide a brief but complete account of a particular piece of work
(e.g. a phase I or II study) and should be no more than 2000 words in length, including a maximum of 2 figures or tables. A summary,
as opposed to an abstract, of no more than 50 words should be included, along with the relevant references.
Supplement Articles
Supplement Articles will be considered for publication as part of our page budget within and Issue of the Journal, or as a separate Supplement
Booklet of the Journal for which the organisers will be charged. These articles may be in the form of a collection of papers addressing
a specific topic. Proposals for Supplement Articles should be submitted to the Editor with a full list of proposed contents and authors.
Articles should consist of objective overviews of the literature, or original data not published elsewhere. The content of such a Supplement
should address a specific theme to be carried in the title. Each paper may be submitted to a peer review process identical to that undertaken
for other submissions to the Journal including, where appropriate, a statistical review, and the final content of such a Supplement will
rest with the Editor and not with any sponsoring organisation. The production and content of any Supplement Articles will also require
ultimate approval by the Editorial Board before publication.
Meetings' Abstracts
Proposals for submitting Meetings' Abstracts
should be addressed to the Editor before submission of the Abstracts. Meetings' Abstracts will be considered for publication as part
of our page budget within an Issue of the Journal, or as a separate Abstracts Book of the Journal for which the organisers will be charged.
They should be structured to include clear sections describing the aim of the project, method used, results and conclusions, and should
contain adequate data to assess the results and interpret the conclusions. It is not sufficient to state in the results' section that
"data will be presented" or similar phrasing, and descriptive accounts of work in progress will not be considered for publication. All
the Meetings' Abstracts must be submitted in a single file with each Abstract starting on a separate page. A title page must be provided,
listing the full name of the Meeting, date and venue at which the Abstracts were presented. If the Abstracts are grouped together under
specific topics, a contents page must be provided, listing the topics, the titles of the Abstracts, the names of the authors, the Abstract
number, and in the order in which they are to appear in the Journal.
If a full contents page, listing - e.g. the dates of the various
sessions, session number, title of session, title of abstract, authors' name, abstract number - is required, this must be provided at
the same time as the Abstracts. The standard format for an Abstract is, Title of Abstract, Authors' names (initials followed by surname
- no title), Institute/ Hospital, Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
Medical Grand Rounds
Manuscripts of papers to
be considered as Medical Grand Rounds should address a specific clinical entity and its management relevant to the practice of clinical
oncology. This may revert around a single case report but should be written in the format of a clinico-pathologico case conference to
include details of the differential diagnoses, investigation findings, pathology findings and specific features, options for treatment
and ultimate form of management with outcome. Authors may also consider this format for the detailed presentation of novel radiotherapy
or surgical techniques. It is expected that the authorship will include those from diagnostic specialities, such as radiology, and pathology
to give a detailed authoritative account of these aspects of the presentation, and where appropriate, other clinical specialities, for
example, surgery or medical physics. Articles should be not more than 1,500 words in length, and may include up to 4 figures or tables.
Relevant references should also be included, but an exhaustive reference list is not expected. Potential authors are reminded of the
need for anonymity or clinical cases and their responsibility to address the relevant local issues relating to patient consent. An overt
statement that this has been done will be expected with submitted manuscripts.
Case Reports
Case reports will only be
accepted if of exceptional interest. These should be limited to 4 manuscript pages, no more than 2 illustrations and no more than 6
references. Please note that less than 5% of case reports submitted to the Journal are processed to final acceptance.
Correspondence
to the Editor
Letters will be published if they are deemed of sufficient interest and relevance. Priority will be given to letters
relating to articles previously published in the Journal, but also including other comment on matters of interest to oncologists. Letters
should be no longer than 500 words. Figures or tables will be published at the discretion of the Editor. Letters should be signed by
all authors and the usual conditions of copyright and sole submission apply. Letters are not subject to peer review and are accepted
at the discretion of the Editor. Informed Consent Manuscripts reporting the results of studies in human subjects must include
a statement to the effect that informed consent and ethical approval had been obtained. Authorship All authors should have
made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis
and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval
of the version to be submitted. Acknowledgements All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined
above should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely
technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had
any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. Conflict of interest At the end of the text,
under a subheading "Conflict of interest statement" all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people
or organisations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment,
consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Role of the funding source All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement at the end of the text. Authors should
declare the role of study sponsors, if any, in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing
of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors
should so state. Randomised controlled trials All randomised controlled trials submitted for publication in Clinical Oncology
should include a completed Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart. Please refer to the CONSORT statement website
at http://www.consort-statement.org for more information. Clinical Oncology has adopted the proposal from the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) which require, as a condition of consideration for publication of clinical trials, registration in
a public trials registry. Trials must register at or before the onset of patient enrolment. The clinical trial registration number should
be included at the end of the abstract of the article. For this purpose, a clinical trial is defined as any research project that prospectively
assigns human subjects to intervention or comparison groups to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a medical intervention
and a health outcome. Studies designed for other purposes, such as to study pharmacokinetics or major toxicity (e.g. phase I trials)
would be exempt. Further information can be found at www.icmje.org. Ethics Work on human beings that is submitted to Clinical
Oncology should comply with the principles laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki; Recommendations guiding physicians in biomedical
research involving human subjects. Adopted by the 18th World Medical Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964, amended by the 29th World
Medical Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975, the 35th World Medical Assembly, Venice, Italy, October 1983, and the 41st World Medical
Assembly, Hong Kong, September 1989. The manuscript should contain a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate ethical
committees related to the institution(s) in which it was performed and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. Studies involving
experiments with animals must state that their care was in accordance with institution guidelines. Patients' and volunteers' names, initials,
and hospital numbers should not be used. Off-Prints The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file
of the article via e-mail, or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article
and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Digital Object
Identifier The digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique
alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned
DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet
received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document
in the journal Physics Letters B): doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071. When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on
the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
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