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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Linking pancreatic renewal and cancer initiation1581
Computing brain metastasis impact1125
Digging for treasures in the tumour interactome942
INVADEseq to study the intratumoural microbiota at host single-cell resolution578
An inhospitable site548
Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis517
Fructose takes a detour to feed cancer387
Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers364
Emerging strategies to investigate the biology of early cancer364
Oncofetal reprogramming in tumour development and progression344
Convergent inducers and effectors of T cell paralysis in the tumour microenvironment321
Artificial intelligence in cancer research, diagnosis and therapy313
Mapping the prostate cell family tree306
The evolution of cancer and ageing: a history of constraint302
How medical anthropology can contribute to cancer research302
Author Correction: Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma289
Connie J. Eaves (1944–2024)276
The recruitment of metastasis-associated monocytes261
Antihistamines boost immunotherapy257
Fighting cancer with fat244
Tertiary lymphoid structures as hubs of antitumour immunity243
Reply to ‘Heterogeneity of TP53 mutations necessitates differentiation with p53-rescue therapies’242
The role of CRAF in cancer progression: from molecular mechanisms to precision therapies239
Translating premalignant biology to accelerate non-small-cell lung cancer interception224
Epithelial and stromal co-evolution and complicity in pancreatic cancer220
Context-dependent functions of pattern recognition receptors in cancer213
Targeting transcription cycles in cancer202
Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel191
3D chromatin architecture as a predictor of somatic mutations in cancer genomes190
No mutation, tumour initiation185
Impersonating neurons183
Under pressure179
Nanoreceptors take down mutant p53178
Gut microbes produce novel genotoxic metabolites173
Tumour EVPs disrupt liver function171
Dendritic cells rise and shine170
Persistence is key168
Removing barriers to address sex differences in anticancer drug toxicity168
Thelpers? More like Ttroublemakers166
AACR 2025161
Measuring HLA disruption using MHC Hammer158
Moonlighting functions of glucose metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer155
Defining a ‘cells to society’ research framework for appendiceal tumours151
Remodelling of the tumour microenvironment by the kallikrein-related peptidases145
Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy143
3D bioprinted cancer models: from basic biology to drug development142
How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment137
B-ring sterols to the rescue127
Points of entry for tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes127
Bone voyage: immune crosstalk sets sail123
Identifying spatial cellular structures with SPACE-GM122
In-depth organoid profiling of pancreatic cancer117
Visualizing intratumoural heterogeneity with EpicMIBI115
Environmental endocrine disruptors: rethinking the origins of early-onset ER+ breast cancer114
Un-Fair Skin: racial disparities in acral melanoma research112
Leveraging the replication stress response to optimize cancer therapy108
The path to leptomeningeal metastasis108
Metabolic interplays between the tumour and the host shape the tumour macroenvironment107
Linking cell mechanical memory and cancer metastasis107
Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy103
Regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment103
In situ decellularization of tissues to resolve the tumour-associated matrix102
Encoding spatial tumour dynamics with Starfysh97
Race influences the tumour microbiome97
Understanding and addressing race disparities in childhood cancer outcomes97
Taming TAMs in brain metastases97
Deciphering the cancer genome and epigenome96
Don’t blame the messenger: lessons learned for cancer mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic95
The link between vitamin D and prostate cancer95
Polygenic scores in cancer94
Targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy92
Acetyl-CoA metabolism in cancer88
Cancer nanomedicine86
RNA splicing dysregulation and the hallmarks of cancer84
Z-nucleic acids give immunotherapy a boost82
Local CAR manufacturing80
Author Correction: Antibody-based proteomics: fast-tracking molecular diagnostics in oncology80
Parity modulates epithelial–immune cell communication76
Right ON target: a new RAS-GTP inhibitor74
Androgen receptor signalling in non-prostatic malignancies: challenges and opportunities72
Defining precancer: a grand challenge for the cancer community71
Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care69
A trojan horse to target spliceosome mutant cells68
NOTUM-mediated stem cell competition in CRC67
Prime editing GEMMs to model cancer mutations67
Expanding the utility of precision oncology knowledge bases65
Chromothripsis in cancer61
Tertiary lymphoid structures in anticancer immunity60
Targeting ferroptosis as a vulnerability in cancer59
Starting a new job56
Quantum probes in cancer research55
Functional lineage tracing to study the clonal evolution of therapy resistance54
In vivo labelling system to study cell neighbourhoods50
Revealing genomic secrets of archival FFPE samples49
Judith Campisi (1948–2024)48
New pathogen on the block48
Glycogen condensates drive tumorigenesis by trapping Hippo kinases46
The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map45
Recent advances in therapeutic cancer vaccines45
Neutrophils: a roadblock for immunotherapy45
Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-mediated myocarditis: CTLA4, PD1 and LAG3 in the heart44
Pancreatic cancer evolution and heterogeneity: integrating omics and clinical data42
Inferring cancer metabolism from gene-expression data42
Carcinogenesis at single-cell resolution39
Cell states can give tumorigenesis a head start38
Bidirectional CART.BiTE cells bring new hope35
Global post-mortem tissue donation programmes to accelerate cancer research34
Patient-derived organoids unveil sarcoma vulnerabilities34
Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression32
Epigenomic heterogeneity as a source of tumour evolution32
Evolution and progression of Barrett’s oesophagus to oesophageal cancer32
Developing dietary interventions as therapy for cancer30
A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology30
Traject3d for studying 3D cellular heterogeneity29
Digitally enhanced Raman spectroscopy28
Harnessing the influenza virus to fight cancer28
Author Correction: Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care28
Neuro-immune cross-talk in cancer27
Guardrails for the use of generalist AI in cancer care26
Targeting cancer cell dormancy25
Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer24
Structural variations in cancer and the 3D genome24
We cannot ignore the cancer risks of wildfires24
The role of ROS in tumour development and progression24
Immunogenic cell death in cancer: targeting necroptosis to induce antitumour immunity22
mRNA-based cancer therapeutics22
Frozen silicified vaccines21
AACR 202421
Ethnically diverse cancer cell lines for drug testing21
Next-generation epidemiologic cohorts for cancer aetiology20
Male melanoma comes of age20
Fungi in cancer: not such a ‘fun-guy’19
EMT in chemoresistance18
CAFs promote CRPC17
Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells17
Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens17
Decoding the functional impact of the cancer genome through protein–protein interactions17
Advances in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma16
The role of eIF4F-driven mRNA translation in regulating the tumour microenvironment16
Silent mutations make noise14
Key role for microbiota in gut–bone crosstalk14
Author Correction: Learning to distinguish progressive and non-progressive ductal carcinoma in situ13
Stabilizing the mood of tumours12
Multiomics-guided cellular immunotherapies12
Inflammatory neutrophils11
Energizing leukaemia11
Deep tissue imaging of cancer in the infrared10
Advances in translational research of the rare cancer type adrenocortical carcinoma10
Disconnecting multicellular networks in brain tumours10
Same same but different10
Decoding the basis of histological variation in human cancer9
Stemness in solid malignancies: coping with immune attack9
Enhanced transposable elements8
Exploiting senescence for the treatment of cancer8
Air pollution promotes tumorigenesis through pre-existing oncogenic mutations8
Therapeutic resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy in breast cancer8
Black voices in cancer research and oncology7
Glioblastomas remodel neural circuits7
Too much of a good thing7
Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy7
Mapping out mitochondria7
Limiting bias in AI models for improved and equitable cancer care6
Overcoming heterogeneity with 3D whole-tumour sampling6
Fungi in cancer6
Genomic and fragmentomic landscapes of cell-free DNA for early cancer detection6
Androgen receptor activation for breast cancer therapy6
Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals5
Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency5
Breast milk for breast cancer detection5
Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action5
Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment5
Hubs of transcriptional activity5
Big data in basic and translational cancer research5
Proximity labelling to study chromatin interactomes5
Pathogenesis of cancers derived from thyroid follicular cells5
Towards cancer equity via patient outreach4
Tumour avatars to model patients’ responses to immunotherapy4
Defining and using immune archetypes to classify and treat cancer4
Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers4
Tracing the evolutionary history of breast cancer4
Feeding latent brain metastasis4
Intercepting gastric cancer4
Polyamines in cancer: integrating organismal metabolism and antitumour immunity4
Epigenetic memory4
VIBRANT: mapping cell phenotypes using vibrational spectroscopy4
Modelling the ageing dependence of cancer evolutionary trajectories4
Conventional chemotherapy: millions of cures, unresolved therapeutic index4
Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics4
The fibroinflammatory response in cancer4
Small speckles, big impact4
scAtlasVAE: a deep learning framework for generating a human CD8+ T cell atlas3
Targeting the roots of myeloid malignancies with T cell receptors3
Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy3
Multiplex protein imaging in tumour biology3
Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma3
A machine learning toolkit for subtyping cancer in existing and new datasets3
Replication timings affect the frequency of chromosomal translocation3
Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications3
Protection against tumour formation3
Studying extrachromosomal DNA with the ecTag method3
Enhancing cellular immunotherapies in cancer by engineering selective therapeutic resistance3
Exploiting temporal aspects of cancer immunotherapy3
Allies in the epidermis2
Taking a detour2
How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers2
Epigenetic lesions drive gliomagenesis2
Pressing defence2
Smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking: chemical mechanisms and cancer prevention2
Lactate gives a sour taste2
Sex affects cancer genomes2
Bringing community to our pages2
Expanding oesophageal cancer research and care in eastern Africa2
Nanotherapy: targeting the tumour microenvironment2
Shared immunosuppressive mechanism between pregnancy and cancer2
Managing cancer following the World Trade Center disaster2
Phosphoinositide kinases in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities2
Naughty neutrophils2
Cancer’s sensory experience2
Mastering the use of cellular barcoding to explore cancer heterogeneity2
Hidden epithelial subtypes refine colorectal cancer classification2
PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science2
Heard immunity in CAR T cells2
The dynamic role of platelets in cancer progression and their therapeutic implications2
Rusting away with age2
Author Correction: The importance of 3D fibre architecture in cancer and implications for biomaterial model design2
Gender and sex interactions are intrinsic components of cancer phenotypes2
Liquid biopsies for Hodgkin lymphoma2
NET-working under stress2
Targeting aberrant splicing2
Targeting the tumour’s little helpers2
Stromal cells drive tumorigenesis in BRCA1 mutation carriers2
Oncologists must act to manage cancer detected through prenatal screening2
Harnessing multimodal data integration to advance precision oncology2
Ageing lipids map melanoma’s journey2
Presenting fibroblasts2
Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology2
Salmonella, the insidious contributor to gallbladder and colon cancers2
Overcoming TGFβ-mediated immune evasion in cancer2
Tumour hypoxia in driving genomic instability and tumour evolution2
Preprints as tools to advance careers2
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