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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Computing brain metastasis impact705
Digging for treasures in the tumour interactome679
Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis483
Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers475
Claudin proteins as emerging therapeutic targets for solid tumours462
Convergent inducers and effectors of T cell paralysis in the tumour microenvironment418
Emerging strategies to investigate the biology of early cancer375
Exploiting metabolic cell death for cancer therapy368
Oncofetal reprogramming in tumour development and progression302
INVADEseq to study the intratumoural microbiota at host single-cell resolution295
Fructose takes a detour to feed cancer292
Implementing practice-changing progress for managing cancer of unknown primary290
Mapping the prostate cell family tree276
Fighting cancer with fat271
Reply to ‘Heterogeneity of TP53 mutations necessitates differentiation with p53-rescue therapies’262
The evolution of cancer and ageing: a history of constraint260
Tertiary lymphoid structures as hubs of antitumour immunity255
3D chromatin architecture as a predictor of somatic mutations in cancer genomes252
Connie J. Eaves (1944–2024)250
The recruitment of metastasis-associated monocytes248
Author Correction: Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma223
How medical anthropology can contribute to cancer research220
Translating premalignant biology to accelerate non-small-cell lung cancer interception214
Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel212
Avoiding cancer through collective behaviour209
The role of CRAF in cancer progression: from molecular mechanisms to precision therapies199
Epithelial and stromal co-evolution and complicity in pancreatic cancer194
Nanoreceptors take down mutant p53192
Impersonating neurons188
Tumour EVPs disrupt liver function187
AACR 2025185
Measuring HLA disruption using MHC Hammer183
Gut microbes produce novel genotoxic metabolites182
Persistence is key174
Thelpers? More like Ttroublemakers171
Defining a ‘cells to society’ research framework for appendiceal tumours166
No mutation, tumour initiation164
Moonlighting functions of glucose metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer164
3D bioprinted cancer models: from basic biology to drug development160
Rethinking ovarian cancer III: the past decade and future directions157
Dendritic cells rise and shine153
Removing barriers to address sex differences in anticancer drug toxicity151
Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy148
How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment148
B-ring sterols to the rescue139
Bone voyage: immune crosstalk sets sail139
Visualizing intratumoural heterogeneity with EpicMIBI128
Double trouble for the tumour glycocode127
Identifying spatial cellular structures with SPACE-GM126
In-depth organoid profiling of pancreatic cancer123
Environmental endocrine disruptors: rethinking the origins of early-onset ER+ breast cancer120
Enhancer and metabolic rewiring by KMT2C–COMPASS or KMT2D–COMPASS family loss in cancer creates druggable vulnerabilities118
Context-dependent synthetic lethality — an emerging precision therapeutic approach115
Opportunities and challenges of targeting cGAS–STING in cancer113
Linking cell mechanical memory and cancer metastasis109
The path to leptomeningeal metastasis108
The immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer104
Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy101
Metabolic interplays between the tumour and the host shape the tumour macroenvironment98
Regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment98
Leveraging the replication stress response to optimize cancer therapy95
Encoding spatial tumour dynamics with Starfysh94
Understanding and addressing race disparities in childhood cancer outcomes94
Race influences the tumour microbiome94
Cancer nanomedicine91
Deciphering the cancer genome and epigenome91
Advancing AI for multi-omics and clinical data integration in basic and translational cancer research83
The link between vitamin D and prostate cancer81
RNA splicing dysregulation and the hallmarks of cancer76
ER stress sparks nerve pain73
Being in the zone69
Re-routing IgE for cancer therapy68
Polygenic scores in cancer68
Targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy66
Acetyl-CoA metabolism in cancer66
Z-nucleic acids give immunotherapy a boost65
Local CAR manufacturing64
Tamoxifen takes the wheel62
Right ON target: a new RAS-GTP inhibitor61
Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care61
Prime editing GEMMs to model cancer mutations61
When the time is right60
Chromothripsis in cancer59
Decoding cancer across scales with metabolomics59
Expanding the utility of precision oncology knowledge bases59
NOTUM-mediated stem cell competition in CRC59
Tertiary lymphoid structures in anticancer immunity59
Androgen receptor signalling in non-prostatic malignancies: challenges and opportunities59
In vivo labelling system to study cell neighbourhoods52
Defining precancer: a grand challenge for the cancer community52
Revealing genomic secrets of archival FFPE samples51
New pathogen on the block50
Judith Campisi (1948–2024)50
N6-Methyladenosine: an RNA modification as a central regulator of cancer49
Inferring cancer metabolism from gene-expression data49
Melanomagenesis antagonizes stem cell ageing49
Cancer risk in children with congenital anomalies48
Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-mediated myocarditis: CTLA4, PD1 and LAG3 in the heart46
The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map46
Recent advances in therapeutic cancer vaccines45
Carcinogenesis at single-cell resolution44
Patient-derived organoids unveil sarcoma vulnerabilities39
Global post-mortem tissue donation programmes to accelerate cancer research38
Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression38
Focusing on the complex and dynamic interplay between ageing and cancer38
Radiation as an immune modulator: mechanisms and implications for combination with immunotherapy37
Traject3d for studying 3D cellular heterogeneity36
A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology36
Epigenomic heterogeneity as a source of tumour evolution36
Developing dietary interventions as therapy for cancer36
Digitally enhanced Raman spectroscopy35
Author Correction: Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care33
Harnessing the influenza virus to fight cancer33
We cannot ignore the cancer risks of wildfires31
Mechanisms, challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiotherapy in cancer31
Guardrails for the use of generalist AI in cancer care30
Mechanisms and treatment of cancer therapy-induced peripheral and central neurotoxicity30
Targeting cancer cell dormancy29
Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer27
Neuro-immune cross-talk in cancer27
Immunogenic cell death in cancer: targeting necroptosis to induce antitumour immunity26
Structural variations in cancer and the 3D genome26
AACR 202423
mRNA-based cancer therapeutics23
The role of eIF4F-driven mRNA translation in regulating the tumour microenvironment22
Next-generation epidemiologic cohorts for cancer aetiology22
Fungi in cancer: not such a ‘fun-guy’22
Male melanoma comes of age22
EMT in chemoresistance21
Decoding the functional impact of the cancer genome through protein–protein interactions20
Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens20
Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells20
Advances in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma19
Key role for microbiota in gut–bone crosstalk19
CAFs promote CRPC19
Energizing leukaemia18
Same same but different18
Author Correction: Learning to distinguish progressive and non-progressive ductal carcinoma in situ15
Deep tissue imaging of cancer in the infrared14
l-Fucose: a dietary sugar with multifaceted potential in the biology and therapy of cancer14
Advances in translational research of the rare cancer type adrenocortical carcinoma14
Decoding the basis of histological variation in human cancer14
Inherited resilience13
Artificial intelligence-generated synthetic data for cancer research and clinical trials13
Multiomics-guided cellular immunotherapies12
Inflammatory neutrophils11
Air pollution promotes tumorigenesis through pre-existing oncogenic mutations10
Stemness in solid malignancies: coping with immune attack10
Enhanced transposable elements10
Therapeutic resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy in breast cancer10
Mapping out mitochondria10
Glioblastomas remodel neural circuits10
Black voices in cancer research and oncology9
Androgen receptor activation for breast cancer therapy9
Genomic and fragmentomic landscapes of cell-free DNA for early cancer detection9
Too much of a good thing9
Overcoming heterogeneity with 3D whole-tumour sampling9
Big data in basic and translational cancer research9
Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy8
Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals8
A fatty competitor in tumour immunity8
Pathogenesis of cancers derived from thyroid follicular cells8
Limiting bias in AI models for improved and equitable cancer care7
Breast milk for breast cancer detection7
Fungi in cancer7
Intercepting gastric cancer7
Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment7
Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action7
Feeding latent brain metastasis7
Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency7
The fibroinflammatory response in cancer6
Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics6
Tumour avatars to model patients’ responses to immunotherapy6
Microbiota and immune-related adverse events in cancer immunotherapy6
Modelling the ageing dependence of cancer evolutionary trajectories6
Conventional chemotherapy: millions of cures, unresolved therapeutic index6
Proximity labelling to study chromatin interactomes6
Functional m6A site detection by FOCAS6
Defining and using immune archetypes to classify and treat cancer5
Protection against tumour formation5
Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers5
VIBRANT: mapping cell phenotypes using vibrational spectroscopy5
Epigenetic memory5
Small speckles, big impact5
Replication timings affect the frequency of chromosomal translocation4
Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma4
scAtlasVAE: a deep learning framework for generating a human CD8+ T cell atlas4
The dynamic role of platelets in cancer progression and their therapeutic implications4
A machine learning toolkit for subtyping cancer in existing and new datasets4
Targeting the roots of myeloid malignancies with T cell receptors4
Tracing the evolutionary history of breast cancer4
Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications3
Hidden epithelial subtypes refine colorectal cancer classification3
Taking a detour3
Targeting the tumour’s little helpers3
Targeting aberrant splicing3
Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology3
Rusting away with age3
Lactate gives a sour taste3
Heard immunity in CAR T cells3
Multiplex protein imaging in tumour biology3
Enhancing cellular immunotherapies in cancer by engineering selective therapeutic resistance3
Aggregating premalignancy3
Mastering the use of cellular barcoding to explore cancer heterogeneity3
Oncologists must act to manage cancer detected through prenatal screening3
Cancer’s sensory experience3
Author Correction: The importance of 3D fibre architecture in cancer and implications for biomaterial model design3
Phosphoinositide kinases in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities3
Sex affects cancer genomes3
Exploiting temporal aspects of cancer immunotherapy3
Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy3
Stromal cells drive tumorigenesis in BRCA1 mutation carriers3
NET-working under stress3
Identification, functional insights and therapeutic targeting of EMT tumour states3
Epigenetic lesions drive gliomagenesis3
How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers3
PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science3
Ageing lipids map melanoma’s journey3
Managing cancer following the World Trade Center disaster2
Allies in the epidermis2
Activated neutrophils: the anti-hero2
Stromal senescence contributes to age-related increases in cancer2
Unlocking the potential of FinnGen to advance cancer research2
Challenging the status quo to improve the translational potential of preclinical oncology studies2
Cancers make their own luck: theories of cancer origins2
The advent of immune stimulating CAFs in cancer2
Translating p53-based therapies for cancer into the clinic2
How cancer reduces motivation2
Tumour hypoxia in driving genomic instability and tumour evolution2
Liquid biopsies for Hodgkin lymphoma2
A guide to transcriptomic deconvolution in cancer2
Heterocellular crosstalk and architecture of the pancreatic tumour microenvironment2
Revisiting the TGFβ paradox: insights from HPV-driven cancer and the DNA damage response2
Characterization of the B cell receptor repertoire in melanoma2
Towards targeting transposable elements for cancer therapy2
Why do patients with cancer die?2
STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism2
Tryptophan metabolite improves PDAC response rates and survival2
Preprints as tools to advance careers2
Salmonella, the insidious contributor to gallbladder and colon cancers2
Pressing defence2
Striking the right balance with type I interferon signalling in cancer2
Eph receptors and ephrins in cancer progression2
Unlocking the potential of urine-based liquid biopsy through improved reporting and standardization2
Investigating immune cells across time in vivo2
Cancer burden in low-income and middle-income countries2
Circular RNA in cancer2
Cancer progression through the lens of age-induced metabolic reprogramming2
The rise of spatial insights into tumour tissue architecture2
Unravelling the genetics and epigenetics of the ageing tumour microenvironment in cancer2
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