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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Computing brain metastasis impact723
Fructose takes a detour to feed cancer694
Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis498
Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers494
Implementing practice-changing progress for managing cancer of unknown primary476
Emerging strategies to investigate the biology of early cancer437
Claudin proteins as emerging therapeutic targets for solid tumours386
Oncofetal reprogramming in tumour development and progression378
Convergent inducers and effectors of T cell paralysis in the tumour microenvironment327
INVADEseq to study the intratumoural microbiota at host single-cell resolution318
Exploiting metabolic cell death for cancer therapy305
Mapping the prostate cell family tree301
Fighting cancer with fat292
Reply to ‘Heterogeneity of TP53 mutations necessitates differentiation with p53-rescue therapies’280
The recruitment of metastasis-associated monocytes269
3D chromatin architecture as a predictor of somatic mutations in cancer genomes268
Connie J. Eaves (1944–2024)264
The role of CRAF in cancer progression: from molecular mechanisms to precision therapies261
Translating premalignant biology to accelerate non-small-cell lung cancer interception255
Avoiding cancer through collective behaviour254
The evolution of cancer and ageing: a history of constraint229
Tertiary lymphoid structures as hubs of antitumour immunity225
How medical anthropology can contribute to cancer research223
Author Correction: Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma221
Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel215
Epithelial and stromal co-evolution and complicity in pancreatic cancer206
Nanoreceptors take down mutant p53205
Impersonating neurons201
Tumour EVPs disrupt liver function196
AACR 2025194
Measuring HLA disruption using MHC Hammer192
Gut microbes produce novel genotoxic metabolites187
Thelpers? More like Ttroublemakers186
Persistence is key186
Dendritic cells rise and shine182
Removing barriers to address sex differences in anticancer drug toxicity175
Moonlighting functions of glucose metabolic enzymes and metabolites in cancer172
How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment168
No mutation, tumour initiation162
Defining a ‘cells to society’ research framework for appendiceal tumours161
Rethinking ovarian cancer III: the past decade and future directions159
Natural killer cells in antitumour adoptive cell immunotherapy157
3D bioprinted cancer models: from basic biology to drug development153
Bone voyage: immune crosstalk sets sail145
B-ring sterols to the rescue140
Visualizing intratumoural heterogeneity with EpicMIBI139
Double trouble for the tumour glycocode133
Identifying spatial cellular structures with SPACE-GM132
In-depth organoid profiling of pancreatic cancer125
Environmental endocrine disruptors: rethinking the origins of early-onset ER+ breast cancer124
Context-dependent synthetic lethality — an emerging precision therapeutic approach122
Metabolic interplays between the tumour and the host shape the tumour macroenvironment114
Leveraging the replication stress response to optimize cancer therapy114
Opportunities and challenges of targeting cGAS–STING in cancer112
The path to leptomeningeal metastasis105
The immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer105
Linking cell mechanical memory and cancer metastasis103
Regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment101
Enhancer and metabolic rewiring by KMT2C–COMPASS or KMT2D–COMPASS family loss in cancer creates druggable vulnerabilities101
Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy97
Understanding and addressing race disparities in childhood cancer outcomes95
Race influences the tumour microbiome95
Encoding spatial tumour dynamics with Starfysh95
Deciphering the cancer genome and epigenome93
ER stress sparks nerve pain85
The link between vitamin D and prostate cancer83
Being in the zone83
Re-routing IgE for cancer therapy80
Stem cells as an essential mediator of the exercise–tumorigenesis link77
Advancing AI for multi-omics and clinical data integration in basic and translational cancer research74
Polygenic scores in cancer71
RNA splicing dysregulation and the hallmarks of cancer70
Beat it!70
Targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy69
Cancer nanomedicine68
Detection of cytokine-responsive cells using CyCLoPs68
Acetyl-CoA metabolism in cancer67
Z-nucleic acids give immunotherapy a boost66
Prime editing GEMMs to model cancer mutations64
Tamoxifen takes the wheel64
Local CAR manufacturing64
When the time is right62
Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care62
Right ON target: a new RAS-GTP inhibitor61
Androgen receptor signalling in non-prostatic malignancies: challenges and opportunities60
Expanding the utility of precision oncology knowledge bases60
NOTUM-mediated stem cell competition in CRC60
Chromothripsis in cancer56
Decoding cancer across scales with metabolomics55
Tertiary lymphoid structures in anticancer immunity55
Defining precancer: a grand challenge for the cancer community55
In vivo labelling system to study cell neighbourhoods53
Revealing genomic secrets of archival FFPE samples52
Judith Campisi (1948–2024)52
New pathogen on the block51
Inferring cancer metabolism from gene-expression data49
Melanomagenesis antagonizes stem cell ageing48
N6-Methyladenosine: an RNA modification as a central regulator of cancer47
Regulation of immune checkpoint molecules in cancer immune evasion and therapy46
Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-mediated myocarditis: CTLA4, PD1 and LAG3 in the heart42
The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map41
Cancer risk in children with congenital anomalies39
Recent advances in therapeutic cancer vaccines39
Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression38
Carcinogenesis at single-cell resolution38
Global post-mortem tissue donation programmes to accelerate cancer research38
Radiation as an immune modulator: mechanisms and implications for combination with immunotherapy38
Patient-derived organoids unveil sarcoma vulnerabilities37
A timeline of tumour-associated macrophage biology36
Epigenomic heterogeneity as a source of tumour evolution36
Focusing on the complex and dynamic interplay between ageing and cancer36
Traject3d for studying 3D cellular heterogeneity34
Digitally enhanced Raman spectroscopy33
Author Correction: Integrative medicine in oncology: redefining the standard of care32
Targeting cancer cell dormancy31
Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer31
Immunogenic cell death in cancer: targeting necroptosis to induce antitumour immunity30
Harnessing the influenza virus to fight cancer30
Mechanisms and treatment of cancer therapy-induced peripheral and central neurotoxicity28
We cannot ignore the cancer risks of wildfires27
Structural variations in cancer and the 3D genome27
Mechanisms, challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiotherapy in cancer25
Guardrails for the use of generalist AI in cancer care24
mRNA-based cancer therapeutics24
Neuro-immune cross-talk in cancer24
CAFs promote CRPC23
Next-generation epidemiologic cohorts for cancer aetiology23
AACR 202423
Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens22
The role of eIF4F-driven mRNA translation in regulating the tumour microenvironment22
Male melanoma comes of age22
Fungi in cancer: not such a ‘fun-guy’20
Decoding the functional impact of the cancer genome through protein–protein interactions20
Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells19
EMT in chemoresistance19
Advances in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma18
Key role for microbiota in gut–bone crosstalk17
Decoding the basis of histological variation in human cancer17
Advances in translational research of the rare cancer type adrenocortical carcinoma16
Energizing leukaemia14
Same same but different14
Author Correction: Learning to distinguish progressive and non-progressive ductal carcinoma in situ13
Multiomics-guided cellular immunotherapies12
l-Fucose: a dietary sugar with multifaceted potential in the biology and therapy of cancer12
Inherited resilience12
Inflammatory neutrophils12
Deep tissue imaging of cancer in the infrared12
Glioblastomas remodel neural circuits11
Stemness in solid malignancies: coping with immune attack11
Artificial intelligence-generated synthetic data for cancer research and clinical trials11
Therapeutic resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy in breast cancer11
Message in a vesicle: T cells boost tumour immunity11
Mapping out mitochondria10
Enhanced transposable elements10
Too much of a good thing10
Overcoming heterogeneity with 3D whole-tumour sampling9
Addressing the gaps in cancer screening for LGBTQ+ individuals9
Black voices in cancer research and oncology9
Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action9
Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy8
Limiting bias in AI models for improved and equitable cancer care8
Air pollution promotes tumorigenesis through pre-existing oncogenic mutations7
Genomic and fragmentomic landscapes of cell-free DNA for early cancer detection7
Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency7
Intercepting gastric cancer7
Pathogenesis of cancers derived from thyroid follicular cells7
Big data in basic and translational cancer research7
Breast milk for breast cancer detection7
Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment7
Androgen receptor activation for breast cancer therapy7
Fungi in cancer7
A fatty competitor in tumour immunity7
Feeding latent brain metastasis7
Defining and using immune archetypes to classify and treat cancer6
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
Tumour avatars to model patients’ responses to immunotherapy6
Proximity labelling to study chromatin interactomes6
Functional m6A site detection by FOCAS6
Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers5
The fibroinflammatory response in cancer5
Epigenetic memory5
Small speckles, big impact5
Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics5
Fighting rare cancers: lessons from fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma4
A machine learning toolkit for subtyping cancer in existing and new datasets4
Exploiting temporal aspects of cancer immunotherapy4
Replication timings affect the frequency of chromosomal translocation4
scAtlasVAE: a deep learning framework for generating a human CD8+ T cell atlas4
Multiplex protein imaging in tumour biology4
Hallmarks of sex bias in immuno-oncology: mechanisms and therapeutic implications4
Protection against tumour formation4
VIBRANT: mapping cell phenotypes using vibrational spectroscopy4
Tracing the evolutionary history of breast cancer4
Targeting the roots of myeloid malignancies with T cell receptors4
Heard immunity in CAR T cells3
Aggregating premalignancy3
Taking a detour3
Oncologists must act to manage cancer detected through prenatal screening3
Cancer’s sensory experience3
Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology3
Allies in the epidermis3
PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science3
Phosphoinositide kinases in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities3
The dynamic role of platelets in cancer progression and their therapeutic implications3
Ageing lipids map melanoma’s journey3
Identification, functional insights and therapeutic targeting of EMT tumour states3
Targeting aberrant splicing3
Mastering the use of cellular barcoding to explore cancer heterogeneity3
Targeting the tumour’s little helpers3
Stromal cells drive tumorigenesis in BRCA1 mutation carriers3
Lactate gives a sour taste3
Enhancing cellular immunotherapies in cancer by engineering selective therapeutic resistance3
Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy3
Rusting away with age3
Epigenetic lesions drive gliomagenesis3
Author Correction: The importance of 3D fibre architecture in cancer and implications for biomaterial model design3
How protons pave the way to aggressive cancers3
NET-working under stress3
Hidden epithelial subtypes refine colorectal cancer classification3
Sex affects cancer genomes3
Salmonella, the insidious contributor to gallbladder and colon cancers2
Liquid biopsies for Hodgkin lymphoma2
Gender and sex interactions are intrinsic components of cancer phenotypes2
A guide to transcriptomic deconvolution in cancer2
Investigating immune cells across time in vivo2
Circular RNA in cancer2
Towards targeting transposable elements for cancer therapy2
Cancer progression through the lens of age-induced metabolic reprogramming2
Translating p53-based therapies for cancer into the clinic2
Heterocellular crosstalk and architecture of the pancreatic tumour microenvironment2
The rise of spatial insights into tumour tissue architecture2
Pressing defence2
Activated neutrophils: the anti-hero2
Approaching cancer during pregnancy2
STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism2
Challenging the status quo to improve the translational potential of preclinical oncology studies2
Why do patients with cancer die?2
Cancers make their own luck: theories of cancer origins2
Preprints as tools to advance careers2
Managing cancer following the World Trade Center disaster2
Tracking genome evolution following p53 inactivation2
Shared immunosuppressive mechanism between pregnancy and cancer2
Characterization of the B cell receptor repertoire in melanoma2
Eph receptors and ephrins in cancer progression2
Programming immune escape2
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in tumour initiation, progression and therapy2
The advent of immune stimulating CAFs in cancer2
Tumour hypoxia in driving genomic instability and tumour evolution2
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