Cancer Discovery

Papers
(The median citation count of Cancer Discovery is 1. 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
AI-Supported Mammography “Safe,” Cuts Workload6470
HLA-E:CD94–NKG2A Mediates Circulating Tumor Cell Immune Evasion681
Mutation-Driven Alveolar Cell Reprogramming Dictates Lung Cancer Progression349
Succinyl-CoA and Cobalamin Are Biomarkers That Improve Anal Cancer Screening312
Human Tumor Cells Display an Oncogene-like Addiction to Aneuploidy253
Q&A: Philip Greenberg on T Cells, IO's Future246
Shattered Chromosomes Undergo Mitotic Tethering during Chromothripsis229
PARADIGM Identifies Associations between Drugs, the Microbiome, and Mortality222
Air Pollution Promotes Oncogenic Expansion of Mutant Lung Progenitor Cells210
Transposable Element Signatures Define Stages of T-cell Exhaustion206
Probing Clonal Hematopoiesis in Liquid Biopsy205
Collagen Receptor Implicated in Immune Exclusion204
Low-Glycemic Diets Restrict Tumor Growth through Altered Lipid Metabolism200
Drafting a Blueprint for European Cancer Research194
IL7 Genetic Variation Predicts Immune-Related Adverse Events194
Dendritic Cell Circadian Rhythm Governs the Antitumor Immune Response190
Mouse Models Provide Insight into Factors Affecting BiTE Efficacy180
Highlighted research articles171
Proteostasis Network Modulation Promotes Resistance to KRAS Inhibitors167
REFLECTions on Combination Therapies Empowered by Data Sharing166
Highlighted research articles160
The AACR Journals: Advancing Progress Toward the AACR's 115-Year Mission150
Correction: Targeting Translation Initiation Bypasses Signaling Crosstalk Mechanisms That Maintain High MYC Levels in Colorectal Cancer146
Convergence of Targeted and Immune Therapies for the Treatment of Oncogene-Driven Cancers146
PIN1 Prolyl Isomerase Promotes Initiation and Progression of Bladder Cancer through the SREBP2-Mediated Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathway145
A Guide to Extrachromosomal DNA: Cancer’s Dynamic Circular Genome143
Selpercatinib Shifts Treatment Paradigm for MTC and NSCLC143
GIST: Molecular Profiling Suggests 2nd Therapy142
Exome Sequencing IDs Hidden Disease Variants137
Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Determines Intercellular Heterogeneity of Stress Granules and Chemotherapy Response136
Rational Protein Engineering to Enhance MHC-Independent T-cell Receptors134
Combination Diagnostics: Adding Blood-Based ctDNA Screening to Low-Dose CT Imaging for Early Detection of Lung Cancer128
Trispecifics Improve Immune-Cell Engagement128
Patterns of Oncogene Coexpression at Single-Cell Resolution Influence Survival in Lymphoma128
Visualizing Cancer Heterogeneity at the Molecular and Cellular Levels: Lessons from Rosetta127
An NK-cell Therapy for CD30+ Lymphomas126
Lymph Node Metastasis Induces Immune Tolerance and Distant Metastasis125
RAS Drives Malignancy through Altered Stem Cell/Microenvironment Cross-talk125
Adjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Resected Melanoma: Is Preventing Recurrence Enough?124
The 3D Revolution in Cancer Discovery123
Neuro-Mesenchymal Interaction Mediated by a β2-Adrenergic Nerve Growth Factor Feedforward Loop Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression121
Intrinsic Properties of the Lymph Node Render It Immunologically Susceptible to Metastasis121
Gut Microbiota Modulation through Akkermansia spp. Supplementation Increases CAR T-cell Potency118
Structure of the Tumor Stroma Predicts Invasive Breast Cancer Relapse117
Targeting Microglial Metabolic Rewiring Synergizes with Immune-Checkpoint Blockade Therapy for Glioblastoma116
p53 Gain-of-Function Mutation Induces Metastasis via BRD4-Dependent CSF-1 Expression113
CHD2 Regulates Neuron–Glioma Interactions in Pediatric Glioma112
A Novel Type of Monocytic Leukemia Stem Cell Revealed by the Clinical Use of Venetoclax-Based Therapy111
INK4 Tumor Suppressor Proteins Mediate Resistance to CDK4/6 Kinase Inhibitors109
Multicellular Spatial Organization Determines Immunotherapy Response107
Presurgery Plus Postsurgery Immunotherapy Ups Survival in NSCLC107
Response to Low Antigen Density Is Improved by HLA-Independent T-cell Receptors105
In This Issue105
Chronic Inflammation Drives TP53-Mutant Leukemic Evolution105
Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Particles Inhibit Liver Function104
The Proteasome Regulator PSME4 Modulates Antitumor Immunity104
Intestinal Microbiome Inhibits CD8+ T Cells via the Calcineurin–NFAT Axis103
New Strategy May Thwart Glioblastoma Resistance101
FMRP Depletion Reprograms an Immunosuppressive Microenvironment101
TILs Outperform Ipilimumab in Melanoma99
Hyperactivation of Oncogenic Pathways Hinders Cancer Cell Survival99
Lymph Node–Specific IFNγ Levels Affect CD8+ T-cell Priming against Tumors96
Revumenib Is Safe and Efficacious, but MEN1 Mutations Mediate Resistance93
What's Next for Sotorasib in NSCLC?93
Biomarker Testing Falls Short in NSCLC90
Aged Lungs Enable Metastatic Outgrowth of Dormant Melanoma Cells90
In This Issue89
Temozolomide Treatment Alters Mismatch Repair and Boosts Mutational Burden in Tumor and Blood of Colorectal Cancer Patients88
Cancer in the Prime of Life: Etiologic Insights and Supportive Oncologic Interventions for the Rising Burden of Young Adult Cancer88
Perivascular NOTCH3+ Stem Cells Drive Meningioma Tumorigenesis and Resistance to Radiotherapy87
AXL and Error-Prone DNA Replication Confer Drug Resistance and Offer Strategies to Treat EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer86
Oncogenic KRAS-Dependent Stromal Interleukin-33 Directs the Pancreatic Microenvironment to Promote Tumor Growth86
A Molecular Voyage: Multiomics Insights into Circulating Tumor Cells85
Akk Abundance Alters Survival in Patients with NSCLC on ICIs85
Noninvasive and Multicancer Biomarkers: The Promise of LINE-1 Retrotransposons84
Bridging the Gap between Diseases of the Stomach and Lower Esophagus84
Moving Spatially Resolved Multiplexed Protein Profiling toward Clinical Oncology83
Harnessing Mitochondrial Mutations to ATAC Clonal Evolution in CLL83
Atypical Small Cell Lung Cancer: A New Malignancy Characterized by Chromothripsis, Carcinoid Tumors, and Wild-type RB1 and TP5380
New Immunotherapy Combinations Enter the Battlefield of Malignant Mesothelioma80
Rlf–Mycl Gene Fusion Drives Tumorigenesis and Metastasis in a Mouse Model of Small Cell Lung Cancer80
NRF2: KEAPing Tumors Protected79
Beneath the Surface: Neoantigens beyond Chromosomal DNA Mutations79
Senescence Rewires Microenvironment Sensing to Facilitate Antitumor Immunity79
Iron Chelation Therapy Elicits Innate Immune Control of Metastatic Ovarian Cancer79
A Transitional Cell Population Is Enriched in Aggressive Human Medulloblastoma78
Study Sniffs Out New Glioma Mechanism78
ABBV-383 Demonstrates Tolerability and Efficacy in Relapsed/Refractory MM78
Chromatin Remodeling Factors Drive Epigenetic Changes Crucial for T-cell Exhaustion77
Distinct Clonal Patterns Exist between Benign and Malignant Tissue76
A Spatiotemporal Positive Feedback Loop Exists Between TAMs and CD8+ T Cells76
IL6 Blockade Reduces Immunotherapy-Induced Immune-Related Adverse Events75
Lasker Honors Discovery of Cell Adhesion Molecules74
Resistant KRAS(G12C) Inhibitor Subclones Exhibit Heterogeneous Alterations73
Ibrutinib with R-CHOP Differentially Affects Genetic Subtypes of DLBCL72
Blinatumomab Nonresponse Is Associated with Poor CD19-CAR Outcome in B-ALL71
The Kinase Module of the Mediator Complex Inhibits CAR T-cell Function70
MEDI5752 Suppresses Two Immune Checkpoints69
MCED Testing Enters New Diagnostic Realms69
Prenatal Chemotherapy and Its Impact on the Genome of Fetal Hematopoiesis69
Q&A: Robert Vonderheide on Immunotherapy Advances68
Heritable Defects in Mitotic and Telomere Function Confer Sarcoma Risk67
Air Pollution–Lung Cancer Link Identified67
Cancer Cells Adapt to SWI/SNF Inhibition through Compensatory EP400 Function67
Cancer Neuroscience of Brain Tumors: From Multicellular Networks to Neuroscience-Instructed Cancer Therapies66
Advancing Global Health Equity in Oncology Clinical Trial Access66
Epigenetic Activation of Plasmacytoid DCs Drives IFNAR-Dependent Therapeutic Differentiation of AML66
Sex Hormone Signaling Suppresses Ferroptosis via Phospholipid Remodeling66
Integrative Analysis of a Large Real-World Cohort of Small Cell Lung Cancer Identifies Distinct Genetic Subtypes and Insights into Histologic Transformation65
STX-478, a Mutant-Selective, Allosteric PI3Kα Inhibitor Spares Metabolic Dysfunction and Improves Therapeutic Response in PI3Kα-Mutant Xenografts65
High-Purity CTC RNA Sequencing Identifies Prostate Cancer Lineage Phenotypes Prognostic for Clinical Outcomes65
MDM2-PROTAC versus MDM2 Inhibitors: Beyond p53 Reactivation65
EP300 Selectively Controls the Enhancer Landscape of MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma65
Activating Point Mutations in the MET Kinase Domain Represent a Unique Molecular Subset of Lung Cancer and Other Malignancies Targetable with MET Inhibitors64
Human Colon Cancer–Derived Clostridioides difficile Strains Drive Colonic Tumorigenesis in Mice64
Mutant NPM1 Directly Regulates Oncogenic Transcription in Acute Myeloid Leukemia64
Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals Trajectory of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte States in Pancreatic Cancer64
CD8-Targeted IL2 Unleashes Tumor-Specific Immunity in Human Cancer Tissue by Reviving the Dysfunctional T-cell Pool63
D3S-001, a KRAS G12C Inhibitor with Rapid Target Engagement Kinetics, Overcomes Nucleotide Cycling, and Demonstrates Robust Preclinical and Clinical Activities63
The Hallmarks of Predictive Oncology63
MRTX1719 Is an MTA-Cooperative PRMT5 Inhibitor That Exhibits Synthetic Lethality in Preclinical Models and Patients with MTAP-Deleted Cancer62
Acquired Cross-Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer due to Extrachromosomal DNA Amplification of MYC Paralogs62
Phosphocreatine Promotes Epigenetic Reprogramming to Facilitate Glioblastoma Growth Through Stabilizing BRD262
CD19/CD20 Bispecific Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) in Naive/Memory T Cells for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma62
Distinct Treatment-Related Immunologic Biomarkers Are Identified in PDAC61
Carcinogenic Human Metabolites Are Revealed Using “Metabokiller”61
Glioma Infiltration and Progression Are Driven by Remote Neuronal Activation60
Surface Expression of NRP1 on Tregs Affects Outcome in Patients with Cancer59
Structure of the Ligand-Bound HER2–HER3 Dimer Reveals a Dynamic Interface59
ESCRT Protein Inhibition Enhances CTL-Mediated Cytolysis of Tumor Cells58
Court Rulings Complicate Decisions for Pregnant Patients58
Silent Mutations Reveal a Novel Treatment for RASQ61 Cancers58
A Deep Learning Model for Cancer Type Prediction Sets a New Standard58
VCAM1 Mediates Innate Immune Tolerance of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells57
Gut Microbiota May Mediate AEs57
The Evolutionary History of Breast Cancer and Related Clones Is Revealed56
IL4 Signaling in the Bone Marrow Promotes Protumorigenic Myelopoiesis56
Antitrust Order Aimed at Equalizing MCED Field56
The APOE–TREM2 Axis Mediates Senescent Neutrophils in Prostate Cancer55
Heterologous Cancer Vaccines plus Checkpoint Inhibitors Show Therapeutic Benefit55
Glucose Metabolism in TAMs Promotes Metastasis and Drug Resistance55
Epitope Editing Prevents Off-Tumor Toxicity of CAR T-cell Therapy in AML53
Gene-Specific Machine Learning Models to Classify Driver Mutations in Clonal Hematopoiesis53
Sotorasib Tackles KRASG12C-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer53
Peto’s Paradox Is Dead. Long Live Peto’s Paradox53
Illuminating a Dark Kinase in the Mesenchymal Cancer Cell State53
HeLa Cases Prompt More Thinking on Ethics53
Highlighted Research Articles53
If You Build It, Patients with Rare Cancers Will Come: A Successful Clinical Trial in Relapsed and Refractory JMML53
Bone-Induced HER2 Promotes Secondary Metastasis in HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer52
Bacterial Genotoxin Accelerates Transient Infection–Driven Murine Colon Tumorigenesis52
Methylation Is Best for cfDNA Multicancer Early Detection Tests52
Which Small Molecule? Selecting Chemical Probes for Use in Cancer Research and Target Validation52
Targeting N-linked Glycosylation for the Therapy of Aggressive Lymphomas52
When Cancer Cells Become the Enablers of an Antitumor Immune Response51
CD137 (4-1BB)-Based Cancer Immunotherapy on Its 25th Anniversary51
The UBA1–STUB1 Axis Mediates Cancer Immune Escape and Resistance to Checkpoint Blockade51
Stromal KITL/SCF Maintains Pancreas Tissue Homeostasis and Restrains Tumor Progression51
Tracing Founder Mutations in Circulating and Tissue-Resident Follicular Lymphoma Precursors50
Tissue-Agnostic Drug Development: A New Path to Drug Approval50
Six-Month Efficacy and Toxicity Profile of BNT162b2 Vaccine in Cancer Patients with Solid Tumors50
SUV39H1 Ablation Enhances Long-term CAR T Function in Solid Tumors50
Catalytic Inhibition of KAT6/KAT7 Enhances the Efficacy and Overcomes Primary and Acquired Resistance to Menin Inhibitors in MLL Leukemia50
Drug-Induced Epigenomic Plasticity Reprograms Circadian Rhythm Regulation to Drive Prostate Cancer toward Androgen Independence49
DietaryLactobacillus-Derived Exopolysaccharide Enhances Immune-Checkpoint Blockade Therapy49
Combining TIGIT Blockade with MDSC Inhibition Hinders Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis by Activating Antitumor Immunity49
Quantifying the Expanding Landscape of Clinical Actionability for Patients with Cancer48
Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Serve as Decoys to Suppress NK Cell Anticancer Cytotoxicity in Breast Cancer48
A Whole Cancer Cell–Based Vaccine Boosts Cell Killing and Antitumor Immunity48
Specific Anatomic Transcriptomes Drive Oncogenesis in Melanoma47
A Bacterial-Based Immunotherapy for PDAC47
Tumor-Reactive Antibodies Emerge from Nonbinding and Autoreactive Precursors47
Molecular Profiles Distinguish Brain Metastases of Diverse Neural Impact47
Distinct Mutational Processes Influence Germline DNA Mutations46
ImmunoGen Takeover Caps Year of Record ADC Investments46
Structure of SHOC2–PP1C–RAS Reveals a Mechanism of RAF Activation46
Antitumor Plasma Cells Mature Within Tertiary Lymphoid Structures46
Homing In on RNA Fusions in Breast Cancer46
Atypical EGFR Mutations Show Heterogeneity45
Culture Media Tweak Makes Heartier CARs45
Acknowledgment to Reviewers44
Acknowledgment to Reviewers44
A Base Editing Platform Shows Function of Cancer-Associated Variants44
Kidney Cancer Researcher Tapped as NCI Director44
Tumor Microenvironment Immune Changes Support Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell Efficacy43
HER2 Expression Impacts Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Efficacy in Breast Cancer43
In This Issue43
An Atlas of Tumor Metabolism Uncovers Gene–Metabolite Interactions42
TNF Receptors Choose HSC Fate in SupportingDnmt3a-Mutant Clonal Hematopoiesis42
Lymphocyte Interaction Networks Drive Lung Cancer Immunosurveillance42
Precision Cancer Medicine: Large Studies Indicate Steady Progress42
Pushing the Boundaries of Liquid Biopsies for Early Precision Intervention41
Loss of p53 Induces Tolerance to Viral Mimicry as a Mechanism of Immune Evasion in Early Tumorigenesis41
Correction: High Frequency of PIK3R1 and PIK3R2 Mutations in Endometrial Cancer Elucidates a Novel Mechanism for Regulation of PTEN Protein Stability41
Clonal GCB Cells Support Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma Tumorigenesis40
Cancer-Causative Mutations Occurring in Early Embryogenesis38
So Grateful for My X: Sex Chromosomes Drive Differences in Glioblastoma Immunity38
Condensate-Promoting ENL Mutation Drives Tumorigenesis In Vivo Through Dynamic Regulation of Histone Modifications and Gene Expression38
ATM Inhibition Sensitizes ALT Neuroblastomas to Chemotherapy38
Insights and Opportunity Costs in Applying Spatial Biology to Study the Tumor Microenvironment38
IFNα Potentiates Immune-Checkpoint Blockade by Rewiring Metabolic Cross-talk37
Copper Drives Remodeling of Metabolic State and Progression of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma37
Radical Collaboration: Reimagining Cancer Team Science37
Highlighted Research Articles37
DNAJB1-PRKACA Fusion Drives Fibrolamellar Liver Cancer through Impaired SIK Signaling and CRTC2/p300-Mediated Transcriptional Reprogramming37
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies in Cancer Care: Addressing Disparities, Bias, and Data Diversity35
RTK-Dependent Inducible Degradation of Mutant PI3Kα Drives GDC-0077 (Inavolisib) Efficacy35
Spectrum of Response to Platinum and PARP Inhibitors in Germline BRCA–Associated Pancreatic Cancer in the Clinical and Preclinical Setting35
The Bispecific Antibody Epcoritamab Produces Responses in Lymphoma34
Single-Cell Atlas of Lineage States, Tumor Microenvironment, and Subtype-Specific Expression Programs in Gastric Cancer34
Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells through Perturbation of Mitochondrial Calcium34
Biomolecular Condensation: A New Phase in Cancer Research33
Machine Learning Models ID Cancer Drivers33
Dual Immunotherapy Makes Strides against HCC33
Single-Cell Tumor–Normal Analysis Proposes Combinatorial CAR Strategies33
Y Chromosome Loss Drives Bladder Cancer Aggressiveness and Immune Evasion33
In This Issue33
In This Issue33
Altered tRNA Isoacceptor Abundance Regulates Breast Cancer Metastasis33
Ibrutinib Treatment in Early Stage CLL Prolongs Time to Active Disease32
HSCT Chemotherapy Supports Peripheral Macrophage Engraftment of the Brain32
Approved Drugs May Reduce Anthracycline Drug–Related Cardiotoxicity32
Colonic Microbiota Promote Antitumor Immunity in Colorectal Cancer32
Noted32
Moonshot Redux to Focus on Prevention, Screening32
On-Target BTK Mutations Promote Resistance to Noncovalent BTK Inhibitors32
Q&A: Ted Laetsch on Tumor-Agnostic Therapies31
Senescent Cancer Cells Are Vulnerable to Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway Activation31
A High-Fat Diet Controls MHC Class II on ISCs via the Microbiome31
MHC-I Cross-Dressing Supports Antitumor CD8+ T-cell Priming31
BTK Inhibitor Options Expand for CLL/SLL31
Driver Events of Gastric Cancer Differ According to Subtype and Ancestry30
Correction: Highlights of FDA Oncology Approvals in 2023: Bispecific T-cell Engagers, Pediatric Indications, and Inclusive Drug Development30
Nociceptor Neurons Affect Immunosurveillance and Tumor Growth30
High-Endothelial Venules Promote Permissive T-cell Niches after Immunotherapy30
Disruption of KAT8–IRF1 Condensate Formation Reduces PD-L1 Expression30
Correction: Creating MHC-Restricted Neoantigens with Covalent Inhibitors That Can Be Targeted by Immune Therapy30
Primary, Metastatic Tumors Vary Genomically by Cancer Type29
Germline-somatic liaison dictates cancer subtype via de novo steroid biosynthesis29
Gut Microbiota Regulate PD-L2 Expression and Immunotherapy Response29
PHGDH Inhibition Overcomes Glioblastoma Resistance to T-cell Therapy29
Artificial Intelligence Identifies Novel Disease Pathways29
Intrinsically Disordered Regions Control cBAF Condensation and Interactions29
HPV42, a “Low-Risk” Type, and Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma29
Correction: Animal Alternatives OK'd by New Law27
Mitochondrial glutathione import enables breast cancer metastasis via integrated stress response signaling27
Receptor-interacting Protein Kinase 2 Is an Immunotherapy Target in Pancreatic Cancer27
Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Personalized Adjuvant mRNA Cancer Vaccines27
Dangerous Liaisons betweenTet2Mutation, Inflammatory Monocytes, and Leukemogenesis27
Unleashing Cell-Intrinsic Inflammation as a Strategy to Kill AML Blasts26
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