Nature Cancer

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Cancer is 29. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Untangling the threads of immunotherapy research535
Outcompeting neighbors for intestinal cancer initiation342
Gut decisions in CAR T cell therapy339
A low-coverage liquid biopsy for lung cancer301
Alzheimer’s drug turns macrophages against cancer296
PARP11 interfer(on)es with CAR T cell efficacy274
Enhancing childhood cancer targetability259
Shooting for multiplexed pathology with Orion254
An oncolytic circular RNA therapy252
Author Correction: Identification of a clinically efficacious CAR T cell subset in diffuse large B cell lymphoma by dynamic multidimensional single-cell profiling233
Author Correction: Breaking the performance ceiling for neoantigen immunogenicity prediction230
A macrophage-activated abscopal effect228
Breaking frontiers with multidisciplinary cancer research197
The proteasome regulator PSME4 modulates proteasome activity and antigen diversity to abrogate antitumor immunity in NSCLC185
MALAT1 protects dormant tumor cells from immune elimination185
ZFP281 drives a mesenchymal-like dormancy program in early disseminated breast cancer cells that prevents metastatic outgrowth in the lung178
Single-cell transcriptomic landscape deciphers olfactory neuroblastoma subtypes and intra-tumoral heterogeneity175
Different niches for stem cells carrying the same oncogenic driver affect pathogenesis and therapy response in myeloproliferative neoplasms167
Considering molecular alterations as pan-cancer tissue-agnostic targets165
A single-cell map of dynamic chromatin landscapes of immune cells in renal cell carcinoma159
Repeated peripheral infusions of anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells in combination with pembrolizumab show no efficacy in glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial158
Breast cancer cells survive chemotherapy by activating targetable immune-modulatory programs characterized by PD-L1 or CD80148
The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer147
Landscape of prostate-specific membrane antigen heterogeneity and regulation in AR-positive and AR-negative metastatic prostate cancer140
Understanding and overcoming tumor heterogeneity in metastatic breast cancer treatment140
Expanding the options for KRAS inhibition134
The importance of being generous129
Reflecting on the golden age of cancer research125
DePICting T cell–APC crosstalk in cancer123
Beating cancer one carbon at a time121
Targeting PRMT9-mediated arginine methylation suppresses cancer stem cell maintenance and elicits cGAS-mediated anticancer immunity120
Reply to: Ricolinostat is not a highly selective HDAC6 inhibitor113
Bone marrow progenitor-like cells against leukemia cure113
Shaping the microenvironment in peritoneal metastases106
Palmitate oxidation drives a pro-metastatic post-translational modification106
Determinants of resistance and response to melanoma therapy103
IKAROS and MENIN coordinate therapeutically actionable leukemogenic gene expression in MLL-r acute myeloid leukemia101
Impact of context-dependent autophagy states on tumor progression100
Adoptively transferred tumor-specific IL-9-producing cytotoxic CD8+ T cells activate host CD4+ T cells to control tumors with antigen loss100
Engineering-enhanced CAR T cells for improved cancer therapy100
A tumor-derived type III collagen-rich ECM niche regulates tumor cell dormancy100
A targetable type III immune response with increase of IL-17A expressing CD4+ T cells is associated with immunotherapy-induced toxicity in melanoma99
A multiomic atlas identifies a treatment-resistant, bone marrow progenitor-like cell population in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia98
The labors of referees98
INPP5A phosphatase is a synthetic lethal target in GNAQ and GNA11-mutant melanomas97
Circadian regulation of cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment during metastasis94
Discovery of potent and selective HER2 inhibitors with efficacy against HER2 exon 20 insertion-driven tumors, which preserve wild-type EGFR signaling92
LAG-3 and PD-1 blockade raises the bar for melanoma92
Loss of the receptors ER, PR and HER2 promotes USP15-dependent stabilization of PARP1 in triple-negative breast cancer89
Direct and selective pharmacological disruption of the YAP–TEAD interface by IAG933 inhibits Hippo-dependent and RAS–MAPK-altered cancers88
Thriving in diverse ecosystems86
Inflammation meets translation in AML84
A quick guide for clinical oncology84
Clinical implementation of artificial-intelligence-assisted detection of breast cancer metastases in sentinel lymph nodes: the CONFIDENT-B single-center, non-randomized clinical trial84
Author Correction: Interleukin 17 signaling supports clinical benefit of dual CTLA-4 and PD-1 checkpoint inhibition in melanoma83
Sarcoma ecotypes determine immunotherapy benefit82
A comeback for checkpoint inhibition in multiple myeloma81
Antibody avidity meets multiple myeloma81
ALK peptide vaccination restores the immunogenicity of ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer81
Proteogenomic landscape of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in an Asian population reveals tumor cell-enriched and immune-rich subtypes79
Cycling back to folate metabolism in cancer77
Integrative single-cell analysis of human colorectal cancer reveals patient stratification with distinct immune evasion mechanisms77
Tryptophan metabolism drives dynamic immunosuppressive myeloid states in IDH-mutant gliomas77
Multimodal data integration improves immunotherapy response prediction75
Immunosuppressive dura-derived macrophages in leptomeningeal metastasis75
Radioligand cancer therapy comes to the fore74
Regulatory T cells play a crucial part in radio-immunotherapy resistance of brain tumors73
How AI agents will change cancer research and oncology73
MCL1 inhibitor BRD-810 kills cancer cells while minimizing risk of cardiotoxicity73
Bispecific antibodies seek out colon cancer stem cells72
Immunotargeting of a recurrent AML-specific neoantigen72
A Wnt twist in FTO’s role in cancer progression71
Dual inhibition of EGFR and PI3K with a single drug71
Author Correction: Engineering-enhanced CAR T cells for improved cancer therapy71
First-in-class ultralong-target-residence-time p38α inhibitors as a mitosis-targeted therapy for colorectal cancer70
Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages70
Radiation sparks a dark side in neutrophils70
Multiregion sampling of de novo metastatic prostate cancer reveals complex polyclonality and augments clinical genotyping69
Author Correction: Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance68
Building a translational cancer dependency map for The Cancer Genome Atlas67
PD-1 instructs a tumor-suppressive metabolic program that restricts glycolysis and restrains AP-1 activity in T cell lymphoma67
A first-in-class polymerase theta inhibitor selectively targets homologous-recombination-deficient tumors67
A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes66
Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma66
GEMys homing in on metastasis65
Three-dimensional imaging mass cytometry for highly multiplexed molecular and cellular mapping of tissues and the tumor microenvironment65
Targeting BRCA-mutated tumors in mitosis63
Selective targeting of malignant T cells62
Protein-level mutant p53 reporters identify druggable rare precancerous clones in noncancerous tissues62
AKTing on XPO1 inhibition in AML62
The pro-oncogenic noncanonical activity of a RAS•GTP:RanGAP1 complex facilitates nuclear protein export62
BRD-810 is a highly selective MCL1 inhibitor with optimized in vivo clearance and robust efficacy in solid and hematological tumor models61
Macrophage mitochondrial fission improves cancer cell phagocytosis induced by therapeutic antibodies and is impaired by glutamine competition60
LCOR mediates interferon-independent tumor immunogenicity and responsiveness to immune-checkpoint blockade in triple-negative breast cancer59
Single-cell analysis and functional characterization uncover the stem cell hierarchies and developmental origins of rhabdomyosarcoma59
Bispecific chimeric T cell receptors tackle tumor heterogeneity58
Single-cell analyses implicate ascites in remodeling the ecosystems of primary and metastatic tumors in ovarian cancer58
Identification of a clinically efficacious CAR T cell subset in diffuse large B cell lymphoma by dynamic multidimensional single-cell profiling58
The Cancer Surfaceome Atlas integrates genomic, functional and drug response data to identify actionable targets58
The dopamine transporter antagonist vanoxerine inhibits G9a and suppresses cancer stem cell functions in colon tumors57
Single-cell meta-analyses reveal responses of tumor-reactive CXCL13+ T cells to immune-checkpoint blockade57
Threonine fuels glioblastoma through YRDC-mediated codon-biased translational reprogramming56
Advances in antibody-based therapy in oncology56
Anything to declare?56
Epigenetic plasticity in PDAC56
Author Correction: Anti-CTLA-4 antibodies drive myeloid activation and reprogram the tumor microenvironment through FcγR engagement and type I interferon signaling55
From the editor’s desk55
There are gremlins in prostate cancer55
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy marks a new era in oncology55
Author Correction: An inflammatory state remodels the immune microenvironment and improves risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia54
Metabolic symbiosis in pancreatic cancer54
Author Correction: Acquired resistance to a GPRC5D-directed T-cell engager in multiple myeloma is mediated by genetic or epigenetic target inactivation53
Ricolinostat is not a highly selective HDAC6 inhibitor53
Myeloma evades T cell-engaging therapies53
Tumor evolution metrics predict recurrence beyond 10 years in locally advanced prostate cancer52
An antisense RNA promotes breast cancer metastasis via upregulation of NQO150
Targeting ADAR1 with a small molecule for the treatment of prostate cancer49
SETD2 loss perturbs the kidney cancer epigenetic landscape to promote metastasis and engenders actionable dependencies on histone chaperone complexes49
Clonal origin of KMT2A wild-type lineage-switch leukemia following CAR-T cell and blinatumomab therapy49
An anti-PD-1–GITR-L bispecific agonist induces GITR clustering-mediated T cell activation for cancer immunotherapy48
p53 at the crossroads of tumor immunity48
Sarcoma microenvironment cell states and ecosystems are associated with prognosis and predict response to immunotherapy48
Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer subtypes show differential macrophage functions47
Multifunctional barcoding with ClonMapper enables high-resolution study of clonal dynamics during tumor evolution and treatment47
P2RY2-AKT activation is a therapeutically actionable consequence of XPO1 inhibition in acute myeloid leukemia47
Epigenetic Achilles’ heel of AML47
Clinical and translational attributes of immune-related adverse events46
Neutrophil oxidative stress mediates obesity-associated vascular dysfunction and metastatic transmigration46
Dual modulation of cytotoxic and checkpoint receptors tunes the efficacy of adoptive Delta One T cell therapy against colorectal cancer46
In vivo macrophage engineering for renal cancer therapy46
A single-cell atlas of glioblastoma evolution under therapy reveals cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets45
Circumventing the roadblocks to targeting EGFR-driven cancers44
A new sophistication for breast cancer PDXs44
PD-L2 expression in senescent cancer cells limits tumor clearance after chemotherapy44
Author Correction: Loss of MAT2A compromises methionine metabolism and represents a vulnerability in H3K27M mutant glioma by modulating the epigenome43
2-HG modulates glioma macrophages via Trp metabolism42
A reversible SRC-relayed COX2 inflammatory program drives resistance to BRAF and EGFR inhibition in BRAFV600E colorectal tumors42
Overcoming extracellular vesicle-mediated fratricide improves CAR T cell treatment against solid tumors42
Masking T cell engagers mitigates on-target off-tumor activity42
Mitochondrial DNA mutation enhances sensitivity to immunotherapy in melanoma42
Unique structural configuration of EV-DNA primes Kupffer cell-mediated antitumor immunity to prevent metastatic progression41
Targeting PARP11 to avert immunosuppression and improve CAR T therapy in solid tumors41
CD8+ T cell killing of MHC class I–deficient tumors41
Breaking the performance ceiling for neoantigen immunogenicity prediction41
Multiomics in primary and metastatic breast tumors from the AURORA US network finds microenvironment and epigenetic drivers of metastasis40
UnitedMet harnesses RNA–metabolite covariation to impute metabolite levels in clinical samples40
CAR T cell therapy: looking back and looking forward40
Understanding the biology of lung cancer brain metastases39
TIGIT and PD-L1 co-blockade promotes clonal expansion of multipotent, non-exhausted antitumor T cells by facilitating co-stimulation39
CD103+ regulatory T cells underlie resistance to radio-immunotherapy and impair CD8+ T cell activation in glioblastoma38
Tumor-associated macrophages restrict CD8+ T cell function through collagen deposition and metabolic reprogramming of the breast cancer microenvironment38
Temporal single-cell tracing reveals clonal revival and expansion of precursor exhausted T cells during anti-PD-1 therapy in lung cancer38
A randomized, non-comparative phase 2 study of neoadjuvant immune-checkpoint blockade in retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma and extremity/truncal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma38
FLASH radiation reprograms lipid metabolism and macrophage immunity and sensitizes medulloblastoma to CAR-T cell therapy38
Glutaminase inhibition in combination with azacytidine in myelodysplastic syndromes: a phase 1b/2 clinical trial and correlative analyses37
Tumor-intrinsic sensitivity to the pro-apoptotic effects of IFN-γ is a major determinant of CD4+ CAR T-cell antitumor activity37
Global loss of promoter–enhancer connectivity and rebalancing of gene expression during early colorectal cancer carcinogenesis36
The meaning of impact36
Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics36
Communicating with respect36
Harnessing the microbiome to restore immunotherapy response36
Efficacy and tolerability of neoadjuvant therapy with Talimogene laherparepvec in cutaneous basal cell carcinoma: a phase II trial (NeoBCC trial)35
CD4+ CAR T cells — more than helpers35
Leveraging the potential for deintensification in cancer care35
Leveraging translational insights toward precision medicine approaches for brain metastases34
Insight from the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 202534
Near-infrared optogenetic engineering of bacteria for cancer therapy34
Genomic and immune signatures predict clinical outcome in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with immunotherapy regimens33
EZH2 inhibition remodels the inflammatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype to potentiate pancreatic cancer immune surveillance33
Therapeutic targeting of the mevalonate–geranylgeranyl diphosphate pathway with statins overcomes chemotherapy resistance in small cell lung cancer33
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia displays a distinct highly methylated genome33
Targeting HIF-1 to treat AML32
‘IL-2Rα-biased’ IL-2 for cancer immunotherapy32
Author Correction: Cytokine release syndrome-like serum responses after COVID-19 vaccination are frequent and clinically inapparent under cancer immunotherapy32
The aging lung reawakens dormant tumor cells32
Commensal metabolite boosts chemotherapy32
Disparities, aging and childhood cancer32
Clonal expansion of T memory stem cells determines early anti-leukemic responses and long-term CAR T cell persistence in patients31
The landscape of T cell antigens for cancer immunotherapy31
Immunoradiotherapy goes club(bing)31
Context-dependent tumor-suppressive BMP signaling in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma regulates stemness through epigenetic regulation of CXXC531
Cytidine deaminases APOBEC3C and APOBEC3D promote DNA replication stress resistance in pancreatic cancer cells30
Targeting the histone reader ZMYND8 inhibits antiandrogen-induced neuroendocrine tumor transdifferentiation of prostate cancer30
Fibrotic tumors tune metabolism for immune evasion30
ULK1 inhibition overcomes compromised antigen presentation and restores antitumor immunity in LKB1-mutant lung cancer30
Targeting PUS7 suppresses tRNA pseudouridylation and glioblastoma tumorigenesis30
Melanoma-derived small extracellular vesicles induce lymphangiogenesis and metastasis through an NGFR-dependent mechanism29
ISB 2001 trispecific T cell engager shows strong tumor cytotoxicity and overcomes immune escape mechanisms of multiple myeloma cells29
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