Nature Cancer

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Cancer is 31. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Enhancing childhood cancer targetability728
PARP11 interfer(on)es with CAR T cell efficacy581
A macrophage-activated abscopal effect533
An oncolytic circular RNA therapy436
Single-cell transcriptomic landscape deciphers olfactory neuroblastoma subtypes and intra-tumoral heterogeneity402
Considering molecular alterations as pan-cancer tissue-agnostic targets346
Author Correction: Breaking the performance ceiling for neoantigen immunogenicity prediction340
Author Correction: Identification of a clinically efficacious CAR T cell subset in diffuse large B cell lymphoma by dynamic multidimensional single-cell profiling307
Author Correction: IL-17A-secreting γδ T cells promote resistance to CDK4/CDK6 inhibitors in HR+HER2− breast cancer via CX3CR1+ macrophages303
Author Correction: RIOK1 phase separation restricts PTEN translation via stress granules activating tumor growth in hepatocellular carcinoma262
Gut decisions in CAR T cell therapy238
Evaluating progesterone receptor agonist megestrol plus letrozole for women with early-stage estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer: the window-of-opportunity, randomized, phase 2b, PIONEER trial205
MALAT1 protects dormant tumor cells from immune elimination196
Breaking frontiers with multidisciplinary cancer research195
A low-coverage liquid biopsy for lung cancer171
ZFP281 drives a mesenchymal-like dormancy program in early disseminated breast cancer cells that prevents metastatic outgrowth in the lung164
Evolutionary trajectories of IDH-mutant astrocytoma identify molecular grading markers related to cell cycling159
Tumor-localized CD40 agonism with MP0317, a FAP x CD40 DARPin, reprograms the tumor microenvironment in patients with advanced solid tumors: an open-label, nonrandomized, dose-escalation phase 1 study158
Different niches for stem cells carrying the same oncogenic driver affect pathogenesis and therapy response in myeloproliferative neoplasms150
Shooting for multiplexed pathology with Orion143
Landscape of prostate-specific membrane antigen heterogeneity and regulation in AR-positive and AR-negative metastatic prostate cancer141
Breast cancer cells survive chemotherapy by activating targetable immune-modulatory programs characterized by PD-L1 or CD80139
The proteasome regulator PSME4 modulates proteasome activity and antigen diversity to abrogate antitumor immunity in NSCLC137
The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer136
Repeated peripheral infusions of anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells in combination with pembrolizumab show no efficacy in glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial132
Expanding the options for KRAS inhibition132
Palmitate oxidation drives a pro-metastatic post-translational modification126
Reply to: Ricolinostat is not a highly selective HDAC6 inhibitor124
A molecular glue halts RAS–MAPK signaling122
The importance of being generous120
Bone marrow progenitor-like cells against leukemia cure119
Stress granules shape metabolic reprogramming and drug resistance117
Shaping the microenvironment in peritoneal metastases115
Adoptively transferred tumor-specific IL-9-producing cytotoxic CD8+ T cells activate host CD4+ T cells to control tumors with antigen loss114
crossNN is an explainable framework for cross-platform DNA methylation-based classification of tumors113
A targetable type III immune response with increase of IL-17A expressing CD4+ T cells is associated with immunotherapy-induced toxicity in melanoma112
Determinants of resistance and response to melanoma therapy112
Targeting PRMT9-mediated arginine methylation suppresses cancer stem cell maintenance and elicits cGAS-mediated anticancer immunity111
Impact of context-dependent autophagy states on tumor progression110
Gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with or without the VDR agonist paricalcitol for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a randomized, multiarm, run-in phase trial110
Advancing therapeutics in small-cell lung cancer109
Sarcoma ecotypes determine immunotherapy benefit108
Antibody avidity meets multiple myeloma107
Thriving in diverse ecosystems106
Innate immunity drives epithelial cell plasticity during prostate tumor formation106
Key insights from ESMO Congress 2025106
Inflammation meets translation in AML98
Cancer-derived mitochondria fuel fibroblasts to become pro-tumorigenic98
Sex-specific gut microbiota and neutrophil senescence in bladder cancer95
Author Correction: Interleukin 17 signaling supports clinical benefit of dual CTLA-4 and PD-1 checkpoint inhibition in melanoma94
Safety and activity of RO7300490, a bispecific CD40 agonist targeted to fibroblast activation protein, in patients with advanced solid tumors: a single-arm, multicenter, first-in-human, phase 1 trial93
Evolving landscape of nasopharyngeal carcinoma therapy93
ALK peptide vaccination restores the immunogenicity of ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer91
A comeback for checkpoint inhibition in multiple myeloma91
A tumor-derived metabolite primes the leptomeningeal pre-metastatic niche91
SCRN1 confers hepatocellular carcinoma resistance to ferroptosis by stabilizing GPX4 via STK38-mediated phosphorylation89
INPP5A phosphatase is a synthetic lethal target in GNAQ and GNA11-mutant melanomas88
Circadian regulation of cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment during metastasis88
Discovery of potent and selective HER2 inhibitors with efficacy against HER2 exon 20 insertion-driven tumors, which preserve wild-type EGFR signaling88
Direct and selective pharmacological disruption of the YAP–TEAD interface by IAG933 inhibits Hippo-dependent and RAS–MAPK-altered cancers87
Loss of the receptors ER, PR and HER2 promotes USP15-dependent stabilization of PARP1 in triple-negative breast cancer87
Proteogenomic landscape of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in an Asian population reveals tumor cell-enriched and immune-rich subtypes85
Clinical implementation of artificial-intelligence-assisted detection of breast cancer metastases in sentinel lymph nodes: the CONFIDENT-B single-center, non-randomized clinical trial85
Cycling back to folate metabolism in cancer85
A multiomic atlas identifies a treatment-resistant, bone marrow progenitor-like cell population in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia84
Integrative single-cell analysis of human colorectal cancer reveals patient stratification with distinct immune evasion mechanisms84
Multimodal data integration improves immunotherapy response prediction83
MCL1 inhibitor BRD-810 kills cancer cells while minimizing risk of cardiotoxicity83
Radioligand cancer therapy comes to the fore83
Regulatory T cells play a crucial part in radio-immunotherapy resistance of brain tumors83
Author Correction: Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance81
Immunotargeting of a recurrent AML-specific neoantigen81
Dual inhibition of EGFR and PI3K with a single drug81
Concurrent inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis by a lipidated nanophotosensitizer tracing and disabling tumor extracellular vesicles80
Immunosuppressive dura-derived macrophages in leptomeningeal metastasis80
How AI agents will change cancer research and oncology80
Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages78
Building a translational cancer dependency map for The Cancer Genome Atlas78
Efficacy of pembrolizumab and vorinostat combination in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinomas: a phase 2 basket trial76
PD-1 instructs a tumor-suppressive metabolic program that restricts glycolysis and restrains AP-1 activity in T cell lymphoma76
CHD1 status drives divergent metabolic pathways in SPOP-mutant prostate cancer76
Inhibition of ADSS2-mediated de novo AMP biosynthesis re-sensitizes acute myeloid leukemia to BH3 mimetics73
Multiregion sampling of de novo metastatic prostate cancer reveals complex polyclonality and augments clinical genotyping72
A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes72
First-in-class ultralong-target-residence-time p38α inhibitors as a mitosis-targeted therapy for colorectal cancer72
Selective targeting of malignant T cells70
Highlights from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting69
AKTing on XPO1 inhibition in AML69
Bispecific chimeric T cell receptors tackle tumor heterogeneity68
The dopamine transporter antagonist vanoxerine inhibits G9a and suppresses cancer stem cell functions in colon tumors68
Regional delivery of hypoxia-responsive CAR T cells improves efficacy for solid tumors66
Protein-level mutant p53 reporters identify druggable rare precancerous clones in noncancerous tissues65
Mesenchymal tumor features predict response to immune-checkpoint blockade in glioblastoma64
Identification of a clinically efficacious CAR T cell subset in diffuse large B cell lymphoma by dynamic multidimensional single-cell profiling63
Single-cell analyses implicate ascites in remodeling the ecosystems of primary and metastatic tumors in ovarian cancer63
Advances in antibody-based therapy in oncology63
A high-MAPK, low-WNT cell state drives metastatic dissemination in colorectal cancer62
BRD-810 is a highly selective MCL1 inhibitor with optimized in vivo clearance and robust efficacy in solid and hematological tumor models62
The pro-oncogenic noncanonical activity of a RAS•GTP:RanGAP1 complex facilitates nuclear protein export61
Single-cell analysis and functional characterization uncover the stem cell hierarchies and developmental origins of rhabdomyosarcoma61
Single-cell meta-analyses reveal responses of tumor-reactive CXCL13+ T cells to immune-checkpoint blockade60
The tumor microenvironment’s role in the response to immune checkpoint blockade59
Threonine fuels glioblastoma through YRDC-mediated codon-biased translational reprogramming59
An antisense RNA promotes breast cancer metastasis via upregulation of NQO158
Epigenetic plasticity in PDAC58
Anything to declare?58
An unexpected career in cancer metabolism57
Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer subtypes show differential macrophage functions57
In vivo macrophage engineering for renal cancer therapy56
Author Correction: Anti-CTLA-4 antibodies drive myeloid activation and reprogram the tumor microenvironment through FcγR engagement and type I interferon signaling56
Ricolinostat is not a highly selective HDAC6 inhibitor56
Author Correction: Autotaxin–lysolipid signaling suppresses a CCL11–eosinophil axis to promote pancreatic cancer progression56
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy marks a new era in oncology56
Author Correction: Acquired resistance to a GPRC5D-directed T-cell engager in multiple myeloma is mediated by genetic or epigenetic target inactivation56
Dual modulation of cytotoxic and checkpoint receptors tunes the efficacy of adoptive Delta One T cell therapy against colorectal cancer55
Author Correction: An inflammatory state remodels the immune microenvironment and improves risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia55
M-PACT leverages cell-free DNA methylomes to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors54
Myeloma evades T cell-engaging therapies53
Clinical and translational attributes of immune-related adverse events53
Innate immunity and the NF-κB pathway control prostate stem cell plasticity, reprogramming and tumor initiation53
Metabolic symbiosis in pancreatic cancer52
Sarcoma microenvironment cell states and ecosystems are associated with prognosis and predict response to immunotherapy52
Clonal origin of KMT2A wild-type lineage-switch leukemia following CAR-T cell and blinatumomab therapy51
A single-cell atlas of glioblastoma evolution under therapy reveals cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets50
Targeting ADAR1 with a small molecule for the treatment of prostate cancer50
Tumor evolution metrics predict recurrence beyond 10 years in locally advanced prostate cancer50
Mitochondrial DNA mutation enhances sensitivity to immunotherapy in melanoma49
p53 at the crossroads of tumor immunity49
CD8+ T cell killing of MHC class I–deficient tumors49
CAR T cell therapy: looking back and looking forward48
Suvemcitug plus chemotherapy in women with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer: the SCORES randomized, double-blinded, phase 3 trial48
Understanding the biology of lung cancer brain metastases48
Masking T cell engagers mitigates on-target off-tumor activity48
PD-L2 expression in senescent cancer cells limits tumor clearance after chemotherapy48
UnitedMet harnesses RNA–metabolite covariation to impute metabolite levels in clinical samples47
GABA shapes GBM immune responses in a sex-dependent manner47
Predictive value of early PSMA upregulation for the response to enzalutamide ± 177Lu-PSMA-617 in poor-risk, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer: substudy of the randomized, phase 2 ENZA-p47
Glutaminase inhibition in combination with azacytidine in myelodysplastic syndromes: a phase 1b/2 clinical trial and correlative analyses46
Overcoming extracellular vesicle-mediated fratricide improves CAR T cell treatment against solid tumors46
A randomized, non-comparative phase 2 study of neoadjuvant immune-checkpoint blockade in retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma and extremity/truncal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma45
Multiomics in primary and metastatic breast tumors from the AURORA US network finds microenvironment and epigenetic drivers of metastasis45
TIGIT and PD-L1 co-blockade promotes clonal expansion of multipotent, non-exhausted antitumor T cells by facilitating co-stimulation44
CD103+ regulatory T cells underlie resistance to radio-immunotherapy and impair CD8+ T cell activation in glioblastoma44
Breaking the performance ceiling for neoantigen immunogenicity prediction43
Tumor-intrinsic sensitivity to the pro-apoptotic effects of IFN-γ is a major determinant of CD4+ CAR T-cell antitumor activity43
FLASH radiation reprograms lipid metabolism and macrophage immunity and sensitizes medulloblastoma to CAR-T cell therapy42
Tumor-associated macrophages restrict CD8+ T cell function through collagen deposition and metabolic reprogramming of the breast cancer microenvironment42
Unique structural configuration of EV-DNA primes Kupffer cell-mediated antitumor immunity to prevent metastatic progression42
The meaning of impact41
Leveraging translational insights toward precision medicine approaches for brain metastases41
Communicating with respect41
SWIFT-seq enables comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic profiling of circulating tumor cells in multiple myeloma and its precursors41
Targeted inhibition of FBXL2 confers susceptibility of HER2-negative breast cancer to trastuzumab deruxtecan41
A reversible SRC-relayed COX2 inflammatory program drives resistance to BRAF and EGFR inhibition in BRAFV600E colorectal tumors41
Artificial intelligence for prostate cancer diagnostics41
Radiopharma pipeline builds ahead of key data40
Insight from the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 202540
Near-infrared optogenetic engineering of bacteria for cancer therapy40
Nivolumab plus chemoradiotherapy followed by nivolumab with or without ipilimumab for untreated locally advanced stage III NSCLC: a randomized phase 3 trial39
Leveraging the potential for deintensification in cancer care39
CD4+ CAR T cells — more than helpers39
Efficacy and tolerability of neoadjuvant therapy with Talimogene laherparepvec in cutaneous basal cell carcinoma: a phase II trial (NeoBCC trial)38
Leptomeningeal metastatic cancer cells induce a permissive choroid plexus vasculature through extracellular-vesicle-derived 5-HIAA signaling38
Tucatinib–trastuzumab–capecitabine for treatment of leptomeningeal metastasis in women with HER2+ breast cancer: TBCRC049 phase 2 study results38
A 180 degree turn en route to crafting a scientific career that never goes stale38
Genomic and immune signatures predict clinical outcome in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with immunotherapy regimens38
EZH2 inhibition remodels the inflammatory senescence-associated secretory phenotype to potentiate pancreatic cancer immune surveillance37
Cellular neighborhoods in cancer37
Glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines and cancer37
Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics37
Global loss of promoter–enhancer connectivity and rebalancing of gene expression during early colorectal cancer carcinogenesis37
Commensal metabolite boosts chemotherapy36
Disparities, aging and childhood cancer35
The aging lung reawakens dormant tumor cells34
Antibiotic-related dysbiosis in cancer immunotherapy: from preclinical insights to practice-changing evidence34
‘IL-2Rα-biased’ IL-2 for cancer immunotherapy34
Author Correction: Safety and feasibility of 4-1BB co-stimulated CD19-specific CAR-NK cell therapy in refractory/relapsed large B cell lymphoma: a phase 1 trial33
CDK10 inhibits innate sensing to constrain antitumor immunity33
Targeting HIF-1 to treat AML33
Fibrotic tumors tune metabolism for immune evasion33
Targeting the histone reader ZMYND8 inhibits antiandrogen-induced neuroendocrine tumor transdifferentiation of prostate cancer33
Author Correction: Cytokine release syndrome-like serum responses after COVID-19 vaccination are frequent and clinically inapparent under cancer immunotherapy33
Clinical outcomes with perioperative nivolumab by nodal status in patients with stage III resectable NSCLC: phase 3 CheckMate 77T exploratory analysis33
Cytidine deaminases APOBEC3C and APOBEC3D promote DNA replication stress resistance in pancreatic cancer cells32
The growing threat of cyberwarfare in cancer healthcare32
The rapidly evolving paradigm of neoadjuvant immunotherapy across cancer types32
Harnessing foundation models for digital pathology without re-training32
Integrative analysis of risk factors for immune-related adverse events of checkpoint blockade therapy in cancer32
The landscape of T cell antigens for cancer immunotherapy32
Context-dependent tumor-suppressive BMP signaling in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma regulates stemness through epigenetic regulation of CXXC532
ISB 2001 trispecific T cell engager shows strong tumor cytotoxicity and overcomes immune escape mechanisms of multiple myeloma cells32
CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma32
Checking immunotoxicity risks of checkpoint blockade31
Not a generative AI–generated Editorial31
Author Correction: Retargeted oncolytic viruses engineered to remodel the tumor microenvironment for glioblastoma immunotherapy31
T cells lead the charge against solid tumors31
The two sides of the γδ T cell coin31
Bicarbonate transport as a vulnerability in pancreatic cancer31
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