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World Journal of Surgical Oncology publishes articles related to surgical oncology and its allied subjects, such as epidemiology, cancer research, biomarkers, prevention, pathology, radiology, cancer treatment, clinical trials, multi-modality treatment and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on original research articles.

Research article
Review
Case report
Correspondence
Meeting report
Technical innovation

Editor-in-Chief
Prof Manoj Pandey, Banaras Hindu University, India
Section Editors
Prof Steven D Heys, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Dr Yoshihiro Moriya, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
Dr Madhavan Nair, Regional Cancer Centre, India
Research Editors 
Prof James Lillard, Morehouse School of Medicine, United States
Editorial Board
Dr Sherif Abdel-Misih, Ohio State University Medical Center/James Cancer Hospital, United States 
Dr Patrick J Bradley, Queens Medical Centre Campus, United Kingdom 
Dr William Chi-Shing Cho, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Prof Isidoro Di Carlo, University of Catania, Italy 
Prof. Roberto Cirocchi, University of Perugia, Italy
Dr Ahamed Elzawawy, Al Horia Centre, Egypt 
Dr Karsan Farook, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
Prof Stefano Guadagni, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Dr Ruta Grigiene, Lithuanian Oncology Center, Lithuania 
Dr Michael Hünerbein, Humbolt University, Germany 
Prof Viney K Kapoor, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Postgraduate Medical Sciences, India
Dr Guillermo Marin-Hargreaves, University of Barcelona, Spain 
Prof Giuseppe Nigri Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy 
Dr Reinhard Obwegeser, University Hospital Vienna, Austria 
Dr Taesung Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
Dr Sanjeev Patanakar, Orlando Regional Medical Center, United States 
Dr Pompiliu Piso, Medical School of Hannover, Germany 
Dr Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, NIH, United States 
Dr Raj K Rai, Monklands Hospital, United Kingdom 
Prof Dimitrios Roukos, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Greece 
Dr Gurses Sahin, Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Cocuk Hastanesy, Turkey 
Dr Olivier Saint-Marc, Hospital de La Source, France 
Dr Shailesh Singh, Morehouse School of Medicine, United States 
Dr Bimal Sood, University of Queensland, Australia 
Dr. Adriana Toro, E.Muscatello Hospital, Italy
Dr Giuseppe Vizzielli, Agostino Gemelli University Hospital, Italy
Dr Jonathan Zager, Moffitt Cancer Center, United States 
Prof Rongyu Zang, Cancer Hospital Fudan University, China