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Annals of Oncology

aka Ann Oncol

Annals of Oncology is ESMO's flagship journal, publishing European phase 3 trials, the ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines and the abstract books for the ESMO Congress.

Annals of Oncology appears monthly and publishes the ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free to read), ESMO-MCBS benefit scores, trial results often presented at ESMO Congress, translational biomarker studies and the ESMO congress abstract supplements. Published by Elsevier since 2019 (previously Oxford University Press). Hybrid access.

Publisher
Elsevier · European Society for Medical Oncology
Scope
clinical oncology
Access model
hybrid
Founded
1990
ISSN
0923-7534
Impact factor (2023)
56.7 · Clarivate Journal Citation Reports 2024 (2023 JIF)

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Alan P. Venook
Shorenstein Associate Director for Program Development, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Colorectal cancerLiver cancerCooperative group trials

GI oncologist who led CALGB/SWOG 80405 and helped show that tumour side matters in colorectal cancer.

Charles E. Geyer Jr.
Breast cancer trial leader, NRG Oncology; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Breast cancerAdjuvant therapyPARP inhibitors

Breast trialist who co-led OlympiA, showing adjuvant olaparib improves survival in BRCA carriers.

Eric J. Small
Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; ASCO President 2025-2026
Prostate cancerGenitourinary oncologyClinical trials

Prostate cancer trialist who helped bring abiraterone and sipuleucel-T to patients, and led ASCO in 2025-26.

Matthew P. Goetz
Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology; Co-leader, Women's Cancer Program, Mayo Clinic
Breast cancerPharmacogenomicsCDK4/6 inhibitors

Breast oncologist who led MONARCH 3 and studies how genetics shapes response to endocrine therapy.

Nathan Cherny
Director, Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center; Chair, ESMO-MCBS Working Group
Palliative medicineValue assessment of cancer drugsEthics

Created the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale, the standard tool for grading how much a cancer drug really helps.

Sibylle Loibl
Chief Executive Officer and Chair, German Breast Group
Breast cancerNeoadjuvant trialsPathologic complete response

Leads the German Breast Group, whose GeparX trials defined neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy in breast cancer.

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