# British Journal of Cancer

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## TL;DR

The British Journal of Cancer is Cancer Research UK's journal, published by Springer Nature, covering translational and clinical research and the UK registry epidemiology on risk factors, attributable fractions and deprivation gaps. Its Cancer Research UK epidemiology reports are usually free to read.

## Summary

Owned by Cancer Research UK and published by Springer Nature. Covers molecular, translational, clinical and epidemiological research, with a strong UK cohort and registry tradition (attributable fractions, early-diagnosis routes, deprivation gaps). Hybrid access; the Cancer Research UK-linked epidemiology reports are usually open.

## Fields

- Kind: Journal
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: Br J Cancer; BJC
- Publisher: Springer Nature
- Scope: clinical oncology
- Access: hybrid

## Sources

- Cancer Research UK: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org

## Connected records

- institutions: [Cancer Research UK](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/)
- terms: [Preclinical](https://onco.cc/terms/preclinical/), [Risk factor](https://onco.cc/terms/risk-factor/)
- key papers: [Cancer as a disease of old age: changing mutational and microenvironmental landscapes](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-laconi-br-j-cancer/), [COLUMBIA-1: a randomised study of durvalumab plus oleclumab in combination with chemotherapy and bevacizumab in metastatic microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-nct04068610-br-j-cancer-2024/), [Deficient mismatch repair system in patients with sporadic advanced colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-koopman-deficient-mismatch-repair-advanced-colorectal-bjc-2009/), [DYNAMICS OF TUMOR GROWTH](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-laird-br-j-cancer/), [Ethnicity and outcome of young breast cancer patients in the United Kingdom: the POSH study](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-copson-posh-ethnicity-young-breast-cancer-uk-bjc-2014/), [Expression of EZH2 and Ki-67 in colorectal cancer and associations with treatment response and prognosis](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-ezh2-colorectal-br-j-cancer-2009/), [Intensified therapies improve survival and identification of novel prognostic factors for placental-site and epithelioid trophoblastic tumours](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-froeling-pstt-ett-intensified-therapy-bjc-2019/), [Mismatch repair deficiency is a rare but putative therapeutically relevant finding in non-liver fluke associated cholangiocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-goeppert-cholangiocarcinoma-mmr-deficiency-bjc-2019/), [Overall survival and clinical characteristics of pancreatic cancer in BRCA mutation carriers](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-golan-brca-pancreatic-platinum-survival-bjc-2014/), [The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-armitage-br-j-cancer/)
- people: [Mary McCormack](https://onco.cc/people/mary-mccormack/)

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