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Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology publishes interdisciplinary research on the treatment of cancer using radiation, with a strong focus on molecular and cellular radiation biology, radiation physics, radiation technology, and clinical oncology. It serves researchers and clinicians involved in cancer management and treatment.

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Subject Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Impact Factor 3.2
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Open
eISSN 1748-717X
Invitation Only Yes
Cost Range £2390.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR APC; subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Submission Instructions

Radiation Oncology is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Research

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the content is not published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and must also include a Trial registration section with registration number and date for health care intervention studies on human participants, adding 'retrospectively registered' when applicable.
Manuscript Research manuscripts must include a title page, a Methods section, and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information, with any irrelevant heading retained and marked 'Not applicable'. Manuscripts must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, competing interests, funding, authors' contributions using author initials, acknowledgements, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative section.
References Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data and personal communications must be excluded from the reference list, web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and publicly available datasets relied on by the conclusions should be cited with a persistent identifier such as a DOI.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript while longer tables may be placed at the end, and figures must be uploaded separately in cited order. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures, footnotes must be used instead of endnotes, footnotes to the text must be numbered consecutively and may not contain figures, tables, or only reference citations, and table footnotes must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in Radiation Oncology, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include Background, Main body, and short Conclusion.
Manuscript Review manuscripts should be approximately 3000 words. Review manuscripts must include a title page, Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section with the required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, declarations with 'Not applicable' where a section is irrelevant, competing interests and author contributions statements, funding disclosure, acknowledgements, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section.
References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number in the reference list rather than in the text, unpublished abstracts unpublished data and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures, and footnotes must be used instead of endnotes with no figures tables or standalone reference citations in footnotes.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in Radiation Oncology, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be unstructured. Abstract should briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article and must minimize abbreviations and contain no references.
Manuscript Brief Report must be between 1,000 and 1,500 words. Manuscript must include a title page with the title, all authors’ full names and institutional addresses, and the corresponding author, and it must include a Declarations section with the required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, the specified Declarations subheadings with 'Not applicable' where relevant, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part.
References Brief Report must have no more than 25 references. References must follow Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text, and Brief Reports must clearly acknowledge any work on which they build, whether published or unpublished.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited, footnotes must be used instead of endnotes, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables or consist solely of a reference citation.
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Case Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, a Declarations section, and title-page information including the title, corresponding author, all authors’ full names, and their institutional addresses. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information if used, with any non-relevant section labeled 'Not applicable'.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, only published or in-press articles, trial records, and abstracts or publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts or data and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and web links must be numbered references given in full with site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript while figure files are uploaded separately. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and table footnotes must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract should be unstructured and briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article.
Manuscript Correspondence should be between 300 and 800 words. The manuscript may be divided into short informative subsections and must include a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements. Provide three to ten keywords, include a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, document any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section, and include 'Not applicable' under any irrelevant Declarations subheading.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited by reference number in the reference list rather than in the text, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and identifiable web-link authors should be included in the reference where applicable.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, tables under one page may be placed in the text, and larger tables may be placed at the end of the document. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as single composite files, tables must be created with the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables.
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Recent Publications

The phase I trial of preoperative short-course chemoradiotherapy with S-1/irinotecan and short-course radiation in locally advanced lower rectal cancer (SHOWTIME study)

Ken Kojo, Toshimichi Tanaka, Takahiro Yamanashi, Hirohisa Miura, Keigo Yokoi, Keita Kojima, Kazuko Yokota, Shogo Kawakami, Hiromichi Ishiyama, Keishi Yamashita, Yusuke Kumamoto, Naoki Hiki, Takeo Sato, Takeshi Naitoh

10.1186/s13014-026-02872-3
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Personalizing adjuvant radiotherapy decisions in breast cancer: an externally test MRI radiomics approach for recurrence risk stratification

Man Long, Yu Xie, Jinqiu Ruan, Rui Liao, Xia Zheng, Songliang Gao, Keyu Mao, Guili Dong, Guangjun Yang, Zhuolin Li, Zhenhui Li

10.1186/s13014-026-02868-z
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Tissue-level RBE determination and normal lung responses along the proton SOBP

Xiaoxin Zuo, Xiangkai Guan, Anhang Zhang, Yungang Wang, Liangjie Yuan, Zheqi Li, Jian Zhu

10.1186/s13014-026-02870-5
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Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT): a scoping review of dosimetric and biological evidence supporting a valley dose–driven translational framework

Suyan Bi, Changyou Zhong, Ying Long, Zhongqing Huang, Zhitao Dai

10.1186/s13014-026-02865-2
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Optimizing ovarian dose sparing for young cervical cancer patients after oophoropexy: a dosimetric and radiobiological comparison of three radiotherapy techniques (IMPT, TOMO, and VMAT)

Meiling Xu, Kailian Kang, Man Zhao, Suyan Bi, Jun Ma, Zhijian Chen, Miao Peng, Zhitao Dai

10.1186/s13014-026-02862-5
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 15 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in Radiation Oncology, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

An article processing charge applies to each accepted article. The current APC is £2390.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Head and Neck Cancer Studies Effects of Radiation Exposure Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Brain Metastases and Treatment Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Management of metastatic bone disease Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Lung Cancer Research Studies Meningioma and schwannoma management Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Oral health in cancer treatment Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

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