Integrative Cancer Therapies

Integrative Cancer Therapies is a peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on complementary and alternative and integrative medicine in the care for and treatment of patients with cancer. Therapies like diets and lifestyle modifications, as well as experimental vaccines and chemotherapy are the subject of this journal. It was established in 2002 and is published by Sage Publications. The editor-in-chief is Keith I. Block (University of Illinois at Chicago).

Integrative Cancer Therapies
DisciplineOncology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byKeith I. Block
Publication details
History2002-present
Publisher
Sage Publications
FrequencyQuarterly
2.657 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Integr. Cancer Ther.
Indexing
ISSN1534-7354 (print)
1552-695X (web)
LCCN2003209158
OCLC no.46736454
Links

A study published in the March 2006 issue, Diagnostic Accuracy of Canine Scent Detection in Early-and Late-Stage Lung and Breast Cancers by McCulloch et al., garnered widespread media attention.[1][2] The study presented evidence that a dog's scenting ability can distinguish people with both early and late stage lung and breast cancers from healthy controls.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 2.657, ranking it 5th out of 27 journals in the category "Integrative & Complementary Medicine"[4] and 136th out of 222 journals in the category "Oncology".[5]

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References
  1. "Can Dogs Smell Cancer?". ScienceDaily. 2006-01-06. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. "Can Dogs Sniff Out Cancer? Studies Show They Probably Can". Medical News Today. 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  3. McCullochb, Michael; Jezierski, Tadeusz; Broffman, Michael; Hubbard, Alan; Turner, Kirk; Janecki, Teresa (2006), "Diagnostic Accuracy of Canine Scent Detection in Early- and Late-Stage Lung and Breast Cancers", Integr. Cancer Ther., 5 (1): 30–39, doi:10.1177/1534735405285096, PMID 16484712
  4. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Integrative & Complementary Medicine". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
  5. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Oncology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.


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