TUMOR BIOLOGY ISOBM Journal

HONORARY PATRONAGE
The Marshal
of the Małopolska Region

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The Foundation
of Count Jakub Potocki

Polish Ministry of Science
and Higher Education

IN COLLABORATION WITH

TUMOR BIOLOGY

Tumor Markers, Tumor Targeting and Translational Cancer Research
Editor-in-Chief: Torgny Stigbrand
ISSN: 1010-4283 (print version)

Tumor Biology is the Official Journal of the International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers (ISOBM), an international journal publishing original articles, reviews and commentaries on experimental and clinical cancer research.
Tumor Biology places special emphasis on articles covering all aspects of tumor markers and tumor targeting, but studies in other areas of clinical and translational cancer research are considered.

2014 Impact Factor 3,611

Types of papers
The journal publishes Original Articles, Reviews and Commentaries.
Reviews and Commentaries
Solicited and non-solicited papers on topical subjects will be published.

Abstracted/Indexed in
Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, CSA, Academic OneFile, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CSA Environmental Sciences, Current Contents/ Life Sciences, Index to Scienctific & Technical Proceedings, OCLC, SCImago, Summon by ProQuest

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Torgny Stigbrand
Umeå University
Dept. of Immunology
S–901 85 Umeå, Sweden
torgny.stigbrand@climi.umu.se

Editor-in-Chief Tumor Biology; Springer, Germany
Torgny Stigbrand, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus Immunology (Immunochemistry),
Department of Clinical Microbiology (Immunology) Umeå University, Sweden

Born in Stockholm 1942, “studentexamen, Kungsholms läroverk” 1961
- Medical studies in Gothenburg 1963-1965 (Candidate of Medicine).
- Medical studies in Umeå and licensed as physician (MD) in Umeå 1975.
- PhD and Ass. Prof. (Docent) in Medical Biochemistry, Umeå University, 13 Nov. 1971.
- Employed as Ass. Prof. in Medical Biochemistry 1973‑1990.
- Postdoc: La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 1980‑81
- Fernströms Prize 1984.
- Appointed Full Professor in Immunochemistry, 1990
- Moved from the Department of Med. Biochemistry to Department of Immunology 1995.
- Chairman of the Medical Educational Committee at the Medical Faculty (1980‑1986)
- Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty (1986‑1992).
- CEO at the Biotech companies “InRo Biomedtek” and “UmanDiagnostics”
- Supervisor for 35 PhD theses
- President ISOBM 2007‑2009 (International Society for Oncology and BioMarkers);
- The ISOBM Abbott Awardee 2009
- Editor-in-Chief Tumor Biology; Springer, Germany (from 1999)

Publications: Published approx. 310 scientific papers in refereed journals

Associate Editors

Madeeha Aqil College of Dentistry University of Illinois at Chicago 1926 West Harrison Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 madeeha01@gmail.com	Stefan Holdenrieder University of Bonn Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25 53127 Bonn, Germany Stefan.Holdenrieder@uni-bonn.de
Prof. Timothy J. O'Brien Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 West Markham, Slot. 718 Little Rock, AR 72205, USA obrientimothyj@exchange.uams.edu	Prof. Kohzoh Imai The University of Tokyo 4-6-1, Shirokanedai Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan kima@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Prof. emeritus Jörgen Carlsson Biomedical Radiation Sciences Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala University SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden Jorgen.Carlsson@bms.uu.se	James A. Radosevich University of Illinois at Chicago S Paulina St 801 Chicago, 60612, USA jrados@uic.edu
Prof. Changyan Chen Center of Drug Discovery Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115, United States c.changyan@neu.edu	Veronika Sjöberg Dept. of Immunology Umeå university SE-901 85 Umeå Sweden veronika.sjoberg@climi.umu.se
Associate Prof.Kecke Elmroth Department of Oncology Göteborg University 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden kecke.elmroth@oncology.gu.se

Editorial Board
D. Ankerst, Germany; V. Barak, Jerusalem; R. Begent, London; H. Biran, Tel Aviv; E. Bombardieri, Milan; O.P. Børmer, Oslo; J.S. Castresana, Pamplona; C. Chapman, Nottingham; K. Chester, London; E.P. Diamandis, Toronto; J. Duffy, Dublin; A. Epenetos, London; I.J. Fidler; Houston; H.A. Fritsche, Houston, TX.; A. Fuks, Montreal; P. Gold, Montreal; S. Hammarström, Umeå; F. Itoh, Kanagawa; J.M. Jessup, Washington, D.C.; H. Kato, Ube; Y.S. Kim, San Francisco, CA.; M. Kuroki, Fukuoka; C.F. Li, Tainan; J.P. Mach, Epalinges s./Lausanne; R. Molina, Barcelona; A. Nicolini, Pisa; B. Pedley, London; M.F. Rajewsky, Essen; M. Sanchez-Carbayo, Madrid; J. Schlom, Bethesda, MD.; J.E. Shively, Duarte, CA.; U.-H. Stenman, Helsinki; J. Uriel, Paris; C. Wittekind, Leipzig; H. zur Hausen, Heidelberg

HONORARY PATRONAGE The Marshal of the Małopolska Region

IN COLLABORATION WITH

2014 Impact Factor 3,611

Types of papers The journal publishes Original Articles, Reviews and Commentaries. Reviews and Commentaries Solicited and non-solicited papers on topical subjects will be published.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Torgny Stigbrand Umeå University Dept. of Immunology S–901 85 Umeå, Sweden torgny.stigbrand@climi.umu.se

Editor-in-Chief Tumor Biology; Springer, Germany Torgny Stigbrand, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus Immunology (Immunochemistry), Department of Clinical Microbiology (Immunology) Umeå University, Sweden

Publications: Published approx. 310 scientific papers in refereed journals

Associate Editors

Madeeha Aqil College of Dentistry University of Illinois at Chicago 1926 West Harrison Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 madeeha01@gmail.com

Stefan Holdenrieder University of Bonn Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25 53127 Bonn, Germany Stefan.Holdenrieder@uni-bonn.de

Prof. Timothy J. O'Brien Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 West Markham, Slot. 718 Little Rock, AR 72205, USA obrientimothyj@exchange.uams.edu

Prof. Kohzoh Imai The University of Tokyo 4-6-1, Shirokanedai Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan kima@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Prof. emeritus Jörgen Carlsson Biomedical Radiation Sciences Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala University SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden Jorgen.Carlsson@bms.uu.se

James A. Radosevich University of Illinois at Chicago S Paulina St 801 Chicago, 60612, USA jrados@uic.edu

Prof. Changyan Chen Center of Drug Discovery Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115, United States c.changyan@neu.edu

Veronika Sjöberg Dept. of Immunology Umeå university SE-901 85 Umeå Sweden veronika.sjoberg@climi.umu.se

Associate Prof.Kecke Elmroth Department of Oncology Göteborg University 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden kecke.elmroth@oncology.gu.se

HONORARY PATRONAGE
The Marshal
of the Małopolska Region

Types of papers
The journal publishes Original Articles, Reviews and Commentaries.
Reviews and Commentaries
Solicited and non-solicited papers on topical subjects will be published.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Torgny Stigbrand
Umeå University
Dept. of Immunology
S–901 85 Umeå, Sweden
torgny.stigbrand@climi.umu.se

Editor-in-Chief Tumor Biology; Springer, Germany
Torgny Stigbrand, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus Immunology (Immunochemistry),
Department of Clinical Microbiology (Immunology) Umeå University, Sweden

Madeeha Aqil
College of Dentistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
1926 West Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612
madeeha01@gmail.com

Stefan Holdenrieder
University of Bonn
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology
Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25
53127 Bonn, Germany
Stefan.Holdenrieder@uni-bonn.de

Prof. Timothy J. O'Brien
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham, Slot. 718
Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
obrientimothyj@exchange.uams.edu

Prof. Kohzoh Imai
The University of Tokyo
4-6-1, Shirokanedai
Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-8639, Japan
kima@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Prof. emeritus Jörgen Carlsson
Biomedical Radiation Sciences
Rudbeck Laboratory
Uppsala University
SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Jorgen.Carlsson@bms.uu.se

James A. Radosevich
University of Illinois at Chicago
S Paulina St 801
Chicago, 60612, USA
jrados@uic.edu

Prof. Changyan Chen
Center of Drug Discovery
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115, United States
c.changyan@neu.edu

Veronika Sjöberg
Dept. of Immunology
Umeå university
SE-901 85 Umeå
Sweden
veronika.sjoberg@climi.umu.se

Associate Prof.Kecke Elmroth
Department of Oncology
Göteborg University
413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
kecke.elmroth@oncology.gu.se