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Author Guidelines

Before submitting for publication, please ensure that your paper and other supplementary files have been prepared and formatted in accordance
with the guidelines below.
Submission structure, general style and format
Tumor Discovery requests that every new submission should be made and accompanied by 3 separate core files, namely manuscript, title
page and back matter, and cover letter, whereas resubmission of revision file should be accompanied by 4 separate core files, namely
manuscript, title page and back matter, cover letter, and response/rebuttal letter (collectively known as the revision file). Provision of
supplementary files and/or confidential accessory files is optional or dependent on the nature of study and findings relevance. The table below
briefly summarizes the type of files in a submission, their respective requirements and included items:
Type of file File format Requirements Included items
(1) Manuscript DOC or DOCX - Use 1.5-spacing and - Manuscript title
format text in one column - Abstract (for original research article, review article and
- Use page numbers and perspective article)
continuous line numbers - Keywords
- Font and size: Times New - Text
Roman, 12 - References
- Insert tables and figures at - Tables (including caption and legend)
the back of manuscript - Figures (including caption and legend)

(2) Title page and back DOC or DOCX - Use 1.5-spacing and On the first page (title page):
matter * format text in one column - Manuscript title
- Font and size: Times New - Authorship list (first and last names must be spelled
Roman, 12 out)
- Author’s affiliation, including department, institution,
city, state, postal code, and country (indicated with
superscript number)
- Corresponding author information, including asterisk
indication, mailing address and email
- Indication of equally contributing authors (if any) with
dagger symbol

On the second page (back matter):
- Acknowledgments
- Funding
- Conflict of interest (mandatory)
- Author contributions (formatted as per CRediT)
- Further disclosure about presentation of essential
findings in conference(s) and/or upload of the paper to a
preprint server

(3) Cover letter DOC or DOCX - Use 1.5-spacing and - A brief explanation of what was previously known, the
format text in one column conceptual advancement with the findings and its
- Font and size: Times New significance to broad readership
Roman, 12 - A statement that “neither the manuscript nor any
significant part of it is under consideration for publication
elsewhere or has appeared elsewhere in a manner that
could be construed as a prior or duplication of the same
work” with author confirmation
- If any, associated accession numbers or DOIs of the
corresponding preprint version of the submission
- [Optional] Name, affiliation and email address of up to
4 academically qualified (recommended) reviewers
and/or name and affiliation of individuals who should be
excluded from reviewing the submitted works on the
grounds of conflict of interest

(4) Supplementary files - Supplementary files should
not exceed 20 MB in total
(15MB individual file limit)