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You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF This is the first-anniversary issue of _Nature Reviews Cancer_. Over the past year, we have strived to provide

articles that cover a variety of cancer types, from brain tumours to colorectal cancer; causes, from oncogene and tumour-suppressor defects to viruses and bacteria; diagnostics, from

molecular imaging to genetic analysis; and therapies, from chemotherapy to gene therapy. We also made a point to cover social aspects in our Perspectives section, publishing articles on

subjects such as the development of comprehensive cancer centres, breast cancer activism and the effects of the Chernobyl disaster. The overall goal of these articles is to keep our readers

informed of the latest issues in cancer research, whether they exist at the genetic, molecular, cellular, clinical or political level. Clinical researchers therefore have a place to go to

learn more about the molecular basis of cancer, and basic researchers to see how their work progresses into the clinic. This approach to cancer research becomes more relevant each year, as

more rationally designed drugs and targeted therapies enter clinical trials. As discussed by Robert Kerbel and Judah Folkman on page 727, the communication between the basic and clinical

researcher is more important now than ever. When a cancer drug 'fails' in a clinical trial, clinicians are learning to turn to basic researchers for explanations ? was the drug

used to treat the wrong type of cancer, or administered at the wrong time, or its efficacy monitored with the wrong end points? And, in designing cancer therapeutic strategies, basic

researchers turn to clinicians to inform them of the greatest areas of patient need and obstacles to treatment. We hope that over the next 12 months we will continue to aid this dialogue,

and help to bridge the gap between the bench and the clinic. AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Editor, Ezzie Hutchinson * Senior Editor, Kristine Novak * Associate Editor, Emma

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