American Cancer Society selects Wiley as publisher of Cancer.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1995--Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the American Cancer Society (ACS) today announced an agreement naming Wiley as publisher of Cancer, the ACS's semi-monthly medical journal, beginning with the Jan. 1, 1996 issue.

Cancer, the flagship publication of the American Cancer Society, has been published since 1948. It is the oldest and most distinguished of the U.S.-based journals serving the field of oncology. Cancer publishes peer-reviewed original articles on the diagnosis, clinical management, clinical research, and prevention of cancer in humans through the ACS Editorial Office, which is directed by Robert V.P. Hutter, M.D., of St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. It is interdisciplinary and international in scope, covering medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation therapy, pediatric oncology, gynecologic oncology, and cancer epidemiology.

Wiley will provide all publishing services for the journal, including the launch of an Internet home page for Cancer on Wiley's World Wide Web site (http://www.wiley.com) to provide online features and services for readers, authors, and advertisers.

"The leadership of the ACS selected Wiley, after an intensive search and evaluation of leading medical publishers, to ensure that the journal Cancer prospers and gains in influence during its second half-century -- a period that promises dramatic advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and genetic screening for cancer," said Dr. Harmon J. Erye, ACS Deputy Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Research.

"The ACS will work closely with Wiley to continue to provide an authoritative interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information essential to professionals dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem," he continued, "We were especially impressed with what Wiley is already doing with journals in the electronic environment."

"The ACS and Wiley share a common vision for Cancer -- a future of planned, dynamic growth on the editorial and business sides of an already substantial enterprise in international medical publishing," said Charles R. Ellis, President and CEO of Wiley. "Among our principle goals is to add an online electronic component," he explained. According to Ellis, "Cancer is a prestigious addition to Wiley's extensive worldwide scientific, technical, and medical publishing program." Wiley is a premier publisher for practitioners, researchers, academics, and students worldwide.

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is an independent, global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in scientific and technical books and journals, professional and consumer books and subscription services, and textbooks and educational materials for colleges and universities. The company has publishing, marketing and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research education, and service. The Society's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.cancer.org.

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