The Journal of Surgical Oncology published in 12 issues a year offers peer-reviewed original papers in the field of surgical oncology and broadly related surgical sciences including reports on experimental and laboratory studies related to surgical oncology. In addition peer-reviewed columns include Rapid Communications in-depth Reviews on topics of current interest and brief reports about technical innovations ("How I Do It"). Invited Editorials and Letters to the Editor round out the scope of the journal.

《外科腫瘤學雜志》每年出版12期，提供外科腫瘤學和廣泛相關的外科科學領域的同行評審的原始論文，包括與外科腫瘤學相關的實驗和實驗室研究報告。此外，同行評審專欄還包括關于當前感興趣的主題的快速溝通、深入的評論以及關于技術創新的簡要報告(“我是如何做到的”)。受邀的社論和致編輯的信使這本雜志的范圍更為廣泛。