Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology (IJPO) is an open access, peer-reviewed medical quarterly journal, published since 2014 under the auspices of the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF), which aims to uplift researchers, scholars, academicians, and professionals in all academic and scientific disciplines. we will be publishing articles ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately upon acceptance of manuscript. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and citations to articles published in journal. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the author guidelines of the journal, which follow the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), last updated in December 2019. Before submitting a manuscript, contributors are requested to check the guidelines, which are available on the journal website or directly from the manuscript submission website of the Manuscript Peer-Review Process (MPRP).