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Cancer vs. Cancer Cytopathology

Cancer vs. Cancer Cytopathology. NLM Technical Bulletin. 1997 Sep–Oct;(298):e1.

September 1997 [posted]

The journal Cancer, indexed for MEDLINE, contains a separately named section called Cancer Cytopathology. Beginning in 1997, the title, Cancer Cytopathology, appears on one volume per year. Cancer Cytopathology is not a separate serial and should not be cataloged or bound as one. The cataloging guideline which covers this situation is Library of Congress Rule Interpretation 21.2C for "Fluctuating Titles of Serials" which says that if a serial has two or more titles that are used on different issues according to a regular pattern, choose the earliest title as the title proper and give the other title in a note. NLM's cataloging record and the OCLC record for Cancer now say "Beginning 1997, one v. per year has section title: Cytopathology" and there is a variant title added entry for Cancer. Cytopathology.