An internet-based cancer clinical trials matching resource

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Metz, James M ^a,c   Coyle, Carolyn ^a   Hudson, Courtney ^b   Hampshire, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EmergingMed   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Internet; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOL; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION;

EID: 29144498435     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.3.e24     Document Type: Article

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