The promise of digital (mobile) health in cancer prevention and treatment

Future Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-617

  Panayi, Nicholas Demos ^a   Mars, Matthew Merritt ^b   Burd, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

disease prevention; genetics; mobile health; mobile medicine

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877628278     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.13.42     Document Type: Review

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