Practicing in partnership with Dr. Google: The growing effect of social media in oncology practice and research

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 780-782

  West, Howard Jack ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AP 26113; CH 5424802; CRIZOTINIB; GANETESPIB; IMATINIB; LDK 378; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDLINE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84880671376     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0453     Document Type: Editorial

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