Telemedicine and telesurgery in cancer care: Inaugural conference at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-359

  Satcher, Robert L ^a   Bogler, Oliver ^a   Hyle, Laurel ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Simmons, Angela ^a   Williams, Robert ^a   Hawk, Ernest ^a   Matin, Surena ^a   Brewster, Abenaa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; telemedicine; teleoncology; telesurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELEMEDICINE; TELESURGERY;

CANCER; TELEMEDICINE; TELEONCOLOGY; TELESURGERY;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84905726859     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23652     Document Type: Article

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