The role of Internet resources in clinical oncology: Promises and challenges

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 767-776

  Hesse, Bradford W ^a   Greenberg, Alexandra J ^a   Rutten, Lila J Finney ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ONCOLOGY; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA PROCESSING; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFTWARE; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; FORECASTING; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976275063     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.78     Document Type: Review

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