Onclive Team

Dean Heller, MD, President of VideoMD�an online library of physician-created, patient education videos�explains the benefits to both patients and physicians of www.videomd.com.

Cutting-edge treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound, combined CRT/TACE, sorafenib, & LCCRT for patients with PVT.

During the 2006–2007 season, influenza circulated at epidemic levels for about 14 weeks and peaked during February, the month most frequently associated with peak activity over the past 31 influenza seasons.

New Research Presented at ASCO Highlights Advantages of Pegfilgrastim in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for a Wide Variety of Solid Tumors and Hematologic Malignancies

Combining a modified version of a commonly used chemotherapy medication with Positron Emission Tomography (PET), researchers at UCLA have achieved a breakthrough in immune system modeling and treatment response monitoring.

Despite the enormous potential of electronic health records (EHRs) and other health IT applications, very few providers have adopted them.

The Internet can be an amazingly useful educational resource for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. It can also be the source of potentially dangerous misinformation.

Rafael Fonseca, MD, is a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic and a consultant in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

Dr. Adil Daud is a clinical physician and medical researcher, certified by the American Board of Internal Medicinein both oncology and hematology.

Does the word "free" grab your attention? It sure gets mine.

Cell phone applications and other high-tech tools are changing the way physicians approach patient education.

Health literacy requires more than just knowing how to read. It involves a number of additional skills, including listening, analyzing, and decisionmaking.

The seeds of CCE were planted nearly three years ago, when some OTN-affiliated physicians decided that they needed to start working more closely together to help advance care in their field. The privately fi nanced company formally started in April 2007.

New genomics-based tests are helping oncologists answer one of the most basic, yet often challenging, questions in cancer care: What kind of cancer does the patient have?

5 Questions with Charles Morris, MD, VP of Worldwide Clinical Research, for Cephalon Oncology.

Many of our patients are using the Internet to look up their diagnoses and medications as soon as they get home from our offices.

We must overcome all of the technical, political, and economical obstacles NOW. The need for system efficiency and patient safety demands it.

A year later, as we read and watch the breathless coverage devoted to recent moves by Google, Microsoft, and Apple, we are left asking "is healthcare IT worth the hype?"

Oncologists must come to grips with the fact that healthcare is becoming increasingly service-oriented and consumer-centric.

Simon Cherry, professor and chair of biomedical engineering at UC Davis, discusses the combination of PET and MRI in a single scanner, which his lab built for laboratory mice studies, particularly in cancer research.

Lately, ultrasound has been used to increase sampling accuracy. Trans-thoracic ultrasound does not provide adequate guidance because of the difficulty in imaging the mediastinum

It was not for several years until I started really reading professional development and then medical blogs. And somewhat to my surprise, I found them quite useful professionally.

Continuity of care is important during active treatment. A cancer diagnosis is confusing and frightening, and the treatments administered may produce adverse reactions.

The Internet has evolved beyond its origins as a collection of interconnected websites with static information.

Matthew Holt is a ubiquitous presence in the online world of Health 2.0. He is the proprietor of The Health Care Blog, essential reading that promises to tell you �everything you always wanted to know about the health care system.

The advent of managed care in the late 1960s was probably the last major �innovation� in healthcare delivery.

Concerns about online PHRs are overblown given that Americans have become avid users of Internet-based financial services.

All physicians understand that learning is a lifelong activity. Whether we are interested in fulfilling our professional CME requirements, or learning about new things that simply enrich our lives, opportunities to become more educated and knowledgeable have never been easier to find and access. This broad availability of educational resources is, in large part, due to widespread access to personal computers and the Internet.

Andre Elisseef of IBMs Zurich Research Lab explains how IBMs Anatomic and Symbolic Mapper Engine (ASME) enables physicians to visualize patient records using three-dimensional representations of the human body.

E-detailing is currently being piloted, or is at least under consideration, by many pharmaceutical companies as a way to maximize sales force time, cut costs, and increase interaction with physicians.