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Cancer.Net Podcasts
Cancer.Net is pleased to offer its patient information on cancer research, treatment, coping, and many other topics in an audio podcast format. This gives people with cancer, and their families and friends, an additional option of how they'd like to receive oncologist-approved information from Cancer.Net.
Explaining Podcasts
A Cancer.Net Podcast is a pre-recorded audio file in which a specific cancer-related topic is addressed in order to assist people with cancer. A podcast can be listened to online (through the Internet) or downloaded to your computer free of charge. After downloading, a Cancer.Net Podcast may also be transferred to an MP3 audio player, such as an iPod. To download or listen to a Cancer.Net Podcast on your computer, you will need software capable of playing MP3 files, such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime.
You may also want to subscribe to Cancer.Net Podcasts, so that new offerings are automatically downloaded to your personal computer as soon as they are available. To subscribe, copy-and-paste the link below into software that allows podcast subscriptions, such as iTunes or Juice.
For a variety of podcasts designed for professionals in the field of oncology, see the ASCO Podcasts.
How to Know When Medical News is Accurate
January 7, 2009
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(5.91 MB/6:27)
In this podcast, you will be offered some important questions to ask when reading a news story about cancer, to help determine its value to you.
Highlights of ASCO's 2008 Clinical Cancer Advances Report, with Julie Gralow, MD
December 22, 2008
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(10.23 MB/11:10)
Highlights of ASCO's 2008 Clinical Cancer Advances report that summarizes the most important advances in clinical cancer research over the past year.
Look Good...Feel Better, with Mary Jane Massie, MD
September 24, 2008
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(8.95 MB/9:47)
Mary Jane Massie, MD, discusses the Look Good...Feel Better program from the Personal Care Products Council Foundation. Look Good...Feel Better offers free support programs across the country for women with cancer.
2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights, with Eric Winer, MD
September 4, 2008
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(10.24 MB/11:11)
Eric Winer, MD, discusses the research highlights from the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium in Washington, D.C.
How to Read a Medical Abstract
August 6, 2008
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(7.33 MB/8:00)
In this podcast, listeners will learn what information to look for in an abstract, get definitions of common types of research studies, and be offered some guidance in evaluating information in an abstract.
An Advocate Looks Back at 25 Years of Patient and Survivor Communications, With Selma Schimmel
July 23, 2008
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(8.53 MB/9:19)
This is the first in a new series of Patient Advocate Guest Columns and Podcasts, launched as a forum for patient advocates to address a topic, issue, or trend within the cancer community through Cancer.Net, the patient information website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Screening and Treatment Advances, with Howard Sandler, MD
June 1, 2008
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(8.63 MB/9:26)
Howard Sandler, MD, discusses the research highlights on advances in the screening and treatment of cancer from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Targeted Treatments for Cancer, with Julie Gralow, MD
June 1, 2008
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(10.19 MB/11:08)
Julie Gralow, MD, discusses the research highlights on targeted treatments for cancer from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Breast Cancer, with Eric Winer, MD
May 31, 2008
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(10.49 MB/11:28)
Eric Winer, MD, discusses the breast cancer research highlights from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Advances in Treatment and Quality of Life, with Nicholas Petrelli, MD
May 31, 2008
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(12.81 MB/13:59)
Nicholas Petrelli, MD, discusses the research highlights on advances in treatment and quality of life from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.