Cancer.Net is pleased to offer its patient information on cancer research, treatment, coping, and many other topics in a new technologic format: audio podcast. 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.
2009 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Personalized Cancer Care, with Sonali Smith, MD
May 31, 2009
ASCO President-Elect Douglas Blayney, MD, discusses the research highlights on the quality of cancer care from the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. (15.40 MB/16:55)
2009 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights on Lung Cancer, with Bruce Johnson, MD
May 30, 2009
Nicholas Petrelli, MD, discusses the research highlights on gastrointestinal cancers from the 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. (9.53 MB/10:24)
This podcast addresses the importance of donating bone marrow. (4.62 MB/5:03)
2009 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights: Opening Remarks from the May 14 Presscast, with Richard Schilsky, MD, Douglas Blayney, MD, and Eric Winer, MD
May 14, 2009
During this podcast, you'll receive some key facts about colonoscopy and an explanation of what happens during this test, to help you prepare for your own colonoscopy. You will also be offered a list of questions to ask your doctor about your test and its results. (5.43 MB/5:56)
Web 2.0 - What Does this Mean for Young Adults with Cancer? with Heidi Adams, Planet Cancer
April 15, 2009
This podcast talks about Imerman Angels, a not-for-profit organization providing one-on-one cancer support by partnering people living with cancer with those who are survivors of the same type of cancer. (15.10 MB/16:33)
