ecancer in the press

ecancer receives coverage in August-September edition of Oncology News

Published: 07/08/2008 - PDF Version (97 KB)

Web Review - Dr Heidi Sowter - Lecturer in Forensic Science and Biology Faculty of Education, Health and Science University of Derby

Web Review is compiled by Heidi Sowter, who is a lecturer in Forensic and Biological Science at Derby University, where she continues to pursue her research interests in gynaecological and breast cancer. Heidi aims to analyse, inform and encourage enhanced online activity and creativity within the oncology profession. Submit your comments, suggestions or website details for review by email to: H.Sowter@oncologynews.biz

Today's featured website is ecancermedicalscience, founded by the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, the home of an independent online journal that (refreshingly) features open access cancer journals. Scientists are able to submit articles online which are then fully peer-reviewed before being published immediately on acceptance. With Open Access publishing a reality and an urgent need for improved cancer communications, ecancermedicalscience fits the 21st century bill for a cancer journal.

Their vision is to create a free future; free to publish, free to read and free to comment. The articles section is easy to navigate, and papers are listed in various ways (for example, research, conference reports, most viewed) to ease searching. Another way in which this website stands out is by providing an ecancer.tv service, through which you can watch, amongst other things, live surgery, new imaging techniques and interviews from their editorial board. An educational programme is also offered via a collaboration with the UK Key Advances in Clinical Practice Series. This is a series of symposia and masterclasses run in association with King's Col ege London, and links to several speakers who discuss the currently available scientific evidence and expert clinical opinion for the prevention, investigation and management of different cancers.

The Key Advances educational programmes are webcast on ecancermedicalscience and are available to watch, free of charge, at any time. Current topics listed are Key Advances in the Effective Management of Thyroid and Head and Neck Cancer, and other educational initiatives will be forthcoming. You need to register to access these services, although (being a member myself), I can recommend the news email that keeps you up-to-date with latest developments. Thanks to online, multimedia technology and a community poised to podcast and blog, ecancermedicalscience offers a multimedia and multidisciplinary approach to cancer.

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