This podcast is introducing JOP's new social media editor, Dr. Deanna Attai.

Dr. Horvitz and his co-authors found that signals about patterns of queries in search logs can predict the future appearance of queries that are highly suggestive of a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Author Marge Good discusses the results from this project which demonstrate that trial-specific acuity measurement is a better measure of workload than simply counting the number of patients. The ASCO Clinical Trial Workload Assessment Tool was shown to be feasible and useable in diverse community-based research settings.

The author discusses survivorship care, one of the most

Journal of Oncology Practice Associate Editor Apar Ganti talks with Consultant Editor Nathan Pennell about what readers can expect to see in the pages of JOP starting in 2016.

A strong brand gives people confidence as they gain awareness of it and come to understand and experience its benefits. The author talks about his suggestion for three steps toward building a better brand for palliative care.

The author shares his experience as an expert witness in an oncology Medicare fraud case in Michigan. 

Dr. Anthony Back, MD, discusses the sobering question raised by McFarland et al.  The study findings—that inpatient oncology rotations are associated with decreases in interest, empathy, and resilience—suggest that inpatient oncology units have managed to compress into a month a process of hardening previously thought to require years.

The authors discuss key factors to consider that may influence decisions to participate in the Oncology Care Model, by presenting comparable payment reform efforts outside of oncology.

The authors say oncologists should be aware that patients will not find estimates of survival or treatment effect on the Internet, which may contribute to over-optimistic estimates of survival.