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New Survivorship Clinic Resource

OncoLink Editorial Team — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:58:58 +0000

This survivorship clinic listing will be a resource for patients and healthcare providers looking for survivorship care

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Ten Years Later and Still Going Strong

OncoLink Editorial Team — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:12:26 +0000

Honoring our 10 year relationship between the oncology nurses from OncoLink and Alysa, our Poet-in-residence, friend and colleague.

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Reiki For Cancer Patients: Dispelling Common Reiki Myths

OncoLink Editorial Team — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:21:18 +0000

Many people choose Reiki to complement their cancer treatment. Reiki for cancer involves the light tough of a Reiki caregiver to provide relief from cancer treatment.

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Don’t forget to stay sun safe!

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:52:18 +0000

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to say a few words about Sun Saftey.

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Bridging the Gap in Cancer Care: Penn Congratulates Oncology Nurses in Tanzania, the First Graduates of the OncoLink Cancer Nurse Education Program

OncoLink Editorial Team — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:59:37 +0000

On March 27, 2012, 20 nurses from the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Tanzania graduated from the first ever OncoLink Cancer Nurse Education Program.

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This Thing Called the Internet and the World Wide Web

OncoLink Editorial Team — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:00:41 +0000

Facebook launched in 2004. Google launched in 1996. Amazon launched in 1995. But in 1994, OncoLink was one of the 2,738 websites in the world. In 2012, there are an estimated 612,843,429 websites2. In 1994, you could access OncoLink with your blazing fast 28.8k Modem (3200 baud) (V.34). I’m proud to have been a member [...]

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Happy Birthday OncoLink!

James M. Metz, MD — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:00:04 +0000

OncoLink turns 18 years old this month!!! It is truly amazing to think how the Internet has changed the world since it was opened to the public in January of 1994. A visionary team launched OncoLink in March of 1994 and we have never looked back. The site stays true to its mission to empower patients, families, and healthcare providers with the most reliable cancer information on the Internet.

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The Conception of OncoLink – A Perspective

OncoLink Editorial Team — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:13:47 +0000

By Joel Goldwein, MD Founding Editor of OncoLink I just finished Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, and while there is no comparison between the conception of OncoLink and the Apple story, there are remarkable similarities. Both, from a conceptual standpoint, were innovations that were arguably ahead of their times. Both were products of “environments [...]

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Welcome – A Note from Our Editor in Chief

James M. Metz, MD — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:42:17 +0000

Welcome to the OncoLink Blog. This blog gives our readers a chance to react to and comment on key cancer news topics and provides a forum for OncoLink Experts and readers to share opinions and learn from each other. Our goal for this blog is to continue the conversation we have been having with our [...]

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