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Improving formative assessments in Canadian medical oncology residency training

, 2020
Medical oncology is a subspecialty of internal medicine that involves the treatment of cancer with a variety of complex systemic therapies [...
R. Arora, S.D. Mukherjee, Arora, R., Mukherjee, S.D.   +3 more
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Deep Learning in Radiation Oncology [PDF]

, 2020
Deep learning (DL) is a subset of machine learning and artificial intelligence that has a deep neural network with a structure similar to the human neural system and has been trained using big data.
김진성, Wonjoong Cheon, Haksoo Kim, Jinsung Kim   +3 more
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Inspiring the future generation of oncologists: a UK-wide study of medical students’ views towards oncology

BMC Medical Education, 2021
Background One in 2 people born in the UK after 1960 are expected to require oncology input in their lifetime. However, only 36% of UK medical schools provide dedicated oncology placements and teaching indicating a discordance between public health ...
Kathrine S. Rallis, Anna Maria Wozniak, Sara Hui, Marios Nicolaides, Neha Shah, Beena Subba, Apostolos Papalois, Michail Sideris   +7 more
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Oncology teaching in undergraduate medical school - Proposed discipline

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2020
Cancer is the main public health problem in Brazil and the world, and if the National Oncological Care Policy is not modified, cancer will become the leading cause of death in the country in 2029.
Alberto J.A. Wainstein, Sergio J Azevedo, Gustavo N Marta, Paulo C Canary, Angelica Nogueira Rodrigues, Cinthya Sternberg, Fernando A V Santos, Ana Paula Drummond-Lage   +7 more
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Why an Increasing Number of Unmatched Residency Positions in Radiation Oncology? A Survey of Fourth-Year Medical Students

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: The number of US fourth-year medical students applying to radiation oncology has decreased during the past few years. We conducted a survey of fourth-year medical students to examine factors that may be influencing the decision to pursue ...
Grace C. Blitzer, MD, Akash D. Parekh, MD, Shuai Chen, PhD, Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD, Jenna M. Kahn, MD, Emma C. Fields, MD, John M. Stahl, MD, Stephen A. Rosenberg, MD, John M. Buatti, MD, Anna M. Laucis, MD, Yichu Wang, David L. Mayhew, MD, PhD, Andrew M. McDonald, MD, Paul M. Harari, MD, Jeffrey V. Brower, MD, PhD   +14 more
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Oncology and palliative care [PDF]

, 2000
Oncology developed as a discipline over the last decades. Treatment is concentrated on cure or palliation of the illness with the help of chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery.
Bausewein, Claudia, Hartenstein, R., R. Hartenstein, C. Bausewein   +3 more
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Competency-Based Workforce Development and Education in Global Oncology

Current Oncology, 2023
The healthcare workforce plays a pivotal role in cancer care delivery, leadership, policy, education, and research in complex cancer systems. To ensure quality and relevance, health professionals must have the necessary competencies to deliver patient ...
Nazik Hammad, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Laura Mae Carson, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Indranil Mallick, Scott Berry, E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa   +6 more
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Oncology education in Brazilian medical schools

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2020
Background and Objective: Cancer is expected to be the leading cause of death in Brazil by 2030. This scenario demands that health professionals, especially physicians, should be able to implement primary prevention, early detection and cancer
Angelica Nogueira-Rodrigues, Ronniel Morais Albuquerque, Renan Orsati Clara, Ana Gelatti, Augusto Cesar de Andrade Mota, Bruno Pacheco Pereira, Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Igor Alexandre Protzner Morbeck, Maria Fátima Gaui, Maria Ignez Freitas Melro-Braghiroli, Rafael Aliosha Kaliks, Rodrigo Ramella Munhoz, Sandro Roberto de Araújo Cavalléro, Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro-de-Lima, Clarissa Maria de Cerqueira Mathias   +14 more
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Undergraduate oncology education in Sudanese public medical schools; a national cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Cancer was the fifth leading cause of death in Sudan general hospitals in 2020, and its incidence is increasing. Medical students’ cancer education is key in cancer control.
Salma S. Alrawa, Ammar Elgadi, Esraa S. A. Alfadul, Shahd Alshikh, Nazik Hammad, Abdelhafeez Abdelhafeez   +5 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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