The Conception of OncoLink – A Perspective

Posted March 1st, 2012

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 […]

Have You Had Your Flu Shot?

Posted November 1st, 2011

Flu vaccine information is everywhere you turn these days, from the supermarket to the news. Every year around this time, questions about flu vaccination start popping up in cancer clinics. Many people with cancer may be wondering how they can best prevent getting sick, and if they should be vaccinated against the flu. Here are […]

Reaction to the nuclear threat in Japan

Posted March 24th, 2011

Robert D. Forrest, CHP Director, Radiation Safety, University of Pennsylvania James M Metz, MD Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Clinical Division Radiation Oncology at Penn Medicine and Editor and Chief of OncoLink With the nuclear trouble unfolding in Japan we are receiving many questions regarding the current situation and risk for individuals and travelers to […]

The Holidays are Canceled this Season: Balancing Cancer and the Holidays

Posted November 25th, 2009

View the archive of this live Web Chat with OncoLink’s Cancer Experts from December 16, 2009 at 12:30-1:30pm EST. The Holidays are Canceled this Season: Balancing Cancer and the Holidays

My Own Worst Enemy

Posted November 8th, 2009

By: Tracey Coyle I started smoking when I was a preteen. The older girls in the neighborhood were sneaking around with a brown paper bag and my “trouble radar” knew to follow them. By the time I was 13 I was buying my own packs and by high school I was smoking in my parent’s […]

Be a Cancer Myth Buster

Posted September 20th, 2009

One of the saddest days I ever experienced working in the cancer center was when a woman, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, broke down in tears and told me that she had caused her breast cancer. She further clarified that her sisters and mother had told her that you get cancer as a punishment for […]