Supportive and Palliative Oncology Literature: Quantity, Scope, Design, Challenges, and Opportunities (508)

The Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology Service: A Dedicated Model for Palliative Radiation Oncology Care

R adiation therapy (RT) has been an established modality for treating various types of cancers since the early 1900s. It became more broadly utilized in cancer therapy beginning in the 1960s, with greater accessibility to radioactive sources such as cobalt-60 and the emergence of the linear accelerator. The linear accelerator is a piece of equipment that instead of requiring a radioactive sourc...

Islam; Challenges and Opportunities

Undoubtedly Islamic Revolution of Iran has been the source of Islamic awakening in the middle-east. Therefore Islamic Republic of Iran plays the role of an example and a director of political developments in the region. Islamic awakening in Arab countries has been able to question the dominant discourse of dictators in the middle-east region and topple their regimes. These developments include ...

Challenges and opportunities for oncology biomarker discovery.

Recent success of companion diagnostics along with the increasing regulatory pressure for better identification of the target population has created an unprecedented incentive for drug discovery companies to invest in novel strategies for biomarker discovery. In parallel with the rapid advancement and clinical adoption of high-throughput technologies, a number of knowledge management and system...

Perspectives, Progress, and Opportunities for Palliative Care in Oncology.

Design Roadmapping : Challenges and Opportunities

While product and technology roadmaps have been well-formalized in terms of their structures, methodologies, and frameworks, design roadmaps have not been explicitly explored nor studied from either an academic or industry practice standpoint. With increasing uncertainties, rapid changes, and complexities in market environments, companies are finding that they can no longer differentiate their ...