ABOUT ONCOLOGYSTAT

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OUR MISSION

OncologySTAT's mission is to improve worldwide cancer care and prevention by providing healthcare professionals with immediate integrated access to the most authoritative evidence-based information available. OncologySTAT’s commitment to international health ensures that news, research, education, and analysis from all regions of the world are covered in a publisher-, society-, and sponsor-neutral online environment. 

OUR CONTENT

OncologySTAT integrates a multitude of authoritative professional cancer information sources, such as peer-reviewed research, news and regulatory updates, a professional drug monograph and interactions database, chemotherapy regimens, and conference coverage into one easy-to-use online destination. Information and educational materials are delivered across multiple media formats: text, audio, video, interactive, user-generated forums, etc. Community oncologists and cancer-care practitioners in private practice or a non-institutional setting will find OncologySTAT especially useful in gaining immediate integrated access to the latest evidence-based research, news, treatment, and decision support information.

OncologySTAT offers an unprecedented array of professional cancer information and education resources in one online destination. Its depth and breadth of professional cancer content integration, global reach and coverage, and esteemed advisory board are unrivalled.

• Access to current articles from over 100 Elsevier cancer-related journals, includingThe Lancet Oncology, The Breast, Lung Cancer, The American Journal of Medicine, Cancer Letters, etc.
• Recent journal scans from the leading 25 cancer-related journals (JCO, JNCI, CA:A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Blood, JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine) 
• 29 Cancer-type spotlights (ability to filter and view content in one click of the homepage by cancer/tumor type, eg, breast, lung, prostate, leukemia, etc). 
• Select sections of textbook content from Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology  (3rd edition, 2004)
• Chemotherapy regimens from The Elsevier Guide to Oncology Drugs & Regimens (2006) 
• News and regulatory updates from FDC Reports’ "The Pink Sheet Daily" and Elsevier Global Medical News 
• Professional drug monograph and interactions database powered by Gold Standard 
• Integrated Medline search 
• Weekly InfoBLAST e-newsletter 
• Video network of interviews with key opinion leaders 
• Downloadable patient handouts  
• Forums, commentary, blogs, podcasts, surveys                     

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

OncologySTAT's esteemed Advisory Board is composed of acknowledged thought leaders in various aspects of oncology and hematology, including three past-presidents of ASCO. Advisory Board Chair and Editor-in-Chief, Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, is an established and reputable community oncologist and the director of translational research at the West Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee.

OUR EDITORIAL TEAM

Elsevier is the leader in global medical publishing with a reputation for academic rigor, editorial objectivity and fair balance. The OncologySTAT editorial team consists of physicians, oncology fellows, and experienced medical writers who collaborate to author journal scans, conference coverage, discussion forums, and other pertinent features.

Editor-in-Chief: Lee S. Schwartzberg, MD, FACP
Co-Editor: Axel Grothey, MD
Co-Editor:   Bonnie Cunningham, MD
Managing Editor: Ellen Powers
Content Manager: Suzanne Haas
Staff Writer: Lauren Scott-Zoeller
Web Editor: Lora Kee
Copyeditor: Donna Brophy

ELSEVIER HEALTH SCIENCES

As the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students, and health and information professionals worldwide. Our partnerships include 7000 journal editors, 70,000 editorial board members, 200,000 reviewers, and 500,000 authors publishing 2000 journals and 17,000 books, with 1900 new books each year.

The world's premier names in healthcare publishing – Saunders, Mosby, and Churchill Livingstone – are all members of the Elsevier team of leading publishers dedicated to meeting the information needs of health science professionals. For over 125 years, the Elsevier name has represented a dedication to excellence in the exchange of information.

Elsevier publishes across the whole gamut of healthcare: student textbooks in medicine, nursing, and most other health professions; review books for exams; comprehensive reference textbooks for specialist practitioners; and manuals and handbooks for professionals. We publish many of the standard works that define specialties. We also publish a wide range of primary and review journals. Our best known book isGray's Anatomy, which has been in print for over 100 years. 

Working with the world's most respected clinicians, educators, scientists, and researchers, Elsevier has set a high standard for quality. Its publications are written and edited by international scholars with excellent clinical, technical, and scientific credentials, and with wide research and teaching experience in their fields.

Just as the tools used in scientific research are changing, so too are the tools used in scientific communication. OncologySTAT is a prime example of the leadership role Elsevier has taken in advancing the technologies necessary to create a seamless electronic information delivery environment.

HOW WE GET PAID

OncologySTAT is commercially supported by online advertising, sponsorship, and educational grants. Individual access to OncologySTAT is free, based on users registering with the site.

While OncologySTAT is a commercially-sponsored product, it maintains the highest level of academic rigor, objectivity, and fair balance associated with all Elsevier products. No editorial content on the site is influenced in any way by commercial sponsors or society content contributors.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

OncologySTAT provides a targeted online delivery channel for accredited and nonaccredited eCME/CME programs to cancer care and research professionals around the world. OncologySTAT can facilitate the delivery of live interactive educational programs, as well as preexisting educational content that can be hosted and delivered on-demand for a specified time period. For more information regarding OncologySTAT professional programs, please contact Mark Flanick at m.flanick@elsevier.com.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

OncologySTAT invites inclusion of high-quality basic, clinical, and translational research articles, news, conference coverage, original content, and educational programs from recognized publishers, societies, and research organizations. We also welcome reciprocal linking arrangements with reputable cancer information and research websites.

For more information regarding OncologySTAT content integration and partnership opportunities, please contact m.fayad@elsevier.com.