What if we could learn about the types of discussions that are happening at top cancer centers around the country? What if, instead of being restricted within 4 walls, those conversations could be shared with all of us?
In collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, we designed a process to capture and share knowledge from top cancer centers with community oncologists.
Program Leader: Maitri Kalra, MD, PGY6, Indiana University.
Our site leaders are:
theMednet is committed to helping oncologists get answers to their clinical questions. Often, the best answer to a question is a clinical trial.
Clinical trials are how scientific discoveries are translated into improving in cancer care for our patients. The bad news is that only 2-3% of adults with cancer currently enroll on trials. We know that physician awareness of clinical trials has the strongest relationship with accrual, but with everything else on a physician’s mind, it’s incredibly hard to know the right trial at the right time for the right patient.
theMednet has partnered with SWOG and the National Science Foundation to connect oncologists with more trials around the country so that more patients can get tomorrow’s standard of care today.
Journal Clubs are a great way to keep up to date with the latest research.
However, it's hard to schedule and bring people together in a modern clinical setting. You have to agree on papers to review, coordinate across Doctor's busy schedules, book rooms, etc.
In partnership with ASCO, theMednet is running online journal clubs with papers sponsored by ASCO.