How do MEDLINE, PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC) Differ?

MEDLINE is the journal citation database of the National Library of Medicine.  It contains biomedical and life sciences references dating back to 1946 garnered from about 5,600 scholarly journals.  MEDLINE is a subset of the PubMed database and a PubMed search can be limited to MEDLINE records using the Journal Categories filter.  Every record in the MEDLINE database has been indexed with the NLM controlled vocabulary, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Continue reading

Special Edition of Clinical Oncology: Breast Cancer Management

This special edition of Clinical Oncology (February 2013) is entirely devoted to breast cancer management, with particular emphasis on current controversies and novel research. The issue is made up of seven comprehensive overviews, from leading authors, covering:

  • multidisciplinary management
  • individualised therapy based on biology
  • reduction in morbidity with improvement of quality of life