PubMed’s MeSH Vocabulary Helps With Constructing Search Strategies

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The MeSH vocabulary terms that are assigned to the majority of records in the PubMed database can be useful in retrieving relevant references.

Case in point: below is a reference that is perfect for my search on “how patients decide which hospital to go to for treatment.”

The factors that influence patients’ choice of hospital and treatment. Dealey C. Br J Nurs. 2005 May 26-Jun 8;14(10):576-9.
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MSKCC in the News: May 3 – May 21

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  • Mary S. McCabe of MSKCC is quoted in an ABC News article about the new challenges that cancer surivors face.
  • Oncology & Biotech News interviews MSKCC’s Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD.
  • Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and MSKCC have amassed strong experimental evidence implying that commonly occurring large chromosomal deletions that are seen in many cancer types contain areas harboring multiple functionally linked genes whose loss, they posit, confers a survival advantage on growing tumors.