Transcript Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

Dermatology
on the Internet
Infrastructure for Dermatology Prevention,
Diagnostics, and Therapy on the Internet
Authors:
Gordana Jovanović, [email protected],
Srdjan Tanasilović, [email protected]
Ljiljana Medenica, [email protected]
Veljko Milutinović, Fellow of the IEEE, [email protected]
Authors
Ljiljana Medenica
Veljko Milutinović
Srdjan Tanasilović
Gordana Jovanović
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Introduction
This Tutorial will show you how to find and exploit
the following resources on the Internet:
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Prevention
Diagnostics
Therapy
Information for patients
Support
Statistics
Professional information
for physicians
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Introduction
Why dermatology prevention, diagnostics, and treatment on the Internet?
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Current problems:
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Lack of trained professionals
Misinformation
Diagnostic procedures price
Moral issues
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Introduction
Top ten medical schools in the USA:
1. Harvard University
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. Duke University
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. Washington University - St. Louis
6. Columbia University
7. University of California - San Francisco
8. Yale University
9. Stanford University
10. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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Introduction
Top ten hospitals in the USA:
1. Johns Hopkins Hospital
2. Mayo Clinic
3. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. UCLA Medical Center
6. Duke University Medical Center
7. Barnes - Jewish Hospital
8. University of Michigan Medical Center
9. University of California San Francisco Medical Center
10. Stanford University Hospital
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American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology
www.aad.org
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All web sites of the top ten medical schools and hospitals
reference AAD site for information regarding dermatology
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The American Academy of Dermatology is the largest,
most influential and most representative
of all dermatologic associations.
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With a membership of over 13,700,
it represents virtually all practicing dermatologists
in the United States.
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American Academy of Dermatology
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Information for
professional physicians
 Information for patients
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American Academy of Dermatology
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For professionals, AAD offers guidelines for prevention, diagnostics
and treatment
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American Academy of Dermatology
AAD offers general information for most common
skin diseases and conditions:
- Acne
- Actinic Keratoses
- Aging skin
- Eczema
- Melanoma
- Psoriasis
- Rosacea
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American Academy of Dermatology
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The American Academy of Dermatology even provides education
for the youngest:
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American Academy of Dermatology
Overall impression:
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– easy to use
– detailed results
– good for general public
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Contra:
– limited additional information
for professionals
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Medline Plus Health Information
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WWW.NLM.NIH.GOV/MEDLINEPLUS/
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A Service of the National Library of Medicine and
the National Institutes of Health
 MEDLINEplus pages contain carefully selected links
to Web resources with health information
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Medline Plus Health Information
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Some statistics:
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Over 12 million page requests every month
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Over 1 million unique IP addresses every month
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Over 560 health topic pages in English
(nearly 500 of these are also available in Spanish)
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Information from over 500 organizations
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Over 12,000 links to authoritative health information
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Over 4,000 articles on diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries,
and surgeries
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Extensive information about more than 9,000 brand name
and generic drugs, including side effects, dosing, drug
interactions, precautions, and storage for each drug
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Medline Plus Health Information
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Medline plus
structure:
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From the starting point - Medline plus home page,
we go to dermatology issues by clicking on Health
topics:
Topics are ordered alphabetically,
and we either enter
dermatology in search box,
or select it from topics
under letter “D”
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Medline Plus Health Information
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Links and informations regarding dermatology are
found under skin diseases (general):
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Medline Plus Health Information
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MEDLINEplus can automatically run search in the
MEDLINE® database
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It is a database of references to more than 11 million
articles published in 4300 biomedical journals.
MEDLINE is searched for free using
NLM's PubMed® search system
Publisher access to articles
varies by publisher--some
provide access free, others
charge for the article or
require a subscription.
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Medline plus health information
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User can search for a specific article on any subject
Example: lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei
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Medline Plus Health Information
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An important part of the Health Topics section is the
Medical Encyclopedia. The encyclopedia contains an
extensive library of medical images as well as
thousands of full-text articles about diseases, tests,
symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
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Medline Plus Health Information
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In encyclopedia, you
can link to information
on the symptoms,
treatment, and
prevention
of selected diseases.
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You can also enlarge a
small image or
illustration.
Medline Plus Health Information
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A popular feature of MEDLINEplus is the Drug Information,
detailed information on thousands of drugs.
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You can select drug you are interested in either by the brand name
or the generic drug name.
 Result contains detailed information on the drug
including its usage, precautions, and side effects.
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Medline Plus Health Information
Overall impression:
 Pro:
– by far the most comprehensive database
– easy to use
– detailed results
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Contra:
– for professionals only
– limited additional information
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Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
Harvard Center for cancer prevention
www.yourcancerrisk.harvard.edu
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Estimates risk of skin cancer
 Provides personalized tips for prevention
 Most accurate for people over 40 years
Important:
Your Cancer Risk is an educational web site
for informational purposes only.
It does not take place of regular medical check-ups.
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User first chooses one
of the various types of cancer:
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User is asked some preliminary questions:
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Most accurate results are for people over 40:
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Then he is asked about cancer history:
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User is asked about skin type, medical and family history:
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Risk results:
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User is given information on
what makes up his risk:
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Fact sheet about melanoma:
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Also, additional information is available:
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Overall impression:
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by far the most comprehensive database
many types of cancer included
easy to use
detailed results
tips
Contra:
– valid only for people 40 year and over
– limited additional information
– intended for calculating risk factors only
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Medical References:
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http://www.aad.org/ - American Academy of Dermatology
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ - Johns Hopkins
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ - Medline through NLM
http://www.mayohealth.org/ - Mayo Clinic
http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/home.html - University of Iowa Dermatology
http://www.yourcancerrisk.harvard.edu/ - Harvard Center for cancer prevention
http://www.derma.med.uni-erlangen.de/bilddb/ - Project DOIA - Erlangen, Germany
http://www.asds-net.org/ - Dermatologic Surgery
http://matrix.ucdavis.edu/DOJ.html - Dermatology Online Journal
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Instead of Conclusion...
I follow the advice
of professor
Medenica
whenever I go to
beach…
Gordana Jovanović, [email protected],
Srdjan Tanasilović, [email protected]
Ljiljana Medenica, [email protected]
Veljko Milutinović, Fellow of the IEEE, [email protected]
http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm
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