Tele-oncology

This book explains how telemedicine can offer solutions capable of improving the care and survival rates of cancer patients and can also help patients to live a normal life in spite of their condition. Different fields of application – community, hospital

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Giovanna Gatti Gabriella Pravettoni Fabio Capello Editors

Tele-oncology

TELe-Health Series editors Fabio Capello Cumberland Infirmary, North Cumbria University Hospitals Carlisle, United Kingdom Giovanni Rinaldi Società Italiana di Telemedicina e Sanità Elettronica Bologna, Italy Giovanna Gatti European Institute of Oncology (IEO) Milan, Italy

Recent advances in technology and medicine are rapidly changing the face of health care. A revolution is occurring in diagnosis and treatment thanks to the implementation of instrumentation and techniques deriving from engineering and research. In addition, a cultural conversion is taking place in which geographical and social boundaries are about to be overcome, resulting in enhanced availability and quality of care. Telemedicine has been considered a possible means of improving health care worldwide that is likely to change the way in which doctors deal with patients and diseases. While various restraints continue to limit the application of telemedicine in different settings and different areas of health, the innovations emerging from eHealth and telecare could stimulate a great leap forward for medicine, provided that some basic rules are taken into consideration and followed. In this series, diverse aspects of tele-health – preventive, promotive, and curative – will be covered by leading experts in the field with the aim of realizing the full potential of the new and exciting technological solutions at our disposal.

Giovanna Gatti • Gabriella Pravettoni Fabio Capello Editors

Tele-oncology

Editors Giovanna Gatti European Institute of Oncology (IEO) Milan Italy

Fabio Capello Pediatric Department Cumberland Infirmary North Cumbria University Hospitals Carlisle United Kingdom

Gabriella Pravettoni Department of Health Sciences University of Milan Milan Italy

ISSN 2198-6037 ISSN 2198-6045 (electronic) TELe-Health ISBN 978-3-319-16377-2 ISBN 978-3-319-16378-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16378-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940325 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher n

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