About the MPIP Melanoma Research Abstract Database

The MPIP Melanoma Research Abstract Database Filter

Extracting information of immediate use to patients from the over 15,000 abstracts on all aspects of melanoma research which are available from the National Medical Library (PubMed) was up until now a daunting task. Many of the abstracts returned by doing a simple search of the PubMed database would be reports of laboratory research of no immediate practical value to patients. Only about 1 in 10 abstracts contain information that patients and physicians need to know to help make treatment decisions. In order to narrow the amount of material returned, the MPIP has designed a "front-end" to the PubMed database search engine that tells it to only return the information that is pertinent to patients. This filter can be turned of by checking the "Disable Filter" checkbox.