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Access to published journal articles & related studies?

by goldmine848 on Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:36 pm

I do quite a bit of research to help me make decisions about my treatment. So I have two questions.

If I find an abstract that interests me and there is no ready link to a full published study, is there any way to get more information about the research that supports the abstract?

Also, sometimes full studies are not available for free. Has anyone used the library services at a local medical school to do research?

goldmine848
Name: Andrew
When were you/they diagnosed?: June 2013
Age at diagnosis: 60
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Re: Access to published journal articles & related studies?

by Multibilly on Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:44 pm

Have you tried cutting and pasting the abstract article title into Google and then doing a search? I often find the full text will be available on other sites (not always, but often enough). You might have to sift through a handful of the returned Google links to find the full text article.

Multibilly
Name: Multibilly
Who do you know with myeloma?: Me
When were you/they diagnosed?: Smoldering, Nov, 2012
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Re: Access to published journal articles & related studies?

by blair77 on Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:38 am

Is there a way for patients to access/read full medical journal articles? I am interested in reading the full text of an article cited by one of the medical advisors on here about polyclonal response and plasmacytosis in the setting of extended therapy. Thanks for any info.

blair77
Who do you know with myeloma?: My husband
When were you/they diagnosed?: April 2013
Age at diagnosis: 43
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Re: Access to published journal articles & related studies?

by ivanm on Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:42 am

One approach would be to contact the author and ask for a copy. I cannot imagine that any physician or scientist will give a blind eye to a polite request from a patient. I have done that in the past with some success.

ivanm
Name: Ivan Mitev
Who do you know with myeloma?: self
When were you/they diagnosed?: August, 2011
Age at diagnosis: 37
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Re: Access to published journal articles & related studies?

by LisaE on Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:14 pm

I've been fortunate to have access to a university library account. The university has subscriptions to PubMed and NIH so I can usually get full articles there that I'd otherwise have to pay for.

If there's a university student in your life, see if they can get you articles through school.

LisaE
Name: Lisa
Who do you know with myeloma?: Husband
When were you/they diagnosed?: April 2014
Age at diagnosis: 67
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