TERMS OF USE

Society for Translational Oncology

These Terms of Use (the “Terms” or “Terms of Use”) of the Society for Translational Oncology (“STO”) apply to:

  • STO’s website (the “Website”) and all associated mobile applications, domains, portals, and services (collectively with the Website, the “Services”), and
  • any and all scientific, medical and technical content and any products, abstracts, computer programs, software, data, educational materials, pricing, portals, computer programs, graphics, marketing information, sound, news, photographs, presentations, publications, podcasts, video, or other text, messages and materials (collectively, the “Content”).

STO may update these Terms from time to time without notice. Changes will become immediately effective upon posting on the Website unless otherwise noted. Your use of the Services or Content following any such updates indicates your consent to the practices described in the revised Terms.

The Agreement

STO operates this Website and makes it available for use solely upon these Terms of Use and subject to STO’s Privacy Policy and STO’s GDPR Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Privacy Policies”). It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies carefully (collectively, the “Agreement”) before using the Services or accessing the Content.

By registering with STO or by using or accessing the Services, you agree to be bound by the Agreement. If you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, you are not permitted to use the Services or the Content. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policies, you may contact STO by email at admin@STO-Online.org.

Eligibility: Representations, Warranties, and Covenants

To be eligible to utilize the Services and access the Content, you represent, warrant, and covenant that you:

  • are not currently restricted from the Services or not otherwise prohibited from having an STO account for previous violations of STO’s Terms of Use or Privacy Policies, or for any other reason;
  • will maintain only a single STO account at any given time;
  • have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement; and
  • doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party.

Eligibility: Security and Sign-in Credentials

In addition to the foregoing representations, warranties, and covenants, to be eligible to utilize the Services and access the Content, you agree:

  • to keep your password secure and confidential;
  • not to permit others to use your account;
  • to refrain from using the accounts of others;
  • to refrain from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your STO account to other individuals or entities (“Persons”); and
  • to refrain from charging anyone for access to any portion of the Services or the Content. Further, you are responsible for your account until you close down your account or prove that your account security was compromised due to no fault of your own.

License

Subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, STO grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, non-assignable, non-sublicenseable license (the “License”) to:

  • access the Services and the Content by means of a generally available Web browser, mobile device or application (but not through scraping, spidering, crawling or other technology or software used to access data without the express written consent of STO);
  • use the Services; and
  • view, reproduce, and store the Content;

provided, however, that: (i) you maintain the copyright notice pertaining to the Content; (ii) a permission notice substantially in the form “Used with Permission of the Society for Translational Oncology” is added to the Content whenever and wherever it is reproduced or stored; (iii) the reproduction and storage of the Content is solely for private, noncommercial, informational, or educational use and is not for endorsing, sponsoring, or showing affiliation with any product or service; (iv) the Content will not be copied, posted, or stored on any networked computer or published in any medium; (v) the Content will not be used to create derivative works (including without limitation from the use of artificial intelligence tools); and (vi) no modifications are made to the Content.

This License shall terminate automatically without notice to you if STO determines in its sole discretion that you have breached the Agreement. Upon termination of the Agreement, you must immediately destroy any Content in your possession, custody, or control, including without limitation any downloaded and printed Content.

Prohibited Uses: Generally

All uses of the Services or the Content not expressly permitted under the terms and conditions of the Agreement are strictly prohibited and a violation of the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, you may not do or authorize anyone else to do anything with the Services or the Content that is not specifically permitted under the Agreement.

You agree that you will not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any software STO discloses to you, or remove or modify any copyright or trademark notice or other notice of ownership.

You agree that you will not violate any rights of STO, including without limitation its intellectual property rights.

You agree that you will not utilize the Services to:

  • transmit spam, bulk, or unsolicited communications;
  • pretend to be STO or another Person or spoof STO’s or another Person’s identity;
  • forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers (including without limitation URLs) in order to disguise the origin of any of the Services or Content;
  • misrepresent your affiliation with STO or any other Persons;
  • disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ abilities to utilize the Services;
  • engage in activities that would violate any fiduciary relationship, any applicable local, state, national, or international law, or any rules or regulations having the force of law, including without limitation operating an illegal lottery or gambling operation, stalking, swatting, or making threats of harm;
  • deploy any robot, spider, data miner, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access or index the Services, the Content, or any portion or derivative thereof for any purpose;
  • collect or store personal data about other users of the Services unless specifically authorized by such users;
  • upload, post, or otherwise transmit via the Website any material that is inaccurate, harmful, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, racist, violent, offensive, or harassing; causes duress, distress, or discomfort to another; is otherwise objectionable to STO or other users of the Services; includes unauthorized disclosure of personal data; violates or infringes any Person’s intellectual property rights or publicity rights; contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; is a form of advertising not approved in advance in writing by STO; or is injurious to the interests of STO or other users of the Services.

Prohibited Uses: STO Trademarks

You may not remove or alter any STO Trademarks or cobrand your own products or material with STO Trademarks without STO’s prior written consent, which may be given, withheld, conditioned or delayed in STO’s sole and absolute discretion.

You acknowledge STO’s rights in STO Trademarks and agree that any permitted use of STO Trademarks by you shall inure to STO’s sole benefit.

You agree not to incorporate any STO Trademarks into your trademarks, service marks, company names, Internet addresses, domain names, or any other similar designations for any use whatsoever.

For purposes of this Policy, “STO Trademarks” means all names, marks, brands, logos, designs, trade dress, slogans, and other designations that STO or its affiliates use in connection with its products and services.

Third-Party Data and Information

You acknowledge and agree that STO does not claim ownership, and does not represent, warrant, or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, quality, or reliability, of any data or information that you or third parties upload, post, or otherwise transmit via the Services, and that STO shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such data and information. STO makes no representation that your use of the Website will comply with applicable law. STO does not endorse any opinions expressed in or through data or information that you or third parties upload, post, or otherwise transmit via the Services. You agree that you must independently evaluate and bear all risks associated with your use of the Services or any Content, including without limitation your reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the Content.

Any data or information that you or third parties provide in connection with the Services shall be deemed to be provided on a nonconfidential basis. STO shall be free to reproduce, distribute, display, perform, and/or prepare derivative works based upon such data and information on an unrestricted basis for any purpose, and you grant STO and all other users of the Services an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, nonexclusive license to do so in any format and by any means now known or hereafter invented. You represent and warrant that you have proper authorization to grant these rights respecting any data and information that you provide to STO via the Services.

Reservation of Rights

STO reserves all rights not expressly granted to you under this Agreement, including without limitation all rights, title, interest, and copyrights in and to the Services and the Content.

STO also reserves the right to edit or remove any Content from the Services at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, without notice to you or any other Person.

Indemnification

YOU SHALL AND HEREBY DO AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS ALPHAMED, THE SOCIETY FOR TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, AND EXPERT FEES) ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM, OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • YOUR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT;
  • YOUR INFRINGEMENT OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OF ALPHAMED OR ANY THIRD PARTY; AND
  • YOUR ACCESS TO, RELIANCE UPON, ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO, OR UTILIZATION OF THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT.

Disclaimers

While STO makes every reasonable effort to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, information, opinion, or statement appears in the Content, the Content as a whole and any data, information, opinions, and statements in or relating to the Content are the responsibility of the Content’s creators, contributors, and advertisers.

STO and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any inaccurate or misleading data, information, opinions, or statements.

The Content does not constitute medical advice and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. The Content is not comprehensive and should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a licensed medical professional or other traditional sources of medical information. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, therapy, or any other item or material on the Website (or accessed through the Services more generally) should not be construed as an endorsement by STO.

STO forever disclaims any responsibility for any injury to Persons or damage to property arising out of, resulting from, or related to any of the Services or Content.

THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, STO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND COVENANTS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FREEDOM FROM INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND THE ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DATA, INFORMATION, OPINIONS, OR STATEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT.

Continuing Education Credits

STO may from time to time offer courses and programs that may qualify for continuing education credits in certain jurisdictions. The requirements for continuing education credits change regularly and are jurisdiction-specific, and you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all continuing education requirements, including without limitation obtaining course approval from any licensing board and submitting all records to such license board to obtain your credits. STO disclaims all liability relating to a state’s or licensing board’s denial of course credits or course accreditation.

Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you shall and hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless STO, its affiliates, and its and their officers, directors, employees, licensors and agents from any and all claims, damages, losses, and costs (including litigation costs, attorneys’ fees and expert witness fees) arising from (a) your noncompliance with these Terms of Use; (b) your infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property right, proprietary right, or privacy right of a third party or any violation of the rights of others; (c) your use of the Website, Content, or Services or any activity in which you engage on or in connection with this Website, the Services or the Content; and (d) any content that you transmit to STO or to or through the Website or Services.

Limitation of Liability

ALPHAMED, THE SOCIETY FOR TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING:

  • ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION RELIANCE BY THE USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES OR WHICH RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE; AND/OR
  • ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOSS OF USE, PROFIT, REVENUE, OR DATA TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM, OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE NEGLIGENCE OR FAULT OF STO, AND FURTHER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU BASE YOUR CLAIM ON CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, STO KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND/OR THE LIMITED REMEDIES NOT BARRED BY THIS SECTION FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

You and STO intend for the foregoing limitation of liability to be enforceable to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law.

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the United States and the State of Colorado, without reference to choice of law or conflicts of law rules that might otherwise require application of the laws of another jurisdiction. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If, notwithstanding the choice of law above, these laws apply to the User, some or all of the above disclaimers or limitations of liability may not apply to such User, and such User may have additional rights.

Copyright Infringement Claims

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 512). If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by the Website infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send STO a notice requesting that the material be removed or access to the material be blocked.

Your notice must include the following information:

  • a physical or electronic signature of an individual authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
  • identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow STO to locate the material on the Website;
  • the name, address, telephone number and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
  • a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send STO a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. See http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.pdf for details.

Notices should be sent to the following:

By Mail:
Society for Translational Oncology
PO Box 12412
Durham NC 27709 USA
-or-
By Email:
admin@STO-Online.org

Policy Version: March 24, 2026