Background: Recently, many cancer patients have been using the Internet for information
with which to make informed choices. We are not aware of any studies that investigate this …

An increasing number of breast cancer patients are accessing the Internet for medical
information. A survey was administered to breast cancer patients and their families attending …

Background: Unlike many patients of the past, today's health-care users want to become
more informed about their illnesses, and they want the most current information. The Internet …

Objectives To identify the proportion of breast cancer patients that used the Internet for
breast cancer information; to classify patterns of use based on patient demographics; and to …

Background: As the number of people with Internet access rises, so does the use of the
Internet as a potentially valuable source for health information. Insight into patient use of this …

Introduction Recently published articles have established that a substantial number of
cancer patients utilize the Internet to gather information about their respective diagnoses …

Purpose To evaluate rates, predictors, and barriers to use of the Internet to obtain cancer
information among a cohort of cancer patients at an urban county hospital. Patients and …

Background: Increasing numbers of cancer patients are using the Internet, but little is known
about their attitudes toward online health care. Objective: The purpose of this substudy was …

The last decade has witnessed an explosion of online information regarding cancer and
healthcare. Accompanying this has been a large body of research analyzing the quality of …

In recent years considerable attention has been focused on the potential of the Internet as a
means of health information delivery that can meet varied health information needs and …