Internet use by cancer patients: Should oncologists 'prescribe' accurate web sites in combination with chemotherapy? A survey in a spanish cohort

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1579-1585

  Lopez Gomez M ^a   Ortega, C ^b   Suarez I ^a   Serralta, G ^a   Madero, R ^c   Gomez Raposo C ^a   Sereno, M ^a   Casado, E ^a   Espinosa, E ^c   Lobo, F ^d   Feliu, J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Medical Oncology Department   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d Jimenez Diaz Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer patient; Internet use; Medical information; Patient physician relationship; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONCOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPANISH; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 84861728319     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr532     Document Type: Article

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