Physician evaluation of Internet health information on proton therapy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shah, Anand ^a,d   Paly, Jonathan J ^e   Efstathiou, Jason A ^e   Bekelman, Justin E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

DISEASES; INTERNET; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTON BEAMS; WEBSITES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84875220952     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.10.039     Document Type: Article

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