Proton therapy for prostate cancer online: Patient education or marketing?

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 7015-7020

  Sadowski, Daniel J ^a   Ellimoottil, Chandy S ^b   Tejwani, Ajay ^c   Gorbonos, Alex ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Internet; Marketing of health services; Prostate cancer; Prostatic neoplasms; Proton therapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTON THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEARCH ENGINE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84891474835     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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