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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024

Talking with clinicians about online cancer information: a survey of cancer patients and surrogate information seekers.

Carma L Bylund, Greenberry Taylor, Taylor S Vasquez, Jordan Alpert, Skyler B Johnson, Tien Le, Samantha R Paige, Julia Close, Merry-Jennifer Markham

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Assessing Cancer Patients' Exposure to Treatment Misinformation.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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Carma L BylundCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. carma.bylund@ufl.edu.
Greenberry TaylorSchool of Creative Arts and Letters Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, USA.
Taylor S VasquezCollege of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Jordan AlpertDepartment of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Skyler B JohnsonUniversity of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Tien LeCollege of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Samantha R PaigeCollege of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Julia CloseCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Merry-Jennifer MarkhamCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.

Funding

UF Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000064 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NELSON, DAVID R · 2012 to 2014
$12.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo describe patients' and surrogate information seekers' experiences talking to clinicians about online cancer information. To assess the impact of clinicians telling patients or surrogate seekers not to search for information online.

designCross-sectional survey. SAMPLE: A total of 282 participants, including 185 individuals with cancer and 97 surrogate seekers.

methodsIndividuals were recruited through a broad consent registry and completed a 20-min survey.

findingsCancer patients and surrogate seekers did not differ significantly in their experiences talking with clinicians about online cancer information. Nearly all patients and surrogate seekers who were told by a clinician not to go online for cancer information did so anyway. IMPLICATIONS: Interventions for improving cancer information seeking and communication with clinicians should target both patients and surrogate seekers. Clinicians should be educated about effective ways to communicate with patients and surrogate seekers about online cancer information.

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CommunicationInternetNeoplasmsAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInformation Seeking BehaviorMaleMiddle AgedPhysician-Patient RelationsYoung AdultCancerCaregiversOnline health information seekingPhysician–patient communicationSurrogate information seekers

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PMID38755329

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