Patient knowledge of health information influences cancer treatment Melanoma Jim Breitfeller

Date:2/22/2009

"In their review, authors led by Stacy Gray, M.D. of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston note that in the last several decades, patients have become more involved in their health care as patient autonomy has become increasingly important. That change has been accompanied by unprecedented growth in the amount of health information available to patients. Studies show nearly four out of ten of cancer patients seek cancer information on the internet. But the authors say it is unclear how these phenomena influence a cancer patient's treatment."

Source:http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Patient-knowledge-of-health-information-influences-cancer-treatment-37343-1/

Patient knowledge of health information influences cancer treatment


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