TY  - JOUR
  - Quinn, EM and Corrigan, MA and McHugh, SM and Murphy, D and O'Mullane, J and Hill, AD and Redmond, HP
  - 2012
  - Breast cancer information on the internet: Analysis of accessibility and accuracy.
  - Validated
  - Altmetric: 3 ()
  - Studies show internet sourced information often has poor accuracy. However, it is rapidly becoming a major source of patient information. Our aim was to assess accuracy of breast cancer-related information on the internet. The top five breast cancer-related search terms were identified using the commercial program "Wordtracker". These terms were searched using the search-engine "Google" and the top 100 webpages per topic analysed for applicability and accuracy of information. Overall 500 webpages were analysed. 42% were inapplicable to the question asked. Applicable accuracy rates were variable amongst the five terms: "breast cancer symptoms" 84%, "breast cancer care" 87%, "breast cancer stage" 88%, "breast cancer survival" 91% and "breast cancer signs" 78%. Educational websites were more likely to be accurate(p < 0.001) and interest group administered websites less likely to be accurate(p=0.018) than other websites. Finding accurate breast cancer information on the internet is difficult due to large numbers of inapplicable unregulated websites preferentially returned via search engines.
  - 10.1016/j.breast.2012.01.020
DA  - 2012/NaN
ER  - 

@article{V149508212,
   = {Quinn, EM and Corrigan, MA and McHugh, SM and Murphy, D and O'Mullane, J and Hill, AD and Redmond, HP},
   = {2012},
   = {Breast cancer information on the internet: Analysis of accessibility and accuracy.},
   = {Validated},
   = {Altmetric: 3 ()},
   = {{Studies show internet sourced information often has poor accuracy. However, it is rapidly becoming a major source of patient information. Our aim was to assess accuracy of breast cancer-related information on the internet. The top five breast cancer-related search terms were identified using the commercial program "Wordtracker". These terms were searched using the search-engine "Google" and the top 100 webpages per topic analysed for applicability and accuracy of information. Overall 500 webpages were analysed. 42% were inapplicable to the question asked. Applicable accuracy rates were variable amongst the five terms: "breast cancer symptoms" 84%, "breast cancer care" 87%, "breast cancer stage" 88%, "breast cancer survival" 91% and "breast cancer signs" 78%. Educational websites were more likely to be accurate(p < 0.001) and interest group administered websites less likely to be accurate(p=0.018) than other websites. Finding accurate breast cancer information on the internet is difficult due to large numbers of inapplicable unregulated websites preferentially returned via search engines.}},
   = {10.1016/j.breast.2012.01.020},
  source = {IRIS}
}