Department of Academic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
Breast. 2013 Feb;22(1):24-7. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.05.001. Epub 2012 Jun 8.
Breast cancer is the cancer most commonly searched for on the internet. Our aim was to assess daily new breast cancer related posting on the internet.
We analyzed numbers of new daily posts for common cancers for one month and subsequently analyzed content of 1426 breast cancer related posts. We also assessed use of online discussion forums for breast cancer related dialogue.
Breast related topics had significantly more posts per day compared to others (mean 66.7, p < 0.01). Most posts were on media sites (65.8%). Accuracy levels were high (87.5%) but significantly lower where posted on blogs and discussion forums (p < 0.001). Anonymous posts were common (55%) and less likely to be accurate (p < 0.001). Use of discussion forums has exponentially increased over the last five years (p < 0.001).
The internet has become a primary forum within which health information, particularly relating to breast cancer, is both sought and shared. Increasingly information is provided by patients themselves.
乳腺癌是互联网上搜索最多的癌症。我们的目的是评估互联网上每天新增的乳腺癌相关帖子。
我们分析了一个月内常见癌症的每日新帖子数量，随后分析了 1426 篇乳腺癌相关帖子的内容。我们还评估了在线讨论论坛在乳腺癌相关对话中的使用情况。
与其他癌症相比，与乳房相关的主题每天的帖子数量明显更多（平均 66.7，p < 0.01）。大多数帖子发布在媒体网站上（65.8%）。准确率较高（87.5%），但在博客和讨论论坛上发布的准确率明显较低（p < 0.001）。匿名帖子很常见（55%），准确率较低（p < 0.001）。五年来，讨论论坛的使用呈指数级增长（p < 0.001）。
互联网已成为人们寻求和分享健康信息的主要平台，特别是与乳腺癌相关的信息。越来越多的信息是由患者自己提供的。
