Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah; Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 Jul-Aug;13(4):282-285. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2023.01.007. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
Accurate information about cancer treatment is critical for individuals to make informed decisions about their health. Unfortunately, the rise of the Internet and social media combined with patients' desire for autonomy as well as the increased availability and marketing of unproven or disproven therapies has made it easy for misinformation about cancer to spread. This can have grave consequences for patients, as individuals who rely on misinformation may make decisions that put their health at risk, including choosing to forego effective treatment in favor of unproven or disproven therapies. To address these serious issues, it is important to understand what constitutes cancer treatment misinformation and the available mitigation strategies. This knowledge can inform efforts to counteract the spread of cancer treatment misinformation and promote accurate information about cancer.
有关癌症治疗的准确信息对个人做出有关其健康的明智决策至关重要。不幸的是，互联网和社交媒体的兴起，加上患者对自主权的渴望，以及未经证实或被否定的治疗方法的可用性和营销增加，使得有关癌症的错误信息很容易传播。这可能对患者造成严重后果，因为依赖错误信息的个人可能做出使他们的健康处于危险之中的决定，包括选择放弃有效治疗而采用未经证实或被否定的治疗方法。为了解决这些严重问题，了解什么是癌症治疗错误信息以及可用的缓解策略非常重要。这些知识可以为对抗癌症治疗错误信息的传播和促进有关癌症的准确信息提供信息。
