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01.01.2016 | Topic Paper
The state and potential of social media in bladder cancer
Erschienen in: World Journal of Urology | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Introduction
Social media sites and services have become intimately woven into our interpersonal communications and have begun to stake a visible place in healthcare. Disease-specific Twitter hashtags, online patient groups and participation by patients, practitioners and advocacy groups are emblematic of this new paradigm.
Methods
A literature review and summary of resources and publications on bladder cancer and social media.
Results
A majority of Western patients have access to and use the Internet for health information. Urologists and oncologists have used bladder-cancer-specific messaging at international meetings infrequently as compared to prostate and other non-urologic cancers. An active community does participate in online discussion, with differences between medical practitioners and patients/advocates. Advice is given with the aim of unifying this discussion.