Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

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This study demonstrates that cancer patients share information about their underlying disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and treatments, via Twitter. This information could prove useful to health care providers.

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Social Media in Health Education Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods

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Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volume 16, Issue 5, pp. e137-e137

DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3298

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Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

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