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- 1556-0864
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- 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31811f472a
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Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE A Web Site on Lung Cancer: Who Are the Users and What Are They Looking For? Cilia Linssen, MS,* Romane M. Schook,‡ Anne-Mei The, MS, PhD,† Ernst Lammers, MD,§ Jan Festen, MD, PhD,* and Pieter E. Postmus, MD‡ among nurses and caregivers (91% and 95%, respectively) and the Purpose: The Dutch Lung Cancer Information Centre launched the lowest among physicians and patients (85% and 83%). Web site www.longkanker.info in November 2003. The purpose of Conclusions: Given the number of visitors to the lung cancer Web this article is to describe the launching of the Web site, its devel- site, it can be concluded that there is a great need for additional opment, the type of visitors to the Web site, what they were looking information among patients and caregivers. The launched Web site for, and whether they found what they requested. www.longkanker.info has reached its goal of providing a depend- Methods: Supervised by a panel (pulmonologists, patients, commu- able source of information about lung cancer and satisfying its nication specialists), a large amount of material about lung cancer visitors. has been collected and edited into accessible language by health care Key Words: Internet, Lung cancer. providers, and
Journal
Journal of Thoracic Oncology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Sep 1, 2007