From sweeteners to cell phones-Cancer myths and beliefs among journalism undergraduates.

Objective: The media are an important source of health information that can help people make their own medical decisions. However, medical news can also transmit biases produced by different factors, such as the previously held beliefs of journalists. This study identifies which cancer myths are more popular among future journalists and whether their beliefs are related to their chosen source of health information.

"Others Like Me". An Approach to the Use of the Internet and Social Networks in Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer.

The purpose of this study is to improve comprehension about how adolescents and young adults (AYA) diagnosed with cancer use the Internet and social networks to seek information about their illness and to establish relationships between them. A group of 20 AYA patients and survivors of cancer (ages 14 to 29) were interviewed from a qualitative approach. Most of the respondents (N = 16) sought information about their disease on the Internet.

Pediatric cancer and the internet: exploring the gap in doctor-parents communication.

The aim of this study is to examine the use of the Internet to obtain information by parents of children with cancer and how pediatric oncologists understand this new scenario and the shifting relationship between patients and doctors. With this goal in mind, we conducted two surveys: one was answered by 110 parents of pediatric cancer patients and another one was answered by 74 oncologists, members of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP). Less than half of the surveyed parents (44.