Too much fake news on health, the new edition of 'Communicating cancer' starts - Focus Tumor news. 70% of cancer patients find misinformation about cancer treatments on social media.
Online fake news about treatments affects "only" 52% of web users who are not affected by a neoplasm. 23% of patients and their caregivers have received advice on alleged "alternative anti-cancer methods". These data are contained in a recent study published in the journal JMIR Cancer.