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| Title |
Prostate cancer and social media
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Reviews Urology, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41585-018-0006-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stacy Loeb, Matthew S. Katz, Aisha Langford, Nataliya Byrne, Shannon Ciprut |
| Abstract |
The use of social media is increasing globally and is employed in a variety of ways in the prostate cancer community. In addition to their use in research, advocacy, and awareness campaigns, social media offer vast opportunities for education and networking for patients with prostate cancer and health-care professionals, and many educational resources and support networks are available to patients with prostate cancer and their caregivers. Despite the considerable potential for social media to be employed in the field of prostate cancer, concerns remain - particularly regarding the maintenance of patient confidentiality, variable information quality, and possible financial conflicts of interest. A number of professional societies have, therefore, issued guidance regarding social media use in medicine. Social media are used extensively in other cancer communities, particularly among patients with breast cancer, and both the quantity and type of information available are expected to grow in the future. |
Twitter Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 tweeters who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12 | 20% |
| United States | 11 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| Mexico | 3 | 5% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 3% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 3% |
| Philippines | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 17 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 43 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 15% |
| Scientists | 7 | 12% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 62 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Professor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 21% |
| Unknown | 18 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 27% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 24 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 September 2019.
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#82
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#24,318
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