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1 Differences in the Quality of Information on the Internet about Lung Cancer between the United States and Japan  Yasushi Goto, MD, Ikuo Sekine, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, MD, Kazuhiko Yamada, MD, Hiroshi Nokihara, MD, Noboru Yamamoto, MD, Hideo Kunitoh, MD, Yuichiro Ohe, MD, Tomohide Tamura, MD  Journal of Thoracic Oncology  Volume 4, Issue 7, Pages (July 2009) DOI: /JTO.0b013e3181a76fe1 Copyright © 2009 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions

2 FIGURE 1 JAMA benchmark: Description of the JAMA benchmark16 is listed by the search engines; display of authorship (authors and contributors, their affiliations, and relevant credentials); attribution (references and sources for all content, and all relevant copyright information); disclosure (Web site ownership, sponsorship, advertising, commercial funding arrangements or support, or potential conflicts of interest); and currency (dates on which the contents were posted and updated). Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2009 4, DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e3181a76fe1) Copyright © 2009 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions

3 FIGURE 2 Evaluations of the treatment description in the Web sites: The treatment description is classified into three categories: acceptable (description of the systematic review such as guidelines from authorized facilities17–20; links to systematic reviews; abstracts of systematic reviews), unacceptable (recommendation of alternative medicine or a generally unapproved treatment), and invaluable (lack of description). Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2009 4, DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e3181a76fe1) Copyright © 2009 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions

4 FIGURE 3 Administrators of the Web sites: Administrators were classified into five categories: NPO (nonprofit organization) or public institution, medical institution, commercial (for the specific treatments), personal (pages made by patients or their families), and others. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2009 4, DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e3181a76fe1) Copyright © 2009 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions


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