Navigation

Online Cancer Support Groups

Do online support groups really help? A total of 250 members of the Sapient Health Network Breast Cancer Community were surveyed about the value of this online site. Sixty-six percent of those surveyed reported that they share the information they find on the Web site with their doctors. Of those doctors, 77 percent responded positively and 7 percent even changed their patient's treatment based on information from the Web site. Seventy percent state that they use the Web site for medical information and 20 percent go to the Web site for support from other survivors.

COPYRIGHT 1999 American Academy of Family Physicians
COPYRIGHT 2000 Gale Group