The roles of patients' internet use for cancer information and socioeconomic status in oncologist-patient communication.

The majority of US adults are Internet users, and they increasingly search for online health information, particularly regarding specific diseases.1 Many seek cancer treatment and clinical trial information.2,3 Although few studies have evaluated patients' Internet use for health information,2 critics debate its influence on the physician-patient relationship and health care disparities.

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