Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

BackgroundTwitter is an interactive, real-time media that could prove useful in health care. Tweets from cancer patients could offer insight into the needs of cancer patients. ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to understand cancer patients’ social media usa...

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Main Authors: Tsuya, Atsushi, Sugawara, Yuya, Tanaka, Atsushi, Narimatsu, Hiroto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2014/5/e137/