Study: Cancer Information on the Internet 98 Percent Accurate

Anyone can write on the internet, so that the information submitted sometimes can not be directly trusted. But for cancer, information on popular sites like Wikipedia is assessed 98 percent according to the book.

Accuracy of information on the internet are an especial concern among the experts as it can be misleading. Especially when it comes to health information, things that are not true could endanger the sick or even make healthy people become sick.

But for cancer, researchers from Thomas Jefferson University found that 98 percent of the information on the Internet are in accordance with official sources. The researchers compare it with the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ) cancer data center that is owned by the United States

One source of information is examined by experts is Wikipedia, a site that is quite popular on the internet. Although popular, many people judge this site can not be trusted to remember the most anyone could write in there without any review from a competent expert.
However, researchers led by Dr. Yaacov Lawrence gave a note to Wikipedia because the information submitted is too long-winded. Presentation is not systematic and sometimes even confusing the reader.

"Fatal mistake that we rarely find in Wikipedia. But for the manner of presentation, PDQ it is still more readable," said Dr. Lawrence in his report in the Journal of Oncology Practice.

Information about cancer is a lot, even on Wikipedia are other types of cancer that are discussed are very diverse. The researchers judged accurate enough after studying the reviews about the 10 types of cancer-related symptoms, spread and way of handling.