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Characteristics of Cancer Patients in Internet Cancer Support Groups
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purpose study describe characteristics cancer patients attending internet cancer support groups provide direction future research total 204 cancer patients recruited internet cancer support groups posting study announcement web sites groups participants asked fill internet survey questionnaires sociodemographic characteristics healthdisease status data analyzed using descriptive inferential statistics including tests analysis variance chisquare tests findings indicate cancer patients recruited internet cancer support groups tended middleaged welleducated female middle class findings also indicate significant differences characteristics according gender ethnicity based findings implications suggested future research using developing internet cancer support groups