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Internet information on focal prostate cancer therapy: help or hindrance?

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In the absence of standards of care and defined best treatments for localized prostate cancer, Internet search engines provide patients with first information — or often misinformation. Clinicians need to guide patients to sources of high-quality evidence on focal ablative treatments for prostate cancer.

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  1. Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network–Sinai Health System–Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Sangeet Ghai

  2. Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    John Trachtenberg

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Global Cancer Observatory — Cancer Today: http://gco.iarc.fr/today/home

SEER Cancer Stat Facts — Prostate Cancer: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html

US National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials Database: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov

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Ghai, S., Trachtenberg, J. Internet information on focal prostate cancer therapy: help or hindrance?. Nat Rev Urol 16, 337–338 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-019-0180-8

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