Quality of Health Information on the Internet for Prostate Cancer
Table 1
Rates of HON-accredited websites among the search terms.
Search term
Total websites
HON+
HON−
%HON+ (%)
Prostate cancer
21700000
23
127
15.3
Prostate specific antigen
1580000
23
127
15.3
Transrectal prostate biopsy
177000
12
138
8.0
Transperineal prostate biopsy
38900
14
136
9.3
MRI prostate
7710000
9
141
6.0
Prostate-specific membrane antigen
835000
6
144
4.0
Radical prostatectomy
687000
18
132
12.0
Robotic prostatectomy
437000
5
145
3.3
Prostate radiotherapy
2260000
14
136
9.3
Prostate chemotherapy
23100000
20
130
13.3
Prostate cancer hormone therapy
1710000
29
121
19.3
Note. HON+, HON-accredited; HON−, non-HON-accredited; %HON+, percentage of HON-accredited websites out of a total of 150 websites for each search term.
