“4 in 10 cancer patients sought information via the Internet, according to a new study to be published in the April 1, 2009, issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Cancer.
The downside of information-seeking cancer patients, according to the study, is that 1 in 4 of these patients received the drugs off-label — that is, for a use not approved by the FDA. In these cases, the cancer drugs have been used for patients in both late and early stages of cancer– the latter for which a drug might not be approved for use.”
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi, 23 February 2009
