Podcast on navigating cancer-focused journals
MCB professor Lisa Rezende is one of the authors of a recent podcast titled "Helping people navigate and make sense of cancer information: challenges and perspectives", published by Future Oncology.
The Plain Language Summary reads:
There are lots of places where people can look for information about cancer, for example on websites or social media. People may also use AI (artificial intelligence) tools as a starting point to help pull information together. Some information can be useful, but some can be hard to make sense of, or even untrue, and some may only relate to particular types of cancer, which could lead to unrealistic expectations of treatment options and outcomes. How can people with cancer and their families be sure that they are finding the best information for their needs? This podcast talks through the challenges and offers ideas to help people find and understand trustworthy health information. It comes with a patient’s guide to cancer-focused medical journals, which explains what journals are and the types of patient-friendly content that they can contain. As well as being for people with cancer and their families, the podcast is also for doctors and other healthcare providers who want to help their patients. Healthcare providers have an important role in helping their patients find good quality information about their own particular type of cancer. We encourage patients to ask their healthcare providers questions about where to find information and what it means.
