Cancer survivors undergoing treatment more likely to believe COVID-19 misinformation

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"COVID-19 misinformation is a significant public health concern, and more vulnerable groups may be at increased risk of believing such types of misinformation - something their health care providers should be aware of and possibly address in relation to patients' concerns about the pandemic and how it relates to their treatment," Jeanine P.D. Guidry, PhD, assistant professor at Robertson School of Media and Culture and director of the media and health lab at Virginia Commonwealth University, told Healio ;HemOnc Today. Because patients undergoing treatment are particularly vulnerable to misinformation, the cancer care community must address patients' concerns on how the pandemic relates to their course of treatment, the researchers wrote. [...]we have no information on how the volunteers were selected - through online patient communities, online advertisement or other means - which means we cannot calculate the response rate.