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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(12):969-971; doi:10.1093/jnci/djh181
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Internet Citations in Oncology Journals: A Vanishing Resource?

Eric J. Hester, Lauren F. Heilig, Amanda L. Drake, Kathryn R. Johnson, Catherine T. Vu, Lisa M. Schilling, Robert P. Dellavalle

Affiliations of authors: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver (EJH, LFH, ARD, LMS, RPD); Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO (RPD); and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC (CTV)

Correspondence to: Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. Ninth Avenue, Box B-153, Denver, CO 80262 (e-mail: robert.dellavalle@uchsc.edu)

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An estimated one-third of oncology patients use the Internet to obtain cancer-related information (1). Scientific articles increasingly refer clinicians and researchers to information available only on the Internet. Internet information, however, may vanish unexpectedly (2). The ephemeral nature of Internet citations results from each Internet address (uniform resource locator [URL]) . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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