Table 2.
Service | N (%) of 409 Advertisements* |
---|---|
Cancer Treatments | 359 (88) |
Non-Specified Cancer Therapy (e.g., “We offer you our most aggressive treatment plan,” “a combination of complex therapies”) |
203 (50) |
Radiation Therapy (e.g., “Brachytherapy,” “TomoTherapy,” “Cyberknife”) | 109 (27) |
Surgical Intervention (e.g., “Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy”) | 63 (15) |
Chemotherapy | 30 (7) |
Other or Combined Cancer Therapy (e.g., “Novac7 Intraoperative Radiation Therapy”) |
29 (7) |
Cancer Screening Services | 75 (18) |
Cancer Screening or Imaging (e.g., “PET/CT Scan,” “3DCT,” “ductoscopy”) | 75 (18) |
Supportive Services | 53 (13) |
Nutritional Services (e.g., “We help cancer patients maintain nutritional diets”) | 23 (6) |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (e.g., “acupuncture,” “Yoga”) | 20 (5) |
Spiritual or Religious Services (e.g., “daily interfaith worship services”) | 16 (4) |
Psychosocial Services (e.g., “psychological counseling”) | 10 (2) |
Physical or Occupational Therapy (e.g., “rehabilitation”) | 8 (2) |
Supportive/Palliative Care (e.g., “pain management”) | 8 (2) |
Non-Specified Supportive Services (e.g., “a number of supportive services”) | 18 (4) |
Total does not equal 100%. Individual advertisements may promote multiple types of clinical services.