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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jun 17;160(12):813–820. doi: 10.7326/M14-0500

Table 2.

Clinical Services Promoted by Cancer Centers

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.