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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2014 Oct 23;17(7):545–553. doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.141

Table 3.

Referralsa to NCI’s Breast Cancer Resourcesb, April–June 2013

23-Apr 30-Apr 7-May 14-Mayc 21-May 28-May 4-Jun 11-Jun 18-Jun 25-Jun
Search Engines 1 751 (83%) 1 872 (75%) 1 691 (84%) 49 255 (39%) 3 874 (67%) 2 705 (70%) 2 157 (74%) 1 762 (76%) 1 877 (79%) 1 715 (78%)
News Outletsd 1(0%) 266(11%) 8(0%) 61 444 (49%) 624(11%) 257(7%) 138(5%) 76(3%) 81(3%) 27(1%)
Othere 367(17%) 375(15%) 319(16%) 15 909 (13%) 1 324 (23%) 898(23%) 617(21%) 471(20%) 433(18%) 457(21%)
Total Referrals 2 119 (100%) 2 513 (100%) 2 019 (100%) 126 608 (100%) 5 822 (100%) 3 860 (100%) 2 912 (100%) 2 309 (100%) 2 391 (100%) 2 200 (100%)
a

Referral data were captured and reported for viewers who came to NCI’s breast cancer resources from sources other than NCI’s main website, www.cancer.gov.

b

Preventive Mastectomy fact sheet, BRCA1 & BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing fact sheet, Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy fact sheet, PDQ® Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer summary

c

Angelina Jolie’s op-ed, My Medical Choice, was published in The New York Times.

d

News outlets include the following: The New York Times, China Times, CNN, Forbes, PBS, US News & World Report, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, MSN, National Geographic, Global Post, Fox, Sun-Sentinel, The Oregonian, Business insider, The Guardian, Natural Health News, Times of Israel, CBS News, USA Today, NBC News, The Guardian, Huffington Post, LA Times, Bloomberg News, People, Jezebel, Wet Paint, The Blaze, The Examiner, Boston Magazine, The Wire, and Extra.

e

Other referral sources include other NCI websites, typed URLs, bookmarked links, and other websites.