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Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Dent. 2011 Spring;71(2):106–116. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00207.x

Table 1.

Average Surface Evaluation (IQT) Scores for English-Language Web sites. Scale is 0-100, with 100 being the Highest Possible Score. Sites are Sorted by Highest IQT Score. Calculation Errors due to Rounding

Organization IQT score % Disclosure* % Design* % Agenda* % Links*
National Library of Medicine (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/oralcancer.html) 100 100 100 100 100
Oral Cancer Foundation (www.oralcancerfoundation.org) 98 100 93 100 100
Mouth Cancer Foundation (www.rdoc.org.uk) 97 90 100 100 100
MayoClinic.com (www.mayoclinic.com/health/oral-and-throat-cancer/DS00349) 93 90 90 100 100
Brigham and Women's Hospital (healthgate.partners.org/browsing/browseContent.asp?fileName=11498.xml&title=Tongue Cancer) 93 100 100 67 100
National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/oral) 93 100 90 100 43
Cancer Research UK (info.cancerresearchuk.org/healthyliving/openuptomouthcancer/) 86 83 100 67 100
MedicineNet.com (www.medicinenet.com/oral_cancer/article.htm) 86 100 77 81 43
American Dental Association (www.ada.org/public/topics/cancer_oral.asp) 85 90 87 67 100
American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?rnav=cridg&dt=60) 83 90 77 67 100
CDC (www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/topics/cancer.htm) 80 90 70 81 43
Cleveland Clinic (www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3200/3244.asp?index=11184) 79 83 90 67 43
Caring Medical.com (www.caringmedical.com/conditions/Lip_Cancer.htm) 78 74 63 100 100
British Dental Health Foundation (www.dentalhealth.org.uk/mouth) 77 83 83 67 43
UConn Health Center (cancer.uchc.edu/patients_families/treatment_types/headneck/lip_oral.html) 76 90 90 33 43
University of Maryland Medical Center (www.umm.edu/oralhealth/cancer.htm) 76 74 100 48 43
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (www.cancer.med.umich.edu/learn/cantongue.htm) 76 83 90 48 43
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (www.cancercenter.com/tongue-cancer-symptoms.htm) 72 74 100 14 100
The Ohio State University Medical Center (medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthinformation/otherhealthtopics/MensHealth/ConditionsofConcerntoMen/OralCancer) 65 57 90 48 43
New York Online Access to Health (www.noah-health.org/en/cancer/types/han.html) 61 86 70 0 43
Floss.com (www.floss.com/oral_cancer.htm) 58 74 67 0 100
Tongue Cancer.com (www.tonguecancer.com/tongue_cancer.htm) 52 67 57 14 43
Oral Cancer Consortium (www.oral-cancer.org/information.html) 49 57 33 33 100
The Cancer Information Network (www.cancerlinksusa.com/oral) 25 19 53 0 0
Averages 76.6 81.4 82.1 58.4 69.7
*

Weighted.

IQT, Information Quality Tool.