Table 2.

Internet usage by patients with breast cancer.

		%	N (amount/total)
Internet use in general		95.8	161/168
Frequency of Internet use
	Daily	61.3	103/168
	>1/week	26.8	45/168
	>1/month	3.6	6/168
	Rarely/never	4.2	7/168
Types of Internet use
	Email	88.1	148/168
	Social networks	26.8	45/168
	Reading online news, articles	48.2	81/168
	Usage of Wikis/online encyclopedia	53.0	89/168
	Search for information about products/services	54.2	91/168
	Read/express opinions on the web	16.1	27/168
	Participation in counseling/vote (ie, city planning)	8.9	15/168
	Participation in online courses for private education/qualification	5.4	9/168
Internet use for health-related issues
	General information about my disease	92.7	140/151
	Search for information about physicians/hospitals	66.9	101/151
	Contact my physician	12.6	19/151
	Contact my pharmacist	0.7	1/151
	Exchanging information with other patients	34.4	52/151
	Search for therapies	64.2	97/151
	Scientific information	68.2	103/151
Mobile phone use for health-related purposes		9.8	15/153