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. 2017 Dec 13;19(12):e414. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9266

Table 2.

Example of topics and their probabilities assigned to each tweet.

Category Tweet Top 3 topics (topic probability)
Promotional “What is risk of pts w #Lynchsyndrome developing various cancers over time? Population-based study offers answers.” Risk (.644), genetic testing (.197), treatment (.118)

“Adapting to body changes during #cancer treatment #LynchSyndrome” Treatment (.533), patient (.276), family (.139)
Laypeople “I have Lynch Syndrome with 60-80% chance of dying from colon cancer just like my mother and brother #IAmAPreexistingCondition” Family and hereditary (.442), screening (.327), patient (.172)

“My #breastcancer diagnosis caused me to get a #genetics test & found out I have a gene 4 #LynchSyndrome #earlydetection #ColonCancerMonth” Patient (.716), risk (.128), awareness/awareness event (.119)