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) |