Table 5.

Comparison of the number of tweets containing misconceptions by any user category and the number of tweets by cancer specialists and health-related accounts during the study period.

Time period (2017)	Tweets containing misconceptions (n)	Tweets by cancer specialists and health-related accounts (n)
May 1-16	1616	35
May 17-31	1992	33
June 1-16a	4365	108
June 17-30	2561	41
July 1-16a	3441	104
July 17-31	2854	84
August 1-16	2486	21
August 17-31	2758	59
September 1-16	2026	49
September 17-30	2670	51
October 1-16	1372	52
October 17-31	1761	44

^aNoticeable spikes in the number of tweets containing misconceptions and tweets by cancer specialists and health-related accounts.