Patient and family support in the era of fake e-medicine: food for thought from an international consensus panel

Davide Mauri; Konstantinos Kamposioras; Dimitrios Tzachanis; Maria Tolia; Antonis Valachis; Mario Dambrosio; Filippo Alongi; Ramon Andrade De Mello; Jozsef Lövey; Alan Anthoney; Christos Christopoulos; Haytham Hamed Saraireh; Panteleimon Kountourakis; Eleftherios Kampletsas; Lampriani Tsali; Theodoros Tsakiridis; Ioannis Kosovitsas; Athanasios Soukovelos; Diamantina Lymperatou; Nikolaos Polyzos; George Zarkavelis

doi:10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000696

Patient and family support in the era of fake e-medicine: food for thought from an international consensus panel

ESMO Open. 2020 Apr;5(2):e000696. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000696.

Authors

Davide Mauri^{1

2}, Konstantinos Kamposioras³, Dimitrios Tzachanis⁴, Maria Tolia⁵, Antonis Valachis⁶, Mario Dambrosio⁷, Filippo Alongi⁸, Ramon Andrade De Mello^{9

10}, Jozsef Lövey¹¹, Alan Anthoney¹², Christos Christopoulos¹³, Haytham Hamed Saraireh¹⁴, Panteleimon Kountourakis¹⁵, Eleftherios Kampletsas¹⁶, Lampriani Tsali¹⁷, Theodoros Tsakiridis¹⁸, Ioannis Kosovitsas¹⁹, Athanasios Soukovelos²⁰, Diamantina Lymperatou²⁰, Nikolaos Polyzos²¹, George Zarkavelis²²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece dvd.mauri@gmail.com.
² Oncology, EMEKEN, Ioannina, Greece.
³ Department of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Moores Cancer Center, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiotherapy/Radiation Oncology, University of Thessaly Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece.
⁶ Department of Oncology, Örebro Universitet Institutionen för Medicinska Vetenskaper, Orebro, Sweden.
⁷ Division of Medical Oncology, Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano, Lombardia, Italy.
⁸ Advanced Radiation Oncology Department, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, University of Brescia, Verona, Italy.
⁹ Medicine, Univ Porto, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ Medical Oncology / Research Center, Jorge Valente Hospital, Institute of Oncology, Salvador, Brazil.
¹¹ Center of Radiotherapy, National Institute of Oncology, Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
¹² Department of Medical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹³ Service de Radiothérapie Oncologique, Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, Île-de-France, France.
¹⁴ Radiation Oncology Department, King Hussein Medical Center, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan.
¹⁵ Medical Oncology Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, Strovolos, Cyprus.
¹⁶ Medical Oncology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
¹⁷ Section of Evidence Based Medicine, PACMeR, Athens, Greece.
¹⁸ Radiation Oncology, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁹ Department of Informatics, University of Pireaus, Pireas, Greece.
²⁰ Section of Internet in Medicine, PACMeR Athens, Athens, Greece.
²¹ Department of Reproductive Medicine, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
²² Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: fake medicine; guidelines; internet; parapharmacy and counterfeit drugs; patients protection; recommendations; web.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Consensus
Global Health / standards*
Humans
Telemedicine / methods*