Internet Search Trends Relevant to Interventional Oncology: A Google Trends Study (2004-2020)

Philipp Berning; Majid Maybody; Amy R Deipolyi; Stephen B Solomon; Omar Dzaye

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2021.07.005

Internet Search Trends Relevant to Interventional Oncology: A Google Trends Study (2004-2020)

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Oct;32(10):1445-1448.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.07.005. Epub 2021 Jul 20.

Authors

Philipp Berning¹, Majid Maybody², Amy R Deipolyi², Stephen B Solomon³, Omar Dzaye⁴

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
² Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
³ Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/sloan_kettering.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: odzaye@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 34602160
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.07.005

Abstract

Interventional Radiology (IR) procedures addressing cancer have been grouped in the subspecialty of interventional oncology and represent an important component of modern multidisciplinary cancer care. This study pinpoints temporal and geographical trends of public online searches for terms related to the field, as well as IR-related cancer therapies. Google Trends data were analyzed for long-term (2004-2020) trends in the United States and worldwide. Overall, search interest for IR increased throughout the United States but decreased globally. Specific search volumes for cancer-related IR techniques such as radioembolization and chemoembolization therapies increased by 2.8- and 2.5-fold, respectively, in the United States, whereas the search volumes for ablation techniques remained steady or decreased. Future research and advocacy may focus on increasing public awareness of the field.

MeSH terms

Humans
Internet
Medical Oncology
Neoplasms* / therapy
Radiology, Interventional
Search Engine*
United States