#BCSM and #breastcancer: Contemporary cancer-specific online social media communities

James R Platt1, Richard R Brady1

  • 1Newcastle Centre for Bowel Disease Research Group, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

The Breast Journal
|September 8, 2019
PubMed

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