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Stacy Loeb1, Mariana Rangel Camacho1, Tatiana Sanchez Nolasco1
1Departments of Urology and Population Health, New York University Langone Health and Manhattan Veterans Affairs, New York, NY, USA.
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Inaccurate information about prostate cancer is widespread on online social networks in English and Spanish and spans a variety of topics from prevention and screening to treatment and survivorship. Clinicians should raise awareness that social media can be a source of misinformation about prostate cancer, preemptively address prevalent myths, and actively participate in public dissemination of evidence-based information.
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