title: [Osteosarcoma: reliability and quality of the information in the internet].
abstract: The World Wide Web has grown during the last years to a considerable source of medical information for experts as well as for laymen and patients. The quality of this information is subjected to some limitation linked with the structure of the Internet and the management of Internet pages. The cross- sectional study presented evaluates and compares quality and reliability of information with respect of osteosarcoma in the most common German-language Internet pages for medical information. As both, one of the most common primary malignant bone tumors and its peak of incidence at the age of childhood and youth, osteosarcoma is considered of significant importance in orthopedic oncology.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie, LHK Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 5-7, 8036, Graz, Österreich.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schippinger
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruckenstuhl
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friesenbichler
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leithner
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires