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Trust in Cancer Information Sources During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29326

August 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study explores changes in the level of trust in professional, governmental, and personal sources of cancer information among adults who participated in the 2018 to 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Corresponding Author: Todd Burus, PhD, University of Kentucky, 760 Press Ave, Room 479, Lexington, KY 40508 (tburus@uky.edu).

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