How social media can help to understand treatment experiences of survivors of rare cancers: Findings from the Granulosa Cell Tumor (GCT) Survivor Sisters Facebook group member survey

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Background: Engaging with online social media consumer groups for rare cancers may help to develop collaborations between consumers and researchers. This study, a collaboration with the Granulosa Cell Tumor-Survivor Sisters (GCT-SS) Facebook group, explores the results of their survey of member's treatment and follow-up experiences. Methods: Members of the closed multinational GCT-SS Facebook group completed a 43-item survey covering symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, recurrence, follow-up, and possible risk factors for GCT. Group members could have adult (aGCT) or juvenile (jGCT) disease. Data was collected via an online survey between 2014 and 2019. Results: A total of 743 members (average 4.4 years [SD = 5.9] post-diagnosis) participated including 52 with jGCT. A total of 67% had stage I disease and 8% had stage III–IV at diagnosis, although 30% of aGCT and 25% of jGCT reported recurrent disease at survey completion. A total of 48% of aGCT had laparoscopic surgery, tumor encapsulation was reported by 49%, and tumor bagging reported by 29% overall (37% laparoscopic; 8% open). Recurrence rates were higher when the tumor was cut or ruptured (ruptured: p

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White, V. M., Alexiadis, M., Eroh, K. D., Ackermann, M. K., Rodgers, S., Langdale, L. M., … Chu, S. (2023). How social media can help to understand treatment experiences of survivors of rare cancers: Findings from the Granulosa Cell Tumor (GCT) Survivor Sisters Facebook group member survey. Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34767

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