Table 2 Top 20 most popular news stories related to breast cancer (measured by total shares in social networking sites), its credibility and content type, between June 2019 and June 2020
Rank | News story title and webpage | Total shares | Credibility: Verified or rumour | Content type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trial vaccine wipes out breast cancer in Florida patient (Fox News Orlando) | 1,822,993 | Rumour | Treatment |
2 | Loyal boyfriend who stuck with girlfriend during breast cancer proposes on her last day of chemo (The Epoch Times) | 734,482 | n/a | Real-life story |
3 | Breast Cancer Vaccine Has Eliminated Cancer in Its First Human Patient (The Breast Cancer Site) | 729,185 | Rumour | Treatment |
4 | Dad with breast cancer 'rejected from support groups because he's a man' (Metro) | 640,106 | n/a | Real-life story |
5 | Albuquerque Police Department paints a patrol car pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (CNN) | 635,438 | n/a | Real-life story |
6 | Shannen Doherty reveals breast cancer is back, now stage 4 (NBC News) | 356,393 | n/a | Real-life story |
7 | Scientists Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading (Science Alert) | 352,749 | Verified | Treatment |
8 | Mom of 6 who survived breast cancer dies from COVID-19 (WGXA) | 279,729 | n/a | Real-life story |
9 | Trial vaccine wipes out breast cancer in Florida patient (Fox News Phoenix) | 267,336 | Rumour | Treatment |
10 | New blood test can detect breast cancer 5 years before lumps appear (NY Post) | 188,567 | Rumour | Treatment |
11 | Mom of 6 who survived breast cancer dies from COVID-19 in Snohomish Co. (KOMO-TV) | 167,651 | n/a | Real-life story |
12 | Olivia Newton-John winning breast cancer battle as tumours shrunk thanks to marijuana (Express) | 164,526 | Rumour | Treatment |
13 | Mom of 6 who survived breast cancer dies from COVID-19 (Local 12) | 161,878 | n/a | Real-life story |
14 | Trial vaccine wipes out breast cancer in Florida patient (Fox News DC) | 161,035 | Rumour | Treatment |
15 | 19-year-old Ghanaian creates system to predict and diagnose breast cancer (Ghana Web) | 149,237 | Rumour | New technology |
16 | Black women are over 6 times more likely to get breast cancer from hair dye and relaxers- New study finds (Pulse) | 145,238 | Rumour | Risk factors |
17 | Mayo Breast Cancer Vaccine Could Be Available In Less Than A Decade (Forbes) | 141,629 | Verified | Treatment |
18 | Shannen Doherty shares she has stage 4 breast cancer: 'I'd rather people hear it from me' (Good Morning America) | 138,195 | n/a | Real-life story |
19 | Sad News, Robin Roberts Painfully Reveals She Had Breast Cancer. (YouTube) | 134,769 | n/a | Real-life story |
20 | Mom of 6 who survived breast cancer dies from COVID-19 (Fox News Nashville) | 130,886 | n/a | Real-life story |