A Study on People's Information Needs of Cancer Websites

In daily life, more and more people rely on medical websites to seek medical information and treatment methods. In order to meet the demand of users, especially, before the construction of the websites, information and function need have to he understood first. Accordingly, this research intends to investigate and analyse people's information needs in cancer prevention and treatment. This research applies in-depth interview, focus group, questionnaire and survey research methods, and analyses existing health and cancer websites to get rich materials. The results show people's cancer information need, and the priority of those needs. Finally, the author discusses the needs of provision of folk treatment information in the cancer websites.