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Cancer content and social media platform influence young adult cancer caregivers’ social support on social media

Echo L. Warner,a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;b College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;c University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA;d University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, Arizona, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Wilson,b College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;e Parexel International, Durham, North Carolina, USAView further author information
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Lee Ellington,a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;b College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7035-490XView further author information
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Ye Sun,f Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-2037View further author information
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Kristin G. Cloyes,b College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-7716View further author information
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Austin R. Waters,a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9947-8535View further author information
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Taylor Nelson,a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAView further author information
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Anne C. Kirchhoff,a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;g Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-9179View further author information
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Pages 808-815 | Published online: 31 Aug 2021

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