with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer on the Related Korean Internet Web Sites

Purpose: We assessed the quality of information available to patients on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer on the Korean internet web sites. Materials and Methods: This research was undertaken by surfing the internet on the world wide web sites, including naver, nate, daum, yahoo and empas. The key words for the search were 'BPH ' and 'prostate cancer'. We evaluated two main themes, and these were aspect of the contents and the technical contents. The aspects of the contents were the content and authorship, and the technical aspects were related to design and efficiency. Results: We evaluated 45 web sites that focused on BPH and 24 web sites that focused on prostate cancer. From among the web sites, 27 (60%) of the 45 BPH sites and 16 (67%) of the 24 sites gave medical information. Only 14 (31%) of the 27 BPH sites and 12 (50%) of the 24 prostate cancer sites dealt with full information. The average score of these 43 web site