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The goal of this investigation is to ascertain the extent to which the messages breast cancer patients communicated through an online portal can indicate their potential for discontinuing hormonal therapy.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We studied the de-identified electronic medical records of 1106 breast cancer patients who were prescribed hormonal therapy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center over a 12-year period. We designed a data-driven approach to investigate patients\u2019 patterns of messaging with healthcare providers, the topics they communicated, and the extent to which these messaging behaviors associate with the likelihood that a patient will discontinue a prescribed 5-year regimen of therapy.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The results indicates that messaging rate over time [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.373, P\u2009=\u20090.002], mentions of side effects (HR\u2009=\u20091.214, P\u2009=\u20090.006), and surgery-related topics (HR\u2009=\u20091.170, P\u2009=\u20090.034) were associated with increased risk of early medication discontinuation. In contrast, seeking professional suggestions (HR\u2009=\u20090.766, P\u2009=\u20090.002), expressing gratitude to healthcare providers (HR\u2009=\u20090.872, P\u2009=\u20090.044), and mentions of drugs used to treat side effects (HR\u2009=\u20090.807, P\u2009=\u20090.013) were associated with decreased risk of medication discontinuation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion and Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This investigation suggests that patient-generated content can inform the study of health-related behaviors. Given that approximately 50% of breast cancer patients do not complete a course of hormonal therapy as described, the identification of factors associated with medication discontinuation can facilitate real-time interventions to prevent early discontinuation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocy118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,11]],"date-time":"2018-08-11T04:59:53Z","timestamp":1533963593000},"page":"1444-1451","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["The therapy is making me sick: how online portal communications between breast cancer patients and physicians indicate medication discontinuation"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3075-1337","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhijun","family":"Yin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 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