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Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between log-transformed SVIs of search terms and log-transformed ASRs of the four cancers

From: Google as a cancer control tool in Queensland

Log-transformed ASR

Log-transformed SVI

Pearson correlation coefficient

P-value

Melanoma

Melanoma

0.284

0.009

Melanoma

Skin cancer

0.424

0.000

Breast cancer

Breast cancer

0.236

0.030

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

0.264

0.015

Colorectal cancer

Bowel cancer

0.287

0.008

Colorectal cancer

Colon cancer

0.268

0.014

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer

0.110

0.321