HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
Gastric Breast Cancer Network Center
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: Gastric Breast Cancer Network Center
Web address: http://www.gastricbreastcancer.com/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct676942
Date of initial review: 17 Apr 2002
Validity of certificate 14 Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
Date of last visit 18 Jul 2011

This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

The certified website is responsible for the content of its website, unless otherwise provided by law.

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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.

The content of this certificate has been collected and written by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and should not be used without previous permission granted by HON. A request for permission can be sent to: HON.

1. Information must be authoritative

Editorial board
(24 Mar 2011) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

As a non-profit International Organization against Cancer, GBCNC’s mission is to provide free, open access to information and translational research to all interested individuals.
(24 Mar 2011) -

Audience:

interested persons (medical professionals, researchers, students, individuals)
(24 Mar 2011) -

Purpose of the website

The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.
(24 Mar 2011) -

3. Confidentiality

We will never disclose any personal information we hold to a third party.

Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to a medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site.

We undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the countries (UK and Greece) where the Web site and mirror sites are located.
(24 Mar 2011) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

Peter M. Schlag, M.D.
(24 Mar 2011) -

last update: 17 March 2011
(24 Mar 2011) -

5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

Contact us
(24 Mar 2011) -

7. Disclosure of funding sources

We cleary declare that support for this Web site will be clearly identified, including the identities of commercial and non-commercial organisations that have contributed funding, services or material for the site.

Currently, the site is financially supported by the University of Ioannina.
(24 Mar 2011) -

8. Advertising policy

Any article written after the direction of a sponsor will be labelled clearly as advertorial.
(18 Jul 2011) -

Our website hosts advertisement banners and sponsored links.
Advertisement is distinguished by the word "Advertisement" and all the ads will be clearly separated from the editorial content.
(18 Jul 2011) -

Advertisement is distinguished by the word "Advertisement"
(18 Jul 2011) -

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