Table 2.

Comprehension levels of explanatory materials

	Total		Cancer patients		Medical professionals		Non-cancer volunteers
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Number of people	1261	100	419	100	430	100	412	100
Options of cancer treatment
Excellent	96	8	27	6	57	13	12	3
Very well	761	60	274	65	294	68	193	47
Fair	364	29	107	26	73	17	184	45
Poor	36	3	11	3	4	1	21	5
Very poor	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
Anti-cancer treatments based on the cancer genomic alteration
Excellent	83	7	21	5	51	12	11	3
Very well	677	54	216	52	294	68	167	41
Fair	432	34	153	37	79	18	200	49
Poor	63	5	27	6	4	1	32	8
Very poor	6	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
Japanese healthcare system and the off-label drug use
Excellent	84	7	18	4	52	12	14	3
Very well	678	54	220	53	278	65	180	44
Fair	424	34	147	35	91	21	186	45
Poor	70	6	33	8	7	2	30	7
Very poor	5	0	1	0	2	1	2	1
Notes for treatment with the off-label use of drugs
Excellent	83	7	19	5	49	11	15	4
Very well	701	56	229	55	288	67	184	45
Fair	409	32	141	34	86	20	182	44
Poor	64	5	29	7	6	1	29	7
Very poor	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1