Table 4.
Reasons for answers about willingness to utilize the off-label drug as molecular-based recommended therapy
| No cost burden | Cost ¥200,000 per month (approximately $US1,300/month) | Cost ¥1,000,000 per month (approximately $US6,700/month) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Reasons for “very positive” and “positive” | ||||||
| Total number pf people | 687 | 100 | 258 | 100 | 112 | 100 |
| Expect the anti-tumor efficacy | 458 | 67 | 192 | 74 | 67 | 60 |
| Hate doing nothing | 216 | 31 | 67 | 26 | 28 | 25 |
| Believe I can contribute to future cancer treatment | 193 | 28 | 62 | 24 | 26 | 23 |
| Think my family would like it | 98 | 14 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 16 |
| Others | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Don’t know/Don’t want to answer | 38 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| Reasons for “fair”, “negative”, and “not at all” | ||||||
| Total number pf people | 574 | 100 | 1003 | 100 | 1149 | 100 |
| Too expensive | NA | NA | 594 | 59 | 843 | 73 |
| Safety concerns | 183 | 32 | 181 | 18 | 177 | 15 |
| Not clear about the efficacy | 245 | 43 | 301 | 30 | 312 | 27 |
| Cancer can’t be cured | 151 | 26 | 206 | 21 | 214 | 19 |
| Psychological resistance to using off-label drugs | 149 | 26 | 181 | 18 | 148 | 13 |
| Think my family would not like it | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Others | 18 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| Don’t know/Don’t want to answer | 125 | 22 | 123 | 12 | 116 | 10 |
Abbrebiation NA not applicable