| Do you worry that the cancer may come back? |
| A lot |
4 (4%) |
Somewhat |
15 (17%) |
A little |
58 (64%) |
Not at all |
14 (15%) |
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| Would you wish to have the test even though it sometimes fails to pick up a recurrence? |
| Yes |
90 (99%) |
No |
0 |
Don't know |
1 (1%) |
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| Would you wish to have the test even though it may cause undue worry by being falsely positive? |
| Yes |
90 (99%) |
No |
0 |
Don't know |
1 (1%) |
|
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| When you have a blood test at the clinic, do you worry about the result? |
| A lot |
8 (9%) |
Somewhat |
7 (8%) |
A little |
39 (43%) |
Not at all |
37 (40%) |
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| How reassured are you by a normal CEA test result? |
| A lot |
49 (54%) |
Somewhat |
23 (25%) |
A little |
13 (14%) |
Not at all |
2 (2%) |
No answer |
4(4%) |
| Out of 100 patients with a recurrence, how many would need to be curable before you would consider the test worth taking? |
| 100 |
4 (4%) |
50 |
19 (21%) |
10 |
19 (21%) |
1 |
38 (42%) |
No answer |
10 (11%) |
| If you had no symptoms but a blood test told us your cancer was back, would you wish to know, even if we could not cure you? |
| Yes |
88 (97%) |
No |
0 |
Don't know |
0 |
No answer |
3 (3%) |
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