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TABLE 6.

Expectations for Benefit and Side Effects for Themselves and for Most Cancer Patients.

	Potential Benefits from Participation
	Most cancer patients who enroll in investigational studies like the one presented to you experience …	While participating in the investigational study, do you expect …
Their/your cancer gets worse	3%	3%
No change in their/your cancer	9%	3%
Some short term improvement in their/your cancer	56%	33%
Some long term improvement in their/your cancer	18%	39%
A complete cure of their/your cancer	15%	21%