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Table 3.

Comparison of Baseline and Follow-up: General Beliefs About Cancer (n = 70)

Belief	Baseline n (%)^a	Follow-up n (%)	p value^b
A tumor is always cancerous	9 (13.6)	7 (10.6)	0.480
A cancer that has not spread to other areas of the body has a good chance for control or cure	61 (87.1)	65 (92.9)	0.206
There is nothing that can be done to reduce the risk of cancer	28 (40.6)	10 (14.5)	0.001

^{^a}

Percentages based on nonmissing values.

^{^b}

McNemar's test for marginal homogeneity (significance level α = 0.05).