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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2018 Apr 19;27(7):1711–1718. doi: 10.1002/pon.4712

Table 2:

Pancreatic cancer risk perception and cancer worry

N %
Perceived lifetime chance of pancreatic cancer
 0% 2 1.5
 10% 20 15.2
 20% 11 8.3
 30% 14 10.6
 40% 4 3.0
 50% 38 28.8
 60% 14 10.6
 70% 8 6.1
 80% 10 7.6
 90% 1 .8
 100% 0 0
How often do you worry about getting pancreatic cancer?
 Not at all/rarely 54 40.9
 Sometimes 55 41.7
 Often/almost all the time 21 15.9
How much does your worry affect your mood?
 Not at all/rarely 104 78.8
 Sometimes 17 12.9
 Often/almost all the time 8 6.1
How much does your worry affect your ability to perform your daily activities?
 Not at all/rarely 120 90.9
 Sometimes 8 6.1
 Often/almost all the time 3 2.3
When do you tend to worry about pancreatic cancer?
 When I am at the doctor/When I am sick 46 34.8
 When I go for screening/waiting for my screening results 75 56.8
 When I am with family 7 5.3
 When I think about loved ones who have had pancreatic cancer 76 57.6
 During the holidays 11 8.3
 On my birthday 40 30.3
 On the birthday of my loved ones who have died of pancreatic cancer 40 30.3
 I worry all the time about pancreatic cancer 6 4.5
 I do not worry about pancreatic cancer at specific times, it happens randomly when I do not expect to worry 41 31.3
 I do not worry about pancreatic cancer 10 7.6