Table 3. Perceptions and attitudes of the participants toward second primary cancer prevention after cancer treatment (n=313).
| Question | No. (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| How often do you advise a patient to receive SPC screening? | ||
| Always | 53 (16.9) | |
| Most of the time | 137 (43.8) | |
| Some of the time | 93 (29.7) | |
| Rarely | 23 (7.3) | |
| Never | 6 (1.9) | |
| What kind of SPC screening do you suggest to the patients? | ||
| Breast cancer | 294 (93.9) | |
| Colon cancer | 254 (81.2) | |
| Gastric cancer | 167 (53.4) | |
| Lung cancer | 97 (31.0) | |
| Lymphoma or Hematologic cancer | 4 (1.3) | |
| None | 17 (5.4) | |
| Who do you think is most responsible for SPC prevention of a gynecological cancer patient? | ||
| Gynecological oncologist | 139 (44.4) | |
| Primary care physician | 93 (29.7) | |
| Oncology nurse | 14 (4.5) | |
| Public health nurse | 6 (1.9) | |
| I don’t know | 48 (15.3) | |
| Other | 13 (4.1) | |
| When do you think is the best timing to start SPC prevention for a gynecological cancer patient? | ||
| At any point during treatment | 72 (23.0) | |
| When the cancer treatment is completed | 118 (37.7) | |
| After cancer treatment, when a certain amount of time has passed | 111 (35.5) | |
| I don’t know. | 11 (3.5) | |
| I am not involved in this issue. | 1 (0.3) | |
| How do you provide advice and guidance on SPC prevention to a patient? | ||
| I do it by myself, verbally. | 257 (82.1) | |
| I request help from other professionals. | 25 (8.0) | |
| I use educational material. | 23 (7.3) | |
| I am not involved in this issue. | 4 (1.3) | |
| Other | 4 (1.3) | |
| What is the most significant barrier to addressing SPC prevention for gynecologic cancer survivors? | ||
| Lack of time to talk about this issue | 115 (36.7) | |
| Lack of guidelines or information with which to instruct the patient | 36 (11.5) | |
| The idea that SPC prevention is not the responsibility of a gynecologic oncologist | 33 (10.5) | |
| The idea that SPC prevention is not necessary unless the primary cancer follow-up is done | 14 (4.5) | |
| I already provide sufficient instruction to the patients. | 66 (21.0) | |
| Other | 49 (15.7) | |
SPC, second primary cancer.