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. 2022 Oct 26;34(1):e10. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2023.34.e10

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.