Table 1.

Cancer screening knowledge, true/false battery for cancer patients surveyed at RCRH CCI, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2005–2007

Screening knowledge statement	Native American (n = 52) N (percent)	White (n= 113) N (percent)	P-value
Screening tests for cancer should only be done for people who have symptoms that might be caused by cancer.
True	9(17)	12(11)	0.23
False/I don’t knowa	43 (83)	101 (89)
Screening tests for cancer only need to be done once in a person’s lifetime.
True	4(8)	0(0)	0.003
False/I don’t knowa	48 (92)	113(100)
People who do not have a family history of cancer still need to be screened for cancer.
Truea	48 (92)	109 (96)	0.49
False/I don’t know	3(6)	4(4)
Prefer not to answer	1 (2)	0(0)
Only people who smoke need to be screened for cancer.
True	5(10)	1 (D
False/I don’t knowa	46 (88)	112(99)	0.005
Prefer not to answer	1 (2)	0(0)

^aDenotes the correct answer, which was given a score of 1 for tabulation of the scores for the battery for screening knowledge. All other answers were given a score of zero.

NOTE: The tabulated score of Table 1 was summed with the tabulated score of Table 2 to comprise the total score for screening knowledge.

RCRH CCI = Rapid City Regional Hospital Cancer Care Institute