study report: Cancer patients' awareness of clinical trials - full text

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Cancer patients' awareness of clinical trials, perceptions on

the benefit and willingness to participates http://bit.ly/dqO8Qq

Br J Cancer. 2008

Snip: In general, cancer Clinical Trials (CTs) may be a

matter of common interest. In this study, the mass media strongly influenced

the awareness of CTs. Therefore, campaigning through mass media could be a good

tool to increase the awareness of CTs. In fact, efforts have been made to

increase the awareness of cancer CTs through internet websites in the United

States. The 22% of sources from physicians might indirectly reflect the

proportion of physicians' recommendations for their patients to participate in

CTs. It was recently reported that physicians were the main resource of

patients' awareness and, in addition, strongly influenced participation in

cancer CTs”

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