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Searching for cures: Inner-city and rural patients' awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials

Fewer than 5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials, making it challenging to test new therapies or interventions for cancer. Even within that small number, patients living in inner-city and rural areas are underrepresented in clinical trials. This study explores cancer patients' aw...

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Autores principales: Geana, Mugur, Erba, Joseph, Krebill, Hope, Doolittle, Gary, Madhusudhana, Sheshadri, Qasem, Abdulraheem, Malomo, Nikki, Sharp, Denise
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29740623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2016.12.004
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author Geana, Mugur
Erba, Joseph
Krebill, Hope
Doolittle, Gary
Madhusudhana, Sheshadri
Qasem, Abdulraheem
Malomo, Nikki
Sharp, Denise
author_facet Geana, Mugur
Erba, Joseph
Krebill, Hope
Doolittle, Gary
Madhusudhana, Sheshadri
Qasem, Abdulraheem
Malomo, Nikki
Sharp, Denise
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description Fewer than 5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials, making it challenging to test new therapies or interventions for cancer. Even within that small number, patients living in inner-city and rural areas are underrepresented in clinical trials. This study explores cancer patients' awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials, as well as their perceptions of patient-provider interactions related to discussing cancer clinical trials in order to improve accrual in cancer clinical trials. Interviews with 66 former and current in inner-city and rural cancer patients revealed a lack of awareness and understanding about clinical trials, as well as misconceptions about what clinical trials entail. Findings also revealed that commercials and television shows play a prominent role in forming inner-city and rural patients' attitudes and/or misconceptions about clinical trials. However, rural patients were more likely to hold unfavorable views about clinical trials than inner-city patients. Patient-provider discussions emerged as being crucial for increasing awareness of clinical trials among patients and recruiting them to trials. Findings from this study will inform communication strategies to enhance recruitment to cancer clinical trials by increasing awareness and countering misconceptions about clinical trials.
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spelling pubmed-59367022018-05-08 Searching for cures: Inner-city and rural patients' awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials Geana, Mugur Erba, Joseph Krebill, Hope Doolittle, Gary Madhusudhana, Sheshadri Qasem, Abdulraheem Malomo, Nikki Sharp, Denise Contemp Clin Trials Commun Article Fewer than 5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials, making it challenging to test new therapies or interventions for cancer. Even within that small number, patients living in inner-city and rural areas are underrepresented in clinical trials. This study explores cancer patients' awareness and perceptions of cancer clinical trials, as well as their perceptions of patient-provider interactions related to discussing cancer clinical trials in order to improve accrual in cancer clinical trials. Interviews with 66 former and current in inner-city and rural cancer patients revealed a lack of awareness and understanding about clinical trials, as well as misconceptions about what clinical trials entail. Findings also revealed that commercials and television shows play a prominent role in forming inner-city and rural patients' attitudes and/or misconceptions about clinical trials. However, rural patients were more likely to hold unfavorable views about clinical trials than inner-city patients. Patient-provider discussions emerged as being crucial for increasing awareness of clinical trials among patients and recruiting them to trials. Findings from this study will inform communication strategies to enhance recruitment to cancer clinical trials by increasing awareness and countering misconceptions about clinical trials. Elsevier 2016-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5936702/ /pubmed/29740623 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2016.12.004 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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