Table 3 |
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Beliefs and perceptions of CAM therapy (n = 15). |
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Beliefs |
Percentages |
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I believe CAM therapy will |
Unlikely (1,2) |
Indifferent (3) |
Likely (4,5) |
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Cure Cancer |
31.3% |
50.0% |
18.8% |
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Prevent Spread |
25.0% |
50.0% |
25.0% |
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Assist other treatments |
25.0% |
12.5% |
62.5% |
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Relieve symptoms |
18.8% |
18.8% |
62.5% |
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Have side effects |
56.3% |
12.5% |
31.3% |
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Weaken body's natural reserves |
62.5% |
18.8% |
18.8% |
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Patient's Fault if they don't work |
75.0% |
18.8% |
6.3% |
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Assist the body's natural forces to heal |
6.3% |
18.8% |
75.0% |
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Easy to understand how they work |
37.5% |
25.0% |
37.5% |
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Boost to Immune System |
18.8% |
25.0% |
56.3% |
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Perfectly safe |
25.0% |
31.3% |
43.8% |
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Increase Quality of Life |
6.3% |
31.3% |
62.5% |
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Feeling of control over the cancer |
25.0% |
18.8% |
56.3% |
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Prevent recurrence of Cancer |
18.8% |
56.3% |
25.0% |
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Reduce the chance that other therapies will work |
37.5% |
43.8% |
18.8% |
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Makes them less likely to accept conventional treatments |
50.0% |
37.5% |
12.5% |
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Helyer et al. BMC Cancer 2006 6:39 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-39 |
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