Table 6 Different view between patients and physicians regarding effect of treatment

From: Cancer patients' awareness of clinical trials, perceptions on the benefit and willingness to participate: Korean perspectives

Variable ( N)

Patients (mean±s.d.)

Physicians (mean±s.d.)

P -value

Conventional therapy (45)

6.37±2.04

5.08±2.02

<0.01a

Cancer clinical therapy (42)

7.14±1.84

6.28±1.83

0.028a

Benefit (42)

0.76±2.49

1.14±1.60

0.229a

  1. aPaired t-test.
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