caa a22 4500 445316268 CHVBK 20180317142648.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6 What factors do cancer patients believe contribute to the development of their cancer? (New South Wales, Australia) [Elektronische Daten] [Simon Willcox, Bernard Stewart, Freddy Sitas] Objective: To analyze Australian cancer patients' beliefs about factors contributing to the development of their cancer. Methods: As part of a case-control study (The Cancer Council NSW Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study), a total of 2,857 cancer patients (open to all types of cancer) were surveyed and via an open-ended question, were asked to specify factors they think contributed to the development of their cancer. Qualitative analysis and categorical techniques were used to analyze the data. Results: About half, 53%, of patients specified at least one contributing factor. The odds of a person specifying a contributing factor increased with time period since diagnosis (p=0.0006). Patients most frequently specified, respectively: "Stress” (15.4%), "Genetics/hereditary” (10.9%) and "Smoking” (6.2%). Among factors specified the largest proportion (24.1%) was perceived to be "Non-modifiable.” Conclusion: Cancer patients specified a broad range of factors and agents to which their disease may be attributed. Some of these were poorly correlated with epidemiological rankings of attributable risk factors. The role of psychosocial and genetic factors was overstated. Misconceptions regarding the causes of cancer are a key consideration of health professionals when devising communication strategies around cancer prevention. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Cancer nationallicence Causal beliefs nationallicence Attributions nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Knowledge nationallicence Willcox Simon Cancer Council NSW, Woolloomooloo, Australia aut Stewart Bernard Cancer Control Program, South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Public Health Unit, 2031, Randwick, NSW, Australia aut Sitas Freddy Cancer Council NSW, 153 Dowling Street, 2011, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia aut Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/11(2011-11-01), 1503-1511 0957-5243 22:11<1503 2011 22 10552 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Willcox Simon Cancer Council NSW, Woolloomooloo, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stewart Bernard Cancer Control Program, South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Public Health Unit, 2031, Randwick, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sitas Freddy Cancer Council NSW, 153 Dowling Street, 2011, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/11(2011-11-01), 1503-1511 0957-5243 22:11<1503 2011 22 10552 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer