Help to inform a funding application discussing different radiotherapy treatment options for hepatobiliary cancer

About the survey: You have been invited to complete this survey to feed into the background of a funding application for a research project. Its important that when research is funded, it is relevant and meets an unmet need for the people affected by the disease its focusing on. Therefore, you are invited to provide your insight via the questions below.

Before completing this survey, please read the information sheet here.

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* 1. What is your experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic or liver cancer?

I have had radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer

I have had radiotherapy for liver cancer

Someone I care for has had radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer

Someone I care for has had radiotherapy for liver cancer

I have or have had pancreatic cancer but have no experience of radiotherapy

I have or have had liver cancer but have no experience of radiotherapy

Someone I care for has or has had pancreatic cancer but has no experience of radiotherapy

Someone I care for has or has had liver cancer but has no experience of radiotherapy

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Have you/ someone you care for had an MRI scan?

Yes I have had an MRI scan

Yes, someone I care for has had an MRI scan

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* 3. If yes, how long were you/someone you care for in the MRI scanner for?

0-15 mins

15-30 mins

30-45 mins

45 mins or more

I have no experience of MRI scans

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* 4. How anxious did you/ someone you care for feel about being in the MRI scanner?

Very anxious

Anxious

Unsure

Not anxious

Not at all anxious

I have no experience of MRI scans

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* 5. If you or someone you care for felt anxious, what was the cause of this anxiety?

Claustrophobia

Noise

I didn't feel anxious

I have no experience of MRI scans

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Before being invited to complete this survey and read the information sheet, were you aware that radiotherapy is used to treat pancreatic/ liver cancer?

Yes

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* 7. What would your/ someone you care for concerns be about having radiation therapy/radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer?

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* 8. If you or someone you care for have experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic/ liver cancer, did you have something during radiotherapy treatment to minimise the amount of breathing motion?

Yes, a compression belt

Yes, something in the mouth to breathe through

I was told to hold my breath

Unsure

I don't have any prior experience of radiotherapy

Any other comments

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* 9. If you have experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic/ liver cancer, how did you feel about the method used as you indicated in question 8?

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* 10. How long do you think you/ someone you care for could tolerate a breathing motion device such as in question 8 if your doctor said it could reduce the risk of side effects?

0-10 mins

10-20 mins

20-30 mins

30-40 mins

Unsure

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* 11. With advanced radiotherapy techniques we are likely to be able to reduce the damage to healthy tissue. Which of the two options below would you/ your loved one prefer?

Keep the dose to the tumour the same and reduce the chance and severity of side effects

Raise the dose to the tumour potentially improving outcomes but with similar rates of side effects as standard treatments

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* 12. What do you consider to be important outcomes for a study into cancer treatments?

	Very important	Important	Unsure	Not important	Not at all important
Increased survival	Increased survival Very important	Increased survival Important	Increased survival Unsure	Increased survival Not important	Increased survival Not at all important
Reduced pain	Reduced pain Very important	Reduced pain Important	Reduced pain Unsure	Reduced pain Not important	Reduced pain Not at all important
Reduced side effects	Reduced side effects Very important	Reduced side effects Important	Reduced side effects Unsure	Reduced side effects Not important	Reduced side effects Not at all important

Other (please specify)

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* 13. What is the maximum amount you/ someone you care for would be willing to increase treatment time, if the doctor said it could reduce the risk of side effects?

I wouldn't be willing to increase treatment time

0-10 mins

10-20 mins

20-30 mins

30-40 mins

40-50 mins

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* 14. Having read the information sheet summarising the purpose of this study (link at the top of the survey), how important and relevant do you think it is to people with pancreatic/ liver cancer?

Help to inform a funding application discussing different radiotherapy treatment options for hepatobiliary cancer

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* 1. What is your experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic or liver cancer?

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* 2. Have you/ someone you care for had an MRI scan?

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* 3. If yes, how long were you/someone you care for in the MRI scanner for?

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* 4. How anxious did you/ someone you care for feel about being in the MRI scanner?

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* 5. If you or someone you care for felt anxious, what was the cause of this anxiety?

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* 6. Before being invited to complete this survey and read the information sheet, were you aware that radiotherapy is used to treat pancreatic/ liver cancer?

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* 7. What would your/ someone you care for concerns be about having radiation therapy/radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer?

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* 8. If you or someone you care for have experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic/ liver cancer, did you have something during radiotherapy treatment to minimise the amount of breathing motion?

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* 9. If you have experience of radiotherapy for pancreatic/ liver cancer, how did you feel about the method used as you indicated in question 8?

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* 10. How long do you think you/ someone you care for could tolerate a breathing motion device such as in question 8 if your doctor said it could reduce the risk of side effects?

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* 11. With advanced radiotherapy techniques we are likely to be able to reduce the damage to healthy tissue. Which of the two options below would you/ your loved one prefer?

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* 12. What do you consider to be important outcomes for a study into cancer treatments?

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* 13. What is the maximum amount you/ someone you care for would be willing to increase treatment time, if the doctor said it could reduce the risk of side effects?

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* 14. Having read the information sheet summarising the purpose of this study (link at the top of the survey), how important and relevant do you think it is to people with pancreatic/ liver cancer?

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* 15. Do you have any other comments?