Patient perceptions of stool DNA testing for pan-digestive cancer screening: A survey questionnaire

Table 3 Respondents’ rating of test features in multi-organ stool-DNA test and routine screening tool

	Very important	Somewhat important	Not at all important	Not sure
Stool-DNA test
Detects multiple cancers with single test	95.1%	4.2	0.0	0.7
Safe noninvasive test	85.0%	13.3	0.7	1.0
No need for bowel preparation	80.8%	15.7	3.0	0.5
No need for sedation	77.8%	18.7	3.0	0.5
No need to change diet or medications	75.4%	22.0	1.9	0.7
Performed in the privacy of home	73.8%	21.5	4.2	0.5
No need to take time off from work	56.8%	15.2	27.3	0.7
A routine screening tool
Ability of test to detect pre-cancer or change in body before it becomes cancer	96.5%	3.0	0.2	0.2
Accuracy of the test to say there is a cancer when there really is a cancer	94.7%	4.6	0.0	0.7
Accuracy of the test to say there really is no cancer when there is no cancer	93.3%	5.3	0.5	0.9
Whether test is covered by insurance	62.2%	27.7	8.5	1.6
Risk of injury with test	55.6%	31.4	10.2	2.8
How often the test has to be done	34.9%	43.1	19.2	2.8
The cost of the test	34.0%	44.4	17.8	3.8
Use of laxatives and/or enemas for bowel preparation	27.8%	46.5	22.9	2.8
Discomfort associated with the test	24.9%	48.2	24.2	2.6