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1. To your knowledge, which racial/ethnic group has the highest incidence of gastric cancer?

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2. To your knowledge, death from gastric cancer is more likely for patients from which racial/ethnic group?

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3. Which racial/ethnic group has a significantly higher survival rate for gastric cancers, regardless of tumor site, stage, and treatment?

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4. Which racial/ethnic group has a higher mortality rate for gastric cancers, despite decreasing incidence/mortality of more common cancers, such as breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal?

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5. To your knowledge, which of the following racial/ethnic groups has the highest rate of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancers?

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6. How aware are you of the published analysis showing that African-American patients with gastric cancer are significantly less likely to receive adjuvant radiotherapy?

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7. How confident are you in your knowledge of genetic risk factors for gastric cancer?

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8. How aware are you of current recommendations regarding evaluation of HER2-neu status in patients with gastric cancer?

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9. How confident are you in your knowledge of current guidelines for management of gastric cancer?

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10. How confident are you in the following tasks?

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Identifying patients at risk for gastric cancer
Recognizing symptoms associated with gastric cancer
Coordinating with other clinicians in the development of treatment plans for patients with gastric cancer
Counseling patients with gastric cancer on treatment plans

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11. How confident are you in each of the following?

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Selection of primary surgical intervention for patients with gastric cancer
Selection of patients for concurrent chemoradiation
Selection of patients for postoperative chemotherapy
Selection of first-line therapy for patients with metastatic gastric cancer
Selection of second-line therapy for patients with metastatic gastric cancer
Selection of patients for palliative or best supportive care

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12. Please indicate your level of awareness of potential molecular targets for gastric cancer therapy:

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HER2
EGFR
VEGF

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13. How important is each of the following in your decision process when selecting second-line therapy for patients with gastric cancer?

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Prior therapy
Performance status
Age of patient
Comorbidities
Ability to monitor toxicities
Patient preferences

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