Patient Perspective Awareness
Personal Awareness Prior to Diagnosis:
| I was aware but had no information: | 0 |
| I was not aware at all of brain tumours: | 0 |
| I was very aware of brain tumours: | 0 |
| I was aware (I have a family member with a brain tumour): | 0 |
| Not answered | 0 |
General Awareness Roadblocks
| Lack of knowledge of the therapeutic benefits of chemotherapy | 0 |
| Lack of knowledge of the side effects of chemotherapy | 0 |
| Lack of knowledge about alternative treatment options | 0 |
| Lack of information about financial assistance available | 0 |
| Lack of information about how I go about finding a good surgeon | 0 |
| Lack of information about the availability of clinical trials in Australia | 0 |
| Lack of information about how to get results of clinical trials | 0 |
| Lack of information about where to get support | 0 |
| Lack of Information about the latest research | 0 |
| Other * | 0 |
GENERAL PRACTITIONER AWARENESS
| I was the first brain tumour patient my G.P. came across: | 0 |
| My/Our G.P. was well aware of brain tumours but had never before had a brain tumour patient: | 0 |
| My/Our G.P. had previous experience with brain tumour patients and addressed it straight away: | 0 |
| i knew I had a brain tumour even tho my GP thought it was something else. She listened to my and sent me to hospital anyway: | 0 |
| My/Our G.P. initially thought the brain tumour was something else but did eventually arrive at a correct diagnosis: | 0 |
| My/Our G.P was not involved in the diagnosis: | 0 |
| My/Our G.P had no brain tumour experience or skills to deal with one: | 0 |
| I do not know: | 0 |
| They just wanted to refer me on as too complicated so again made me feel like I was odd | 0 |