From: Cancer patient perceptions on the ethical and legal issues related to biobanking
Type of consent | Initial survey responses | Follow-up survey responses | ||||
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 | (n = 89) | % | Initial (n = 43) | % | Follow-up (n = 43) | % |
Re-consent: The researchers should ask you for your permission to use them every time they would like to do a new study | 9 | 10.1 | 2 | 9.3 | 5 | 11.6 |
One time consent: The researchers should only ask for your permission to use them once, thus allowing researchers to use them for as many studies as they would like | 53 | 59.6 | 29 | 67.4 | 31 | 72.1 |
Tiered consent: The researchers should provide you with options regarding the types of studies your stored samples and health information could and could not be used in | 27 | 30.3 | 10 | 23.3 | 7 | 16.3 |