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. 2023 Jul 3;31(7):436. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07889-y

Table 1.

Consumer demographics (all rounds)

Round 1 (n = 615) Round 2 (n = 63) Consensus building (n = 9)
Country
  Australia 506 (82.3%) 61 (96.8%) 8 (88.9%)
  New Zealand 42 (6.8%) 2 (3.2%) 1 (11.1%)
  Missing 67 (10.9%) -
Australian state/territory
  NSW 189 (30.7%) 22 (34.9%) 2 (22.2%)
  VIC 117 (19.0%) 16 (25.4%) 2 (22.2%)
  QLD 86 (14.0%) 10 (15.9%) 2 (22.2%)
  SA 33 (5.4%) 5 (7.9%) 2 (22.2%)
  WA 34 (5.5%) 1 (1.6%) -
  TAS 19 (3.1%) 2 (3.2%) -
  ACT 27 (4.4%) 4 (6.3%) -
  NT 1 (0.2%) 1 (1.6%) -
  Missing 109 (17.7%) - -
Cancer type*
  Bone 13 (2.1%) - -
  Brain/central nervous system 78 (12.7%) 5 (7.9%) -
  Breast 192 (31.2%) 24 (38.1%) 1 (11.1%)
  Genitourinary 1 (0.2%) - -
  Gynaecological 23 (3.7%) 3 (4.8%) 1 (11.1%)
  Haematological 34 (5.5%) 8 (12.7%) 1 (11.1%)
  Head and neck 21 (3.4%) 4 (6.3%) 1 (11.1%)
  Hepatobiliary 5 (0.8%) 1 (1.6%) -
  Kidney 5 (0.8%) - -
  Lower GI 22 (3.6%) 3 (4.8%) 1 (11.1%)
  Lung 41 (6.7%) 2 (3.2%) -
  Skin 68 (11.1%) 8 (12.7%) 1 (11.1%)
  Thyroid 1 (0.2%) 1 (1.6%) -
  Upper GI - 1 (1.6%) -
  Pancreatic 20 (3.3%) 1 (1.6%) 1 (11.1%)
  Prostate 75 (12.2%) 8 (12.7%) 2 (22.2%)
Consumer background
  Person living with cancer 440 (71.5%) 59 (93.7%) 7 (77.8%)
  Spouse of person living with cancer 49 (8.0%) 3 (4.8%) 2 (22.2%)
  Child of person living with cancer 10 (1.6%) 1 (1.6%) -
  Caregiver 28 (4.6%) - -
  Other 22 (3.6%) - -
  Missing 66 (10.7%) - -
Age (years), mean (SD) 54.5 (12.5) n = 542 -
Treatments received
  Surgery 396 (64.4%) 48 (76.2%) 8 (88.9%)
  Chemotherapy 313 (50.9%) 42 (66.7%) 8 (88.9%)
  Radiation 289 (47.0%) 36 (57.1%) 5 (55.6%)
  Hormone therapy 163 (26.5%) 10 (15.9%) -
  Immunotherapy 91 (14.8%) 11 (17.5%) 2 (22.2%)
  Other 67 (10.9%) 2 (22.2%)

*May not sum to 100% as patients may have had more than one diagnosis