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. 2023 Aug 1;12(17):18133–18152. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6375

TABLE 3.

Factors affecting treatment decision‐making in pediatric and adult cancer in low‐ and middle‐income countries.

Decision maker Decision specific Contextual
Personal belief system/characteristics Quality of Life Adherence to treatment and compliance Physician professional background Professional interaction/communication Patient‐related features Treatment toxicities Features of cancer Diagnostics Treatment intent/anticipated outcomes COVID‐19 and other infectious diseases Treatment and supportive care Practice setting/organization Government policies/political climate Socioeconomic status Culture/religion Access to resources/information Influence of family/community Reimbursement policies/cost of treatment Resource allocation
Pankaj 44
Abdullah 45
Sun 46
Wu 47
Zhou 48
Lee 49
Kowalski 50
Deliana 51
Brucker 52
Zhang 53
Doval 54
Demir Kureci 55
Agrawal 56
Batistella 57
Wu 58
Liu 59
Lin 60
Gumus 61
Mishra 62
Ogunkorode 63
Obeidat 64
Rosabal‐Obando 65
Mailankody 66
Behan 67
Bhandari 68
Yuksel 69
De Guzman 70
Teh 71
Abbasi 72
Shariff 73
Harris 74
Skelton 75
Tang 76
Pereira de Veiga 77
Amaro 78
Al‐Tabba 79
Bhatla 80
Kilicarslan‐Toruner 81
Aziato 82
Muhamad 83
Kouya 84
Wang 85
Salisu 86
Agyemang 87
Ahmadnia 88
Gielen 89
El‐Hadidy 90
Gong 91
Ramakrishnan 92
Salek 93
Hurdle 94
Baijal 95
Menon 96
Pawar 97
Jain 98
Peruzzo 99
Ngorsuraches 100
Zhou 101
Ramesh 102
Malhotra 103
Del Pilar Estevez‐Diz 104
Yousef 105
Hong 106
Mendoza 107
Siavashpour 108
Vanderpuye 109
Pritchard‐Jones 110
Nair 111
Agom 112
Shelal 113
Daroudi 114
Li 115
Alexander 116
Bhattacharya 117
Soltani 118
Datta 119
Alexander 120
Olasehinde 121
Brown 122

Note: Factors are categorized as related to the decision maker, decision, and context. Articles shaded in gray reflect those reporting original research (inclusive of abstracts and a poster presentation presenting primary data).