Table 1.
Survey respondents’ characteristics.
| Respondents’ characteristics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | Number | Percentage | |
| Age | |||
| <40 years old | 10 | 35.7 | |
| >40 years old | 18 | 64.3 | |
| Years in practice | 14.1 ± 8.5 years | ||
| Health organizations | |||
| Public hospital | 13 | 46.4 | |
| University hospital | 9 | 32.1 | |
| Italian institutes for research and care | 6 | 21.5 | |
| Location of the hospital | |||
| North of Italy | 20 | 71.4 | |
| Center of Italy | 5 | 17.9 | |
| South of Italy | 2 | 7.1 | |
| Islands | 1 | 3.6 | |
| Medical training | |||
| Medical oncology | 22 | 78.6 | |
| Gynecology | 6 | 21.4 | |
| Clinical focus | |||
| Only gynecological cancers | 3 | 10.7 | |
| Mainly gynecological cancers | 23 | 82.1 | |
| Marginally gynecological cancers | 2 | 7.2 | |
| Cumulative number of new EC diagnoses per month | |||
| Less than 5 | 5 | 17.9 | |
| 5–10 | 17 | 60.7 | |
| 11–25 | 0 | 0 | |
| More than 25 | 6 | 21.4 | |
| Cumulative number of recurrent, locally advanced (unresectable), or metastatic EC patients treated per month | |||
| Less than 5 | 6 | 21.4 | |
| 5–10 | 12 | 42.9 | |
| 11–25 | 10 | 35.7 | |
| Cumulative number of pretreated metastatic EC patients treated per month | |||
| Less than 5 | 8 | 28.6 | |
| 5–10 | 11 | 39.3 | |
| 11–25 | 9 | 32.1 | |