Table 2.

Patient Preferences and Interactions With Providers

Variable	Patients		Weighted %	% Receiving RT*	P†
	No.	%
Surgeon participation in radiation decision					< .001
Lower	592	45.0	44.9	74.7
High	690	52.4	51.2	86.5
Unknown	35	2.7		49.0
Desire to avoid radiation exposure					< .001
Lower	841	63.9	62.9	87.5
High	370	28.1	27.6	61.6
Unknown	106	8.0	9.5	80.8

Abbreviation: RT, radiotherapy.

^*Percent receiving RT calculated within the weighted sample. Patients were categorized as receiving RT if they reported that they had or were going to have radiation therapy to treat their breast cancer (n = 1,136). Of these, 188 patients reported that they had yet to start radiation.

^†P values assessed for differences in likelihood of RT receipt by the categories shown; separate category included for unknown when unknown values exceeded 5% (ie, for both patient preference items).