Table 1.

Demographic and medical information of the breast cancer patients (N = 223)

Demographic information		Medical information
Age		Screening referral*
Mean ± SD	58.7 ± 9.4	Yes	151 (67.7%)
Partner		No	72 (32.3%)
Yes	179 (80.2%)	Disease stage
No	37 (16.6%)	Stage 0	24 (10.8%)
Missing	7 (3.1%)	Stage I	93 (41.7%)
Children		Stage IIa	70 (31.4%)
Yes	191 (85.7%)	Stage IIb	35 (15.7%)
No	29 (13.0%)	Indefinable	1 (0.4%)
Missing	3 (1.3%)	Type of operation
Educational level		Breast conserving therapy	107 (48.0%)
Low	85 (38.1%)	Mastectomy	114 (51.1%)
Middle	95 (42.6%)	No operation	2 (0.9%)
High	37 (16.6%)	Adjuvant therapy
Missing	6 (2.7%)	Received chemotherapy	60 (26.9%)
Work status		Received radiotherapy	117 (52.2%)
Employed	85 (38.1%)	Received hormone treatment	87 (39.0%)
Unemployed	135 (60.5%)
Missing	3 (1.3%)

* Screening referral Women referred by the national breast cancer screening program