Table 4.

Information Sources Used, displayed by Treatment Decision-Making Role

			Active		Collaborative		Passive a
Information Source	No.	%	(n=80)		(n=69)		(n=25)		FE
			n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	p-value
Physicians	168	92.8	75	(93.8)	63	(91.3)	25	(100)	.367
Books/magazines	100	55.2	50	(62.5)	40	(58.0)	9	(36.0)	.062
Family and Friends	79	43.6	34	(42.5)	32	(46.4)	8	(32.0)	.482
Internet	77	42.5	43	(53.8)	28	(40.6)	2	(8.0)	<.001
Nurses	41	22.7	20	(25.0)	17	(24.6)	2	(8.0)	.164
NCI Cancer Info. 1–800 no.	22	12.2	12	(15.0)	10	(14.5)	0	(0.0)	.097
Other cancer organization	21	11.6	11	(13.8)	9	(13.0)	1	(4.0)	.483

NCI: National Cancer Institute. FE, Fisher’s Exact Test.

^aMissing 1.