Table 2.

Reasons for Refusal

Reason	Breast		Colorectal		Lung		Prostate
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Not interested	14	25	15	45	15	39	8	28
None given	13	23	7	21	8	21	1	3
Overwhelmed/too busy	11	20	3	9	3	8	7	24
Family decision	4	7	3	9	4	11	6	21
Insurance concerns	5	9	2	6	1	3	2	7
Adequate family support	4	7	1	3	2	5	1	3
”Private” person	1	2	2	6	2	5	3	10
Patient feels too ill	2	4		-	2	5	1	3
Other*	2	4		-	1	3		-
Total	56		33		38		29

^*One patient elected surgery; two patients moved to another state.