Table 1 Questionnaire and characteristics of participants.

Questions	Number	Percentage
Do you work in:
A tertiary care centre for oncology	66	42.0
A general hospital	22	14.0
A doctorʼs surgery	40	25.5
A university clinic	21	13.4
Unknown	8	5.1
In which capacity?
Resident physician	3	1.9
Chief physician/head of department	63	40.1
Specialist	26	16.6
Senior physician	52	33.1
Unknown	13	8.3
You have completed your medical training as, or are training to be:
A gynaecologist	120	76.4
A medical oncologist also trained as an internist	24	15.3
Unknown	13	8.3
How many cases with breast cancer (primary diagnosis) did you treat last year in your surgery/clinic?
0–30	1	0.6
30–60	15	9.6
60–100	21	13.4
100–200	59	37.6
200–300	30	19.1
300–400	13	8.3
> 500	9	5.7
How many cases of metastatic breast cancer (new patients) were treated last year for the first time in your surgery/clinic?
0–10	5	3.2
10–20	45	28.7
30–40	46	29.3
40–50	19	12.1
50–100	20	12.7
100–200	10	6.4