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Published in final edited form as: Palliat Support Care. 2013 Nov 4;13(2):107–114. doi: 10.1017/S1478951513000862

Table 4.

Differences in Information read based on patient characteristics

Type of Information Read	Patient Characteristics			Seeing a Surgeon	Seeing a Medical Oncologist	Diagnosed for Less Time	Younger
Type of Information Read	Stage 2 or Higher	Without Recurrence	New Visit	Seeing a Surgeon	Seeing a Medical Oncologist	Diagnosed for Less Time	Younger
Prognosis	p = 0.09
Alternative therapies		p = 0.07
Diagnosis			p < 0.05	p < 0.05		p = 0.08
Side effects		p = 0.10
Proven/traditional treatments					p = 0.10
Experience of other cancer patients							p < 0.01
Treatments offered by other doctors or cancer centers			p < 0.05
Clinical trials	p < 0.01				p < 0.01
Genetic counseling							p = 0.06