Table 4.

Characteristics of participating physicians (n = 29)

		No. of physicians	% of physicians
Age (Mean ± s.d. 53.8 ± 9.0, range 35–72)
	<40	1	4
	40–49	8	29
	50–59	12	43
	60–69	6	21
	70+	1	4
Sex
	Female	18	62
	Male	11	38
Specialisation
	Gynaecologist	28	97
	General practitioner	1	3
Professional experience
	Breast cancer patients per year (Median 30.0, range 10–700)
	<20	8	28
	20–50	13	45
	51–100	2	7
	101–199	4	14
	200+	2	7
	Years treating breast cancer patients (Median 23.5, range 6–46)
	<10	2	7
	10–19	8	29
	20–29	11	39
	30–39	6	21
	40+	1	4

s.d. standard deviation