Table 1. Participants’ characteristics (N = 215).
| Characteristics | # of participants (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Median | 43 |
| Range | 27–77 | |
| # Years of clinical practice | 0–10 | 82 (38.1) |
| 11–20 | 66 (30.7) | |
| 21–30 | 44 (20.5) | |
| >30 | 23 (10.7) | |
| Field of practice | Medical oncology | 189 (88) |
| Other* | 26 (12) | |
| Continent of clinical practice | Africa | 4 (1.9) |
| Asia | 12 (5.6) | |
| Europe | 151 (70.2) | |
| North America | 7 (3.3) | |
| South America | 22 (10.2) | |
| Oceania | 16 (7.4) | |
| Missing | 3 (1.4) | |
| Working environment | Academic | 141 (65.6) |
| Non-Academic | 74 (34.4) | |
| Proportion of time allocated to research | 0–25% | 128 (59.5) |
| 26–50% | 68 (31.6) | |
| >50% | 19 (8.9) | |
| Number new breast cancer patients/months | <5 | 21 (9.7) |
| 6–10 | 58 (27.0) | |
| 11–25 | 61 (28.4) | |
| >25 | 75 (34.9) | |
*Includes hemato-oncology, gyneco-oncology, pathology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology.