Table 3.

Influences on patients’ decisions about cancer treatment, stratified by age at diagnosis. Values in the table represent frequencies (column percentage).

	Age 21 to 40 N=148	Age 41 to 60 N=444	P Value
Worried about…
Side-effects from treatment			0.20
Not at all or a little worried	35(25)	128 (30)
Somewhat or very worried	107(75)	294 (70)
Missing	6	22
Cost of treatment			0.96
Not at all or a little worried	84(60)	247 (60)
Somewhat or very worried	56(40)	163 (40)
Missing	8	34
Taking time away from family			0.002
Not at all or a little worried	52(37)	214 (52)
Somewhat or very worried	90(63)	199 (48)
Missing	6	31
Taking time away from work			0.31
Not at all or a little worried	66(46)	211 (51)
Somewhat or very worried	76(54)	199 (49)
Missing	6	34
Transportation to treatment			0.71
Not at all or a little worried	112(80)	333 (81)
Somewhat or very worried	28(20)	76 (19)
Missing	8	35