Table 1.
Details of study participants (patients and surgeons)
| Patient data | N = 31 |
| Mean age, years (range) | 67 (55–79) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 24 |
| Female | 7 |
| Tumour type | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 18 |
| Squamous cell cancer | 13 |
| Research centre | |
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |
| Treatment stage | |
| Pre-chemotherapy & surgery | 19 |
| Pre surgery | 12 |
| Mean consultation length, minutes:seconds (range) | 25.15 (09.74–41.37) |
| Surgeon data | N = 7 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 1 |
| Male | 6 |
| Mean age, years (range) | 47 (40–53) |
| Research centre | |
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| Consultant experience | |
| > 5 years | 5 |
| < 5 years | 2 |