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Table 5.

Respondents’ preferred mode of treatment decision‐making, by gender

Men (n = 102) 
n (%) Women (n = 73) 
n (%) Total (n = 175) 
n (%)
Decision‐making role
I decide 2 (2) 1 (1) 3 (2)
Myself but consider  surgeon's opinion 10 (10) 14 (20) 24 (14)
Surgeon and I share 24 (24) 26 (37) 50 (29)
My surgeon decides  but considers my opinion 33 (33) 16 (23) 49 (29)
My surgeon decides 32 (32) 13 (19) 45 (26)

Where data are missing, columns do not add up to n.