Table 1.

Reasons why patients refused to participate, withdrew or were excluded from the study

Reason	Frequency (n)
Refusals
Had too much going on at that particular time (around diagnosis)	1
Did not wish to discuss their thoughts and feelings about their diagnosis and treatment	1
Withdrawals
Study required too much focus on diagnosis and ensuing treatment	2
Exclusions
Did not return any/complete data	2
Wished to discontinue all treatment	1
Mayo chemotherapy regimen discontinued because of renal failure (caused by severe toxicity)	1
Mayo chemotherapy regimen discontinued because of disease progression	1