Table 1.
Patient characteristics and number of observations and interviews
| Patient (gender, age range) | Diagnosis | Number of outpatient clinic visits observed | Number of outpatient clinic visits in which decision was discussed | Interviews used for analysis | Physicians involved during disease trajectory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Physician | |||||
| Man, ≤35 | GBM | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 oncologist |
| 1 neurologist | ||||||
| 1 neurosurgeon | ||||||
| Man, 51–66 | GBM | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 oncologist |
| 2 neurologists | ||||||
| 1 neurosurgeon | ||||||
| Man, 51–66 | GBM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 neurologist |
| 1 oncologist | ||||||
| Man, 36–50 | GBM | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 neurologist |
| 1 oncologist | ||||||
| Man, 51–65 | GBM | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 oncologist |
| Man, 66–80 | GBM | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 neurologist |
| 1 oncologist | ||||||
| Man, 66–80 | GBM | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 oncologist |
| 1 neurologist | ||||||
| 1 neurosurgeon | ||||||
| Man, 51–65 | GBM | 16 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 oncologist |
| 2 neurologists | ||||||
| 1 radiologist | ||||||
| Man, 36–50 | GBM | 24 | 6 | 3 | – | 2 oncologist |
| 2 neurologist | ||||||
| 1 neurosurgeon | ||||||
| Woman, ≤35 | GBM | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 neurologist |
| 1 oncologist | ||||||
| Woman, 51–65 | Metastatic colorectal cancer | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 oncologist |
| Man, 51–65 | Metastatic colorectal cancer | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 oncologist |
| Man, 66–80 | Metastatic colorectal cancer | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 oncologist |
| Man, ≤35 | Metastatic colorectal cancer | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 oncologist |
| 175 | 48 | 23 | 18 | 22 | ||