Table 3. The characteristic of cancer patients terminating anti-cancer therapy following the recommendation of doctor or not.

Characteristics	Recommend n = 65	Not recommend n = 101	P
Age	55.5 ± 14.7	58.0 ± 11.6	0.255
Sex			0.939
Female	26 (40.0%)	41 (40.6%)
Male	39 (60.0%)	60 (59.4%)
Insurance			0.024
Local	27 (41.5%)	24 (23.8%)
Non-local	38 (58.5%)	77 (76.2%)
Main living environment			0.000
Village	20 (30.8%)	68 (67.3%)
City	45 (69.2%)	33 (32.7%)
Patient education level			0.028
Ordinary	49 (75.4%)	58 (57.4%)
Illiterate	16 (24.6%)	43 (42.6%)
Family status of patients			0.627
Superordinate	15 (23.1%)	28 (27.7%)
Subordinate	50 (76.9%)	73 (72.3%)
Decision making mode			0.752
Patient superiority	11 (16.9%)	14 (13.9%)
Family superiority	54 (83.1%)	87 (86.1%)
Patient's awareness of disease
Diagnosis	53 (81.5%)	65 (64.4%)	0.027
Stage	31 (47.7%)	33 (32.7%)	0.076
Prognosis	23 (35.4%)	32 (31.7%)	0.745
Home hospice	5 (7.7%)	47 (46.5%)	0.000
Decision by patients	8 (12.3%)	16 (15.8%)	0.685