Table 2.

Important Sources of Information Among All Respondents

	Ranking 2017/2015	2017 N = 263 No. (%)	2005 N = 261 No. (%)
Medical oncologist	1/1	235 (90)	229 (88)
Oncology nurse	2/2	184 (70)	156 (60)
Family	3/3	145 (55)	158 (61)
Friends	4/5	133 (51)	141 (54)
Internet for information	5/7	124 (47)	88 (34)
Children	6/6	121 (46)	136 (52)
General practitioner	7/4	118 (45)	151 (58)
Other patients	8/10	64 (24)	72 (28)
Pharmacist	9/12	56 (21)	42 (16)
Newspapers and/or television	10/9	47 (18)	73 (28)
Colleagues	11/11	45 (17)	52 (20)
Books	12/8	40 (15)	75 (29)
Second‐opinion physician	13/13	25 (10)	34 (13)