Table 2.
Patient and oncologist characteristics.
| Characteristics | Patients (n = 172) N (%) |
Oncologists (n = 30) N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Age, years (median, range) | 59 (45–77) | N.A. |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 172 (100%) | 21 (70.0%) |
| Male | 0 | 9 (30.0%) |
| Actual treatment selected | ||
| Active surveillance | 132 (76.7%) | N.A. |
| Conventional treatment | 38 (22.1%) | N.A. |
| Unknown | 2 (1.2%) | N.A. |
| Educational level | ||
| Low | 37 (21.5%) | 0 |
| Intermediate | 78 (45.3%) | 0 |
| High | 57 (33.1%) | 30 (100%) |
| Employment status | ||
| Employed (part-time or full-time) | 95 (55.2%) | 30 (100%) |
| Unemployed/pension | 77 (44.8%) | 0 |
| Hospital type | ||
| Academic medical center | 3 (1.7%) | 8 (26.7%) |
| General teaching hospital | 105 (61.0%) | 14 (46.7%) |
| Specialized oncology hospital | 25 (14.5%) | 5 (16.7%) |
| General hospital | 39 (22.7%) | 3 (10.0%) |
| Region of the Netherlands | ||
| North | 3 (1.7%) | 3 (10.0%) |
| East | 60 (34.9%) | 5 (16.7%) |
| West | 98 (57.0%) | 17 (56.7%) |
| South | 11 (6.4%) | 5 (16.7%) |
| Subspecialty | ||
| Surgical oncology | N.A. | 20 (66.7%) |
| Radiation oncology | N.A. | 10 (33.3%) |
| Number of patients with DCIS treated per year | ||
| 2–5 patients | N.A. | 1 (3.3%) |
| 6–10 patients | N.A. | 7 (23.3%) |
| 11–15 patients | N.A. | 3 (10.0%) |
| 16–20 patients | N.A. | 11 (36.7%) |
| >20 patients | N.A. | 8 (26.7%) |
| Years’ experience treating patients with DCIS | ||
| 2–5 years | N.A. | 1 (3.3%) |
| 6–10 years | N.A. | 9 (30.0%) |
| >10 years | N.A. | 20 (66.7%) |