Table 1.
Chi-square analysis: correlation between prescription modification and analyzed variables.
| Treatment |
p-Value (Pearson Chi-Square) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modified (%) | Non Modified (%) | |||
| Radiation oncologist’s age (years) |
30–40 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 0.004 |
| 40–50 | 50.0 | 50.0 | ||
| 50–60 | 40.0 | 60.0 | ||
| >60 | 74.2 | 25.8 | ||
| Radiation oncologist’s gender | Male | 67.9 | 32.1 | 0.045 |
| Female | 50.0 | 50.0 | ||
| Patient’s age (years) |
30–50 | 42.1 | 57.9 | 0.082 |
| 50–60 | 52.4 | 47.6 | ||
| >60 | 67.4 | 32.6 | ||
| Patient’s residence | Same city or province of the department | 60.4 | 39.6 | 0.447 |
| Same region of the department | 80.0 | 20.0 | ||
| Outside the region of the department | 57.1 | 42.9 | ||
| Treated tumor | Prostate cancers | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.412 |
| Breast cancers | 64.9 | 35.1 | ||
| Other primary tumors | 45.5 | 54.5 | ||
| Metastases | 62.5 | 37.5 | ||
| Treatment aim | Curative | 61.2 | 38.8 | 0.983 |
| Palliative | 61.0 | 39.0 | ||