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Table 7. Association between demographic variables and decision for recommended treatment .

Characteristics	Description	I take less than the recommended treatments.					P - value
Characteristics	Description	Always	Usually	Sometimes	Rare	Never	P - value
Age group	< 40	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	1 (11.1%)	12 (17.9%)	0.107
	40 - 60	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	4 (44.4%)	26 (38.8%)
	> 60	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (66.7%)	4 (44.4%)	29 (43.3%)
Gender	Male	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (33.3%)	5 (55.6%)	27 (40.3%)	0.803
Gender	Female	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (66.7%)	4 (44.4%)	40 (59.7%)	0.803
Type of disease	Breast Cancer	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (33.3%)	3 (33.3%)	16 (23.9%)	0.949
	Rectal Cancer	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	1 (11.1%)	7 (10.4%)
	Other Cancer	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (50.0%)	5 (55.6%)	44 (65.7%)
Comorbidities	With Comorbidities	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	7 (77.8%)	28 (41.8%)	0.053
Comorbidities	Without Comorbidities	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (83.3%)	2 (22.2%)	39 (58.2%)	0.053