Table 2b.

Characteristics of providers

Topic	Providers
	N	Mean age (range)	Gender (% male)	Mean years in practice (range)	Median yearly volume	Specialty
Surgery	15	49 (30–59)	27	24 (5–30)	30	55% physician 45% surgery*
Reconstruction	20	43 (32–58)		15 (5–38)	42	50% physician 50% plastic surgery*
Chemotherapy/hormone therapy*	27	47 (30–65)	27	16 (2–30)	200	60% physician 67% medical oncology*

^*percentage of the physicians