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Table 5 Concordance between physicians’ perceived and patients’ actual preference to know prognosis

From: Characteristics of patients with advanced cancer preferring not to know prognosis: a multicenter survey study

Physicians’ perceived information preference a

Patients preferring not to know 1-year mortality risk

% (n)

Patients preferring to know 1-year mortality risk

% (n)

Total

Patient prefers not to know

50.3 (81) b

42.9 (153) c

234

Patient prefers to know

49.7 (80) c

57.1 (204) b

284

Total

100 (161)

100 (357)

518

  1. a n = 518/524 (6 missing)
  2. b Concordance between physicians’ perceived and patients’ actual preference for information about the 1-year mortality risk
  3. c Discordance between physicians’ perceived and patients’ actual preference for information about the 1-year mortality risk
  4. n Sample size
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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