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Table. 2.

Table 2

Reason of selection for cancer treatment (N=179)

	1st Rank	Disagree^†	Neutral^‡	Agree^§
Doctor’s recommendation	64.8%	0.6%	2.2%	97.2%
Patient’s decision	20.1%	1.7%	5.0%	93.3%
Family member’s suggestion	13.4%	0%	9.5%	90.5%
Acquaintances’ suggestion	1.7%	12.3%	40.8%	46.9%

Based on a Likert scale, where 1=strongly disagree, 2=somewhat disagree, 3=neutral, 4=somewhat agree, and 5=strongly agree.

*Some percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

^†Percent “disagree” was calculated using the sum of physicians who chose a 1 or 2 on the Likert scale.

^‡Percent “neutral” was calculated using physicians who chose a 3 on the Likert scale.

^§Percent “agree” was calculated using the sum of physicians who chose a 4 or 5 on the Likert scale.