Table 1 Details of study participants (patients and surgeons)
Patient data | N = 31 |
Mean age, years (range) | 67 (55–79) |
Sex | |
Male | 24 |
Female | 7 |
Tumour type | |
Adenocarcinoma | 18 |
Squamous cell cancer | 13 |
Research centre | |
1 | 24 |
2 | 2 |
3 | 5 |
Treatment stage | |
Pre-chemotherapy & surgery | 19 |
Pre surgery | 12 |
Mean consultation length, minutes:seconds (range) | 25.15 (09.74–41.37) |
Surgeon data | N = 7 |
Sex | |
Female | 1 |
Male | 6 |
Mean age, years (range) | 47 (40–53) |
Research centre | |
1 | 5 |
2 | 1 |
3 | 1 |
Consultant experience | |
> 5 years | 5 |
< 5 years | 2 |