Uptake and Tolerance of Chemotherapy in Elderly Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer and Impact on Survival

Table 3

Oncologists’ reasons for not recommending chemotherapy and patients’ reasons for refusing chemotherapy.

	Reasons for not recommending chemotherapy^1	Reasons for patients’ refusal of chemotherapy^1
	𝑁 (%)^2	𝑁 (%)^2
Total	28 (100)	27 (100)
Performance status	22 (79)	3 (11)
Co-morbidities	16 (57)	4 (15)
Toxicity	0 (—)	20 (74)
Lack of social network or support	1 (4)	2 (7)
Wound healing problems	1 (4)	0 (—)
Age	0 (—)	2 (7)
Transportation issues	0 (—)	1 (4)
Other reasons	0 (—)	4 (15)
Unclear	4 (14)	4 (15)

1The oncologist or patient could have multiple reasons; therefore, the sum of each reason exceeds the total number in each column.
²Column percentage.