Table 4 The number and proportion of decisions declined by the patient in the flexible care plan group

From: Multidisciplinary decisions in breast cancer: does the patient receive what the team has recommended?

MDT decision category

Decisions declined

Total flexible decisions

% of decisions declined

Biopsy

1

10

10

Imaging

0

8

0

Breast surgery

30

127

23.6

Axillary surgery

0

27

0

Chemotherapy

29

61

47.5

Endocrine

16

46

34.8

Radiotherapy

1

11

9.1

Total

77

290

26.6

  1. Abbreviation: MDT=multidisciplinary team.