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Table 2 Characteristics of interviewed patients (n = 35)

From: Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care

  

Total number (%)

Age

up to 54

5 (14.3)

 

55–70

13 (37.1)

 

70 or over

17 (48.6)

Ethnicity

White

26 (74.3)

 

South Asian

4 (11.4)

 

African/Caribbean

5 (14.3)

Stage of disease/treatment

Newly diagnosed (not yet treated)

3 (8.6)

 

Being actively monitored without treatment

7 (20.0)

 

Had curative treatment (e.g. prostatectomy, radiotherapy)

17 (48.6)

 

Having hormone therapy

8 (22.9)