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Table 3 Health professional demographics (n = 21)

From: The complexity of diagnosing sarcoma in a timely manner: perspectives of health professionals, patients, and carers in Australia

Characteristic

Number

Age (years) (Missing = 1)

Mean

44 (SD = 9.12, Min = 31, Max = 62)

Sex

 Male

10

 Female

11

Years of practice in current position (Missing = 1)

 Average (range)

9 (SD = 7.75, Min = 1, Max = 27)

Frequency working with sarcoma

 Always

9

 Often

7

 Seldom

5

Treatment/ management

 Orthopaedic surgeon

3

 General surgeon

1

 Plastic surgeon

1

 Medical oncologist

2

 Radiation oncologist

1

 Paediatric oncologist

1

 Oncology ward nurse

1

 General practitioner

1

 Cancer nurse coordinator

2

 Clinical nurse consultant

2

 Clinical nurse specialist

1

 Pathologist

1

Post treatment/ ancillary

 Youth counsellor

1

 Youth worker

2

 Exercise physiologist

1