Table 2

Patient characteristics and companions present

Patient	Sex	Site	Age	Relatives present	Treatment decision
301	M	L	65	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
302	F	P	57	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
303	F	CR	69	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
304	F	CR	71	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
309	M	L	63	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
311	F	L	64	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
312	F	L	68	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
313	M	P	71	Wife, son	Patient too ill for chemotherapy, steroids offered and accepted
315	M	P	57	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and refused
316	M	CR	57	Sister	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
318	M	CR	63	Wife, daughter	Patient too ill for chemotherapy, steroids offered and accepted
319	M	CR	73	Wife	Patient refused chemotherapy
320	F	L	74	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
321	F	P	72	Son	Patient too ill for chemotherapy
323	M	P	72	Wife, daughter, son	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
324	M	CR	68	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
325	M	CR	44	Ex-wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
327	M	CR	65	Wife	Patient refused chemotherapy
331	M	P	75	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
332	F	P	54	Sister	Patient too ill for chemotherapy, antibiotics offered and accepted
333	M	CR	77	Two sons	Patient too ill for chemotherapy, care through hospice to continue
335	M	CR	79	Wife, son	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
336	M	P	50	Girlfriend	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
337	M	P	73	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
338	M	L	53	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
339	M	P	61	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
341	M	CR	64	Wife, daughter	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
342	F	P	69	Husband	Chemotherapy offered and refused
343	M	L	59	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
344	M	L	73	Wife	Chemotherapy offered and accepted
346	F	L	64	Daughter	Chemotherapy offered and accepted

CR, colorectal cancer; L, lung cancer; P, pancreatic cancer.