Decisional Conflict in Advanced Larynx Cancer | 109 4 Results Participants Of the 54 approached patients, 51 patients agreed to participate in this study. Reasons for not participating were stress of diagnosis (n=2) and no interest (n=1). Of those, 45 returned the informed consent form and questionnaire T1. Only twenty-six patients (58%) returned the questionnaires six months after treatment (T2): eight patients were deceased, six had transitioned to palliative care, four refused to continue participating, and one patient was lost to follow-up. Thirty-five physicians returned their questionnaires at T1, of which most were Head-and-Neck surgeons (80%). Table 1 represents the patients’ characteristics. The median age was 64.7 years. Most patients were male (76%), and the majority had a low educational level (54%). Only 18% of the patients were employed. Most laryngeal cancers were located in the supraglottic subsite (62%) and classified as T3N0 (47%). Seventeen patients were treated with a TL (38%), sixteen with RT-alone (36%) and eleven with CRT (27%). Table 1. Patient characteristics Patients (N=45) N (%) Age (years): Median, range 64.7, 48-91 Sex: Male Female 34 (76) 11 (24) TN-classification*: T3N0 T3N+ T4N0 T4N+ 21 (47) 5 (11) 13 (29) 6 (13) Subsite: Supraglottic Glottic Transglottic Subglottic 28 (62) 11 (24) 3 (7) 3 (7) Treatment: RT CRT (cis/cet) TL + RT TL 16 (36) 12 (26) 14 (31) 3 (7)
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