Why do Asian-American women have lower rates of breast conserving surgery: results of a survey regarding physician perceptions

Table 1 Distribution of patient characteristics, practices, and guidelines, as reported by physicians (N = 80), Greater San Francisco Bay Area, 2005–2006

Characteristics, practices, guidelines	N	None	A Few (<20%)	Several	Most (>90%)
		% *	% *	% *	% *
Race/Ethnicity of patients treated over last 2 years
Non-Hispanic White	75	1.3	9.3	60.0	29.3
Hispanic	76	6.6	31.6	60.5	1.3
African American/Black	77	9.1	52.0	39.0	0.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	78	1.3	21.8	65.4	11.5
Patient decision-making preferences for treatment
Patient alone	76	18.4	51.3	17.1	13.2
Patient with physician input	78	0.0	10.3	39.7	50.0
Shared decision	78	0.0	15.4	38.5	46.2
Physician with patient input	76	13.2	60.5	21.0	5.3
Physician alone	77	45.4	42.9	11.7	0.0
Hospital has facility-specific clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for patients		Yes		No
	80	27.5		72.5
Number of patients for whom physicians employ these CPG (among practices with CPGs, N = 23)	23	0.0	8.7	4.4	87.0
Number of stage I and II breast cancer patients treated with MRM	74	1.4	68.9	25.7	4.0

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