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Context
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Elective procedure, not life-threatening
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Life-threatening cancer
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Specialties
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Surgery
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Surgery and oncology
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Treatment groups
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Standard surgery versus minimally invasive procedure
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Chemotherapy plus either surgery or radiotherapy
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Centres for qualitative research
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1
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3
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Clinicians who provided audio-recordings
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3 surgeons; 1 research nurse
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Centre 1: 4 surgeons, 2 oncologists
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Centre 2: 1 surgeon, 2 oncologists
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Centre 3: none
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Recruitment process
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Treatment options and recruitment discussion by surgeon, in the same appointment as history-taking, diagnosis and examination. Sometimes follow-up by nurse
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Dedicated appointments for treatment options and recruitment discussion. Separate appointments with surgeon and with oncologist
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Number of consultation audio-recordings obtained
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13 with surgeons
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Total: 26 pairs
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8 with research nurse
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(Centre 1: 19 pairs, Centre 2: 7 pairs, Centre 3: none)
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Q-QAT applied to
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13 surgeon appointments
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Total: 11 pairs
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(Centre 1: 7 pairs, Centre 2: 4 pairs)
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Number of interviews
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5 patient interviews
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18 interviews with 16 patients
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Unrecorded discussions with CI
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(Centre 1: 9, Centre 2: 3, Centre 3: 4)
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20 staff interviews
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(Centre 1: 10, Centre 2: 4, Centre 3: 6)
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Unrecorded discussions with CI
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