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Table 3 Reasons for prescribing PMRT, in contrast to the guideline.

From: Non-compliance with a postmastectomy radiotherapy guideline: Decision tree and cause analysis

 

Reasons

Number

Physician-related

 

4

Patient-related

Age above the threshold

40

 

Near cut-off level values for RFs

13

 

Advanced disease

4

Registry-related

Reporting error

11

 

RT after local relapse

4

GL was followed

 

1

Unknown reason

 

4

  1. RF: Risk factors, RT: Radiotherapy, GL: Guideline