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Table 3 Rankings of FAPSI-8 Items by Expert Specialty and Geographic Region

From: Brief assessment of priority symptoms in hormone refractory prostate cancer: The FACT Advanced Prostate Symptom Index (FAPSI)

FAPSI-8 Items

Total Sample Rank

(n = 44)

Specialty

Geographic Region

  

Medical Oncologists

(n = 18)

Urologists

(n = 16)

Radiation Oncologists

(n = 10)

North American

(n = 29)

European

(n = 15)

Pain

1

2

1

1

2

1

Fatigue

2

1

2

2

1

3

Pain limits performance

3

3

4

2

3

6

Difficulty urinating

4

13

2

4

7

2

Worry condition will get worse

5

4

4

11

4

4

Bone pain

6

5

6

6

5

4

Weight loss

7

5

6

20

11

6

Urination problems limit activity

7

5

10

8

5

11