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    The summary of chemo-refusing reasons as shown in Table 3.

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    <p>1. The doctor wasn’t sure of the benefit of chemotherapy and didn’t recommend chemotherapy.</p><p>2. The patient trusted and used Traditional Chinese Medicine only.</p><p>3. Economic difficulty.</p><p>4. The patient was feeling uncomfortable but did other positive measures such as diet control.</p><p>5. Admitting difficulty.</p><p>6. Family members concealed the disease information to the patient.</p><p>7. Fearing of chemotherapy or lack of family support.</p><p>8. The patient was dealing with complication first and delayed chemotherapy.</p><p>9. The patient was feeling despair and refused treatment.</p><p>10. The patient couldn’t tolerate side effects of chemotherapy.</p

    Variables in the equation.

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    <p>BSA: body surface area; BMI: body mass index; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; WBC: white blood cell; NE: neutrophils; HGB: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet; ALT: glutamic pyruvic transaminase; AST: glutamic oxalacetictransaminease; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin; TB: total bilirubin; CR: creatinine.</p
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