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Explain what factors determine the treatment plan an oncologist chooses for a particular patient.

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The seven factors were their age at the time of decision, having a partner, having children, inability to work due to side-effects of the treatment, the nature of the side-effects, disease-related life expectancy and baseline QOL.
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