Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 39)

Age (in years, mean (range))	45.2 (34–63)
Sex, n (%), female	19 (48.7)
Hospital, n (%), academic	22 (56.4)
Setting of SPA and discipline, n (%)
Palliative	20 (51.2)
Medical oncology	20 (51.2)
Curative	19 (48.7)
Radiation oncology	9 (23.1)
Surgical oncology	10 (25.6)
Setting of SPA and substance type, n (%)
Palliative
Smoking	10 (25.6)
Alcohol	10 (25.6)
Curative
Smoking	10 (25.6)
Alcohol	9 (23.1)
Position, n (%)
Oncologist	34 (87.2)
Oncologist in training	3 (7.7)
Clinical nurse specialist/physician assistanta	2 (5.1)

Abbreviation: SPA standardized patient assessment

^aTwo non-MDs were included in the sample. For the sake of clarity, we nevertheless refer to the sample as “oncologists”