Table 1.

Responses to the question “What is the minimum number of relatives with prostate cancer to meet the Carter criteria for hereditary prostate cancer (HPC)?”

	Urologists	GPs	CGs
Number of affected first-degree relatives (all ages)†
Two	35 (33%)	9 (14%)	1 (2%)
Three	38 (36%)	12 (18%)	31 (72%)
Four	1 (1%)	2 (3%)	2 (5%)
>Four	3 (3%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)
Don’t know	15 (14%)	39 (59%)	7 (16%)
Not a criterion	13 (12%)	4 (6%)	1 (2%)
Total	105	66	43
Number of affected first-degree relatives (diagnosis < 55 years of age)†
Two	72 (68%)	33 (48%)	34 (76%)
Three	6 (6%)	0 (0%)	3 (7%)
Four	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	0 (0%)
> Four	5 (5%)	2 (3%)	0 (0%)
Don’t know	12 (11%)	32 (46%)	7 (16%)
Not a criterion	10 (9%)	1 (1%)	1 (2%)
Total	106	69	45
Number of consecutive generaties with prostate cancer†
Two	10 (10%)	10 (15%)	9 (21%)
Three	15 (15%)	6 (9%)	5 (11%)
Four	3 (3%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)
>Four	2 (2%)	1 (2%)	0 (0%)
Don’t know	25 (25%)	39 (58%)	10 (23%)
Not a criterion	44 (44%)	10 (15%)	19 (43%)
Total	99	67	44

^† P ≤ 0.001 for differences between the physician groups

Correct answers are italicized