| Inclusion Criteria |
| • Fit the definition of “shared decision-making.”a |
| • Reported data on cancer treatment decision-making. |
| • Collected primary data. |
| • Included results related to decision-making in a racial/ethnic or cultural minority group.b |
| • Published in a peer-reviewed journal. |
| Exclusion Criteria |
| • Conducted on decision-making for cancer treatment in children. |
| • Data not stratified by race/ethnicity or study did not include a minority groupb in study population. |
| • Conducted on palliative or end-of-life care in cancer treatment. |
a
Shared decision-making is defined as a 2-way information exchange between the physician and the patient followed by discussion of treatment preferences by both parties until they reach consensus on a treatment decision.15
b
A racial/ethnic or cultural minority group is defined as a population that was the racial, ethnic, or cultural minority population in the country where the study took place.