Table 2.

Colorectal cancer advice typologies

Forms of family advice	Examples
Casual	[Did your husband advocate seeking more information or further testing?] Patient: “Well he figured I should go to the doctor more often.”
Urgent	Patient: “They all thought maybe it could’ve been a change of life, and I told them about my ulcers and they thought maybe that [could] be it…[W]hen the symptoms were getting worse and I wasn’t feeling any better, they said ‘You need to go to the doctor’s and you need to go as soon as possible.’”
Advice based on others’ experiences	[Advice from an aunt] Patient: “I said I told her I know something’s going on. I said, ‘I’m glad that you stopped by because you and I have the same symptoms going on.’ I said, ‘let me know what your doctor that you went to says.’”