Table 3.

Primary Care Physicians’ Support for Shared Decision Making by Cancer Screening Decision

Evidence Grade	Cancer Screening Context	Very Important
A	Colorectal cancer screening in adults 50–75 years	69%
A	Cervical cancer screening in women 21–65 years	61%
B	Screening mammography in women 50–74 years	60%
C	Mammography in women before the age 50	60%
B	Lung cancer screening in adults 55–80 years	58%
D	Prostate-specific antigen in average risk men	57%
I	Skin exam for cutaneous melanoma, basal cell cancer, or squamous cell skin cancer	56%
I	Mammography in women >=75 years	44%
D	Cervical cancer screening in previously screened women >65 years	42%
C	Colorectal cancer screening in adults 75–85 years	40%
D	Colorectal cancer screening in adults >85 years	34%