Table 4. Physician-perceived reasons for refusal of lung cancer screening among people who are indicated.

	Frequently		Often		Rarely		Never
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Lack of knowledge of lung cancer risks (e.g. does not know that smoking increases lung cancer risk)	8	4.4	68	37.2	86	47.0	21	11.5
Denial of their own lung cancer risk (e.g. knows that smoking increases lung cancer risk, but think he/she will be OK)	16	8.7	107	58.5	52	28.4	8	4.4
Fear of actual lung cancer detection (e.g. fear that lung cancer will be detected by screening)	7	3.8	91	49.7	73	39.9	12	6.6
Lack of perceived benefit of early lung cancer detection (e.g. thinks that he/she will die anyway once he/she gets lung cancer)	15	8.2	84	45.9	72	39.3	12	6.6
Concern about the cost	43	23.5	92	50.3	44	24.0	4	2.2
Suspicion that doctors recommend screening for their own good	13	7.1	76	41.5	80	43.7	14	7.7