Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics
| Sex | Female | 28/31 |
| Male | 3/31 | |
| Age | 18–49 | 15/31 |
| 50 and over | 16/31 | |
| Ethnicity | Black, Caribbean | 1/31 |
| East Asian | 2/21 | |
| Latin American | 1/31 | |
| Mixed heritage | 4/31 | |
| Southeast Asian | 1/31 | |
| White/European | 20/31 | |
| Other | 2/31 | |
| Education | College, high school or less | 12/31 |
| Bachelor degree or post-graduate degree | 19/31 | |
| Income | $79,000 or less | 13/31 |
| $80,000 or more | 15/31 | |
| Country of Origin | Outside Canada | 15/31 |
| Canada | 16/31 | |
| Family history of cancer | Yes | 31/31 |
| Affected by cancer | Yes | 20/31 |
| No | 10/31 | |
| Unsure | 1/31 | |
| Cancer typea | Breast | 16/31 |
| Endometrial | 2/31 | |
| Ovarian | 2/31 | |
| Colon | 1/31 | |
| Thyroid | 1/31 | |
| Participant-reported past genetic testing | BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 only | 16/31 |
| Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes, other than BRCA1/2 | 3/31 | |
| BRCA1/2 and other hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes | 4/31 | |
| Lynch Syndrome | 3/31 | |
| Unsure | 5/31 |
aTwo patients were affected by multiple cancers (thyroid and endometrial, ovarian and breast)