TABLE 1.

Questionnaire distributed to healthcare professionals. Distribution of answers are given under each question

Question	Answer, n (%)
1. Employment: Are you?
Doctor within pediatric oncology	15 (28)
Nurse within pediatric oncology	27 (50)
Clinical geneticist	12 (22)
2. Place of employment: where in Denmark are you employed?
Aalborg University Hospital	1 (2)
Aarhus University Hospital	3 (6)
Odense University Hospital	3 (6)
Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet)	46 (87)
3. Gender: Are you?
Male	10 (19)
Female	43 (81)
4. Age: I am…
<40 years old	22 (42)
40–50 years old	16 (30)
>50 years old	13 (25)
I do not wish to say	2 (4)
5. In a child with cancer, where there is no suspicion of a cancer predisposition syndrome or family pedigree with massive cancer disposition, when do you think it appropriate to ask a family to participate in STAGING?
In connection with the diagnostic interviewor the day after	5 (10)
During the first week from diagnosis	12 (23)
During the second week from diagnosis	11 (21)
During week 3 or 4 from diagnosis	21 (40)
Later	3 (6)
6. The participation rate in the STAGING study is high (>90 have agreed to participate). The families have not until now been approached earlier than 2 days after their diagnostic interview. Do you think the high participation rate, is due to the fact that families are not asked on the day of diagnosis?
Yes	26 (50)
No	13 (25)
I do not know	13 (25)