Table 3.

Additional Representative Quotes.

Theme and quote breakdown	Quotes from Spanish-speaking participants	Quotes from English-speaking participants
Importance of tailored and targeted education/informationTotal quotes: 25Spanish quotes: 17English quotes: 8	“Tell me the truth and specific to my case, not by what is recommended in general”	“Agreed that more information is needed, just because the age is not sufficient” “I don’t think they should speak to me about ending my cancer screening until I say “I don’t want it anymore”. I think he (the doctor) should leave that decision up to me” “I think they should explain why I don’t need the test anymore. They need to be more specific.”
Impact of physician/patient communicationTotal quotes: 54Spanish quotes: 39English quotes: 15	“If it is a doctor that I trust and is recommending not to do the screening, I won’t do it because he know my body and knows what is good and bad for me” “I did want to do the colonoscopy and the doctor told me that because I had a mother and sister with cancer I need it to do it. It’s been more than 3 years. This was my first time doing a colonoscopy after many years” “He knows my entire body, my illnesses and all the studies I went through. If he knows that is going to harm me more than benefit me, why would I go through that. . .I will follow his/her recommendation”	“After certain age, as long as everything is ok when you get a colonoscopy, my doctor said you wouldn’t have to have it anymore unless you wanted too”
Impact of barriers and facilitators to screening on cancer screening cessationTotal quotes: 81Spanish quotes: 34English quotes: 47	“The problem I have is preparing for the procedure, drinking the liquid the day before” “Many people do not go to the doctor because they don’t want to know that they have something” “I always ask my sister, my daughter and granddaughter for their opinion before doing anything related to my health”	“I think that of I am in the age of 90 I wouldn’t [get screened]. It’s better not to know. Once you find out, it’s over. Everything goes down the hill because of all the stress”
Awareness of importance of screeningTotal quotes: 32Spanish quotes: 16English quotes: 16	“I think it will be always good to have the screenings done. You never know when you are going to get a tumor” “I think it is better to do all the screening test needed, because is more the positives than the negatives” “I am grateful for the science. Because we have been able to discover a lot and make our life longer.”	“You could have [cancer] and as you age [you] start feeling symptoms. That is why you need screening so you can check it out because it could spread. Once it spreads you are done”