Table 1:
Patient characteristics (n=21)
| Gender | Male | 1 (4.8%) |
| Female | 20 (95.2%) | |
| Race | African American | 5 (23.8%) |
| Asian | 2 (9.5%) | |
| White | 14 (66.7%) | |
| Age at interview | ≥59 | 8 (38.1%) |
| 40–59 | 11 (52.4%) | |
| ≤39 | 2 (9.5%) | |
| Personal history if cancer | No | 5 (23.8%) |
| Yes a | 16 (76.2%) | |
| Breast | 12 (75.0%) | |
| Colon | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Leukemia | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Lung | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Lymphoma | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Renal | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Sarcoma | 1 (6.3%) | |
| Skin | 2 (12.5%) | |
| Thyroid | 2 (12.5%) | |
| Family history of cancer | No | 1 (4.8%) |
| Yes a | 20 (95.2%) | |
| Breast | 15 (75.0%) | |
| Other | 18 (90.0%) | |
| Number of years between offer of testing and interview | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | 3 |
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Some participants have had multiple cancers and had family members with multiple forms of cancer. Therefore these numbers will not total 100%.