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Table 1 Characteristics of oncologists participating in semi-structured interviews and completing online survey

From: Oncologists’ perceptions of tumor genomic profiling and barriers to communicating secondary hereditary risks to African American cancer patients

Characteristics

Semi-structured interviews (n = 10)

N (%)

Online survey of oncologists who ordered TGP (n = 50)

N (%)

Specialty

 Medical Oncology

10 (100)

39 (78)

 Surgical Oncology

 

4 (8)

 Gynecologic Oncology

 

7 (14)

Practice type

 Academic center based practice

10 (100)

35 (70)

 Academic center affiliated private practice

 

3 (6)

 Community hospital practice

 

10 (20)

 Private practice

 

2 (4)

Gender

 Male

4 (40)

33 (66)

 Female

6 (60)

15 (30)

 N/A

 

2 (4)

Race/Ethnicity

 Black/African American

4 (40)

3 (6)

 Asian

3 (30)

18 (36)

 Latina/o/x

 

3 (6)

 White

3 (30)

26 (52)

Age

 Mean

41 years

45 years

Clinical Experience

 ≤ 10 years

7 (70)

11 (22)

 11–20 years

3 (30)

25 (50)

 ≥ 21 years

0

14 (28)

TGP testing volume

 Mean

NA

50 tests/year

  25th percentile

NA

30 tests/year

  75th percentile

NA

100 tests/year

 Range

NA

2–400 tests/year