Table 3. Needs to have important topics in the shared decision-making process for cancer treatment addressed in a GP consultation and whether this topic was addressed

My GP should …	Listen to my worries and considerations about the diagnosis, treatment and its consequences	Check if I understand the information about my diagnosis, treatment, and its consequences	Discuss what I think is important in my life and the consequences of treatment options for these priorities	Explain to me the importance of my own opinion when making a treatment decision
Need (yes)	Topic addressed?(yes)^a	Need (yes)	Topic addressed? (yes)^a	Need (yes)	Topic addressed? (yes)^a	Need (yes)	Topic addressed? (yes)^a
	Total	Of total	Of need	Of total	Of need	Of total	Of need	Of total	Of need
	n	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
All responde r s	4526	3724	82	1744	47	3130	69	542	17	3006	66	461	15	3045	67	294	10
Sex
Male	1966	1561	79	755	48	1349	69	236	18	1274	65	217	17	1297	66	128	10
Female	2560	2163	85	989	46	1781	70	306	17	1732	68	244	14	1748	68	166	10
Age
Aged <65 years	2434	2059	85	1008	49	1685	69	326	19	1639	67	257	16	1665	68	160	10
Aged ≥65 years	2092	1665	80	736	44	1445	69	216	15	1376	65	204	15	1380	66	134	10
Education
Low education^b	422	326	77	127	39	308	73	51	17	296	70	33	11	296	70	32	11
Middle education^b	1810	1495	83	644	43	1305	72	221	17	1237	68	183	15	1239	69	119	10
High education^b	2185	1812	83	930	51	1439	66	260	18	1394	64	238	17	1435	66	138	10
Diagnosis
Haematological cancers	832	680	82	311	46	530	64	90	17	512	62	75	15	507	61	38	8
Colorectal cancer	732	568	78	254	45	517	71	94	18	469	64	65	14	483	66	42	9
Bladder cancer	256	201	79	83	41	176	69	26	15	176	69	14	8	176	69	10	6
Gynaecologic cancer	170	141	83	66	47	119	70	16	13	119	70	17	14	127	75	11	9
Melanoma cancer	119	97	82	51	53	87	73	13	15	79	66	18	23	83	70	11	13
Breast cancer	1178	1002	85	442	44	818	69	143	18	801	68	104	13	804	68	76	10
Prostate cancer	543	447	82	229	51	384	71	70	18	358	66	67	19	377	69	52	14
Lung cancer	145	124	86	64	52	104	72	20	19	105	72	26	25	95	66	12	13
Oesophageal cancer	104	84	81	54	64	76	73	15	20	75	72	19	25	78	75	12	15
Years since last received cancer treatment
Last treatment ≤2 years ago	2307	1897	82	995	53	1532	66	289	19	1510	66	289	19	1497	65	171	11
Last treatment ≥3 years ago	2219	1827	82	749	41	1598	72	253	16	1496	67	172	12	1548	70	123	8
Patient reported cancer stage
Cured	2035	1658	82	711	43	1438	71	228	16	1340	66	147	11	1398	69	99	7
Will probably be cured	867	708	82	329	47	606	70	116	19	570	66	81	14	598	69	52	9
Will probably not be cured	1208	1017	84	553	54	806	67	142	18	818	68	200	24	776	64	115	15

^aPercentage ‘Topic addressed? (yes)’ is calculated for those who responded to have a need for GP involvement and filled in the question ‘Topic addressed?’ Denominators vary for this question and are slightly lower than thetotal number of patients who indicated to have a need to have SDM topics addressed by the GP, dueto missing data (i.e. not all respondents filled in the follow-up question‘Topic addressed’). Further information is available from the authors onrequest. ^bEducation is categorised as high (university or higher professional education), middle (secondary education), and low (primary education or no education).