Quality of Patient Decisions About Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Breast reconstruction has the potential to improve a person's body image and quality of life but has important risks. Variations in who undergoes breast reconstruction have led to questions about the quality of patient decisions.

Objective

To assess the quality of patient decisions about breast reconstruction.

Design, setting, and participants

A prospective, cross-sectional survey study was conducted from June 27, 2012, to February 28, 2014, at a single, academic, multidisciplinary oncology clinic among women planning to undergo mastectomy for stage I to III invasive ductal or lobular breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or prophylaxis.

Exposures

Mastectomy only and mastectomy with reconstruction.

Main outcome and measures

Knowledge, as as

SUBMITTER: Lee CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5559314 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature