Trends in Use of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in a Context of Celebrity Decisions and Media Coverage: An Observational Study in the United States and Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine trends in risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and immediate breast reconstruction in New York State and New South Wales, especially before and after Angelina Jolie's announcement of her surgery in 2013.

Data source

Hospital discharge data, 2004-2014.

Study design

Trends in procedures were assessed using Poisson regression and the Cochrane-Armitage test.

Data extraction methods

Extracted using procedure codes.

Principal findings

There was an increase in RRM procedures after May 2013 in both regions, with a peak during late 2013-early 2014. The average bimonthly RRM procedures were significantly higher after Jolie's announcement than before.

Conclusions

In both countries, we found a substantial increase of RRM after Jolie's announcem

SUBMITTER: Mao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056602 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature