Use of animation video in surgical decision-making for treatment of early breast cancer in Indian women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Surgical decision-making in early breast cancer is difficult for the patient and also for the treating clinician, especially when the patient is not completely aware of the available options. Adjuncts such as animation video with case scenarios can be helpful in this regard. We used an animation video to help in decision-making and evaluated the effect of such adjunct in Indian women with early breast cancer.

Materials and methods

An animation video of running time of 4 min and 11 s was shown to forty patients with early breast cancer, who filled in a patient satisfaction multimedia questionnaire at the end of the animation.

Results

Seventeen (42.5%) patients underwent breast-conserving surgery (BCS) while the rest 23 (57.5%) patients underwent the mastec

SUBMITTER: Bothra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699233 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature