How patient acceptability affects access to breast reconstruction: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:There has been limited research on the acceptability of breast reconstruction (BR) to breast cancer patients. We performed interviews to explore breast cancer patients' acceptability of BR. DESIGN:Qualitative study. SETTING:Recruitment from six Ontario hospitals across the province (Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Thunder Bay and Windsor) as well as key breast cancer organisations between November 2017 and June 2018. PARTICIPANTS:Women of any age with a diagnosis of breast cancer planning to undergo or having undergone a mastectomy with or without BR. INTERVENTION:Sixty-minute semi-structured interviews were analysed using qualitative descriptive methodology that draws on inductive thematic analysis. OUTCOME:In the telephone interviews, participants discussed their experience

SUBMITTER: Retrouvey H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature