Breast cancer patient-reported outcome of factors influencing cosmetic satisfaction after breast-conserving therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate which factors patients considered to be important for determining the degree of cosmetic satisfaction with regards to perceived body image after previous breast-conserving therapy (BCT).

Methods

Outcomes considered relevant by the patients were first identified using interviews. A questionnaire based on this group input was then devised and added to the physician-based Sneeuw questionnaire. Next, a quantitative study using this questionnaire was conducted in Dutch patients treated at least 6 months earlier for (non-) invasive breast cancer by BCT. Exclusion criteria were: previous mastectomy or BCT of the contralateral breast, BCT with nipple resection, metastatic disease, local recurrence or (previous) plastic breast surge

SUBMITTER: Brands-Appeldoorn ATPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8732835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature