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My mind is made up: Cancer concern and women's preferences for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.
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European Journal of Cancer Care . Jul2019, Vol. 28 Issue 4, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The fear of cancer recurrence is cited as a motivator of women's preferences between routine monitoring and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) as methods of managing ongoing breast cancer risk. We conducted a discrete choice experiment among a general community sample of women who completed 12 hypothetical choices between routine monitoring and CPM described by aspects of treatment efficacy, safety, cost and involvement in decision‐making. Respondents also completed a modified cancer worry question to assess cancer concern. Approximately 57.5% of 464 women always chose one option, typically routine monitoring. The majority (71.5%) reported being concerned about cancer recurrence when completing choice tasks. Latent class analysis identified three groups: preferred routine monitoring; preferred CPM; and "traders" (willing to swap between options). Among traders, women were less likely to choose an option associated with higher risk of recurrence. Women were more likely to choose options associated with less‐intrusive monitoring methods and where they were involved in decision‐making. Women concerned about cancer recurrence were more likely to choose CPM over monitoring. This study shows that women's preferences about how to manage breast cancer recurrence risk reflect the importance of the associated health effects, experience of care and attitudes to cancer recurrence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BREAST tumors
*CANCER patients
*CANCER relapse
*CANCER pain
*CHI-squared test
*FISHER exact test
*LATENT structure analysis
*MASTECTOMY
*MEDICAL care costs
*PREVENTIVE medicine
*RESEARCH funding
*RISK assessment
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*SURVEYS
*WOMEN
*DISEASE relapse
*DATA analysis software
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*EARLY detection of cancer
*ODDS ratio
*PATIENT decision making
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09615423
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137585601
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13058