Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: What should not be forgotten to improve communication between clinicians and patients!

Gianluca Franceschini; Alba Di Leone; Riccardo Masetti

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2019.03.006

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: What should not be forgotten to improve communication between clinicians and patients!

Gianluca Franceschini, Alba Di Leone, Riccardo Masetti

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The rationale for CPM in a patient who has had breast cancer is to reduce the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) and possibly improve survival and quality of life. Other reasons for undergoing a CPM include relative ease of follow-up, reduction of anxiety for occurrence of a second breast cancer, and desire for symmetry that can be achieved with bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1573-1574
Number of pages	2
Journal	Patient Education and Counseling
Volume	102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.03.006
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Breast cancer
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
Decisional conflict
Decisional processes

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Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: What should not be forgotten to improve communication between clinicians and patients!

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