Local Therapy Decision-Making and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Young Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Rosenberg SM, Sepucha K, Ruddy KJ, Tamimi RM, Gelber S, Meyer ME, Schapira L, Come SE, Borges VF, Golshan M, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Local Therapy Decision-Making and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Young Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2015, 22: 3809-3815. PMID: 25930247, PMCID: PMC4598267, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-4572-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyBody Mass IndexBreast NeoplasmsDecision MakingDirective CounselingFearFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2Genetic TestingHumansLymphatic MetastasisMastectomy, SegmentalMutationNeoplasm StagingParityPatient ParticipationProphylactic Surgical ProceduresReceptor, ErbB-2RecurrenceTumor BurdenYoung AdultConceptsBreast-conserving surgeryContralateral prophylactic mastectomyEarly-stage breast cancerUnilateral mastectomyBreast cancerYoung womenProphylactic mastectomyUnilateral stage ILarger tumor sizeOngoing cohort studyGood psychosocial supportResultsMedian ageClinical characteristicsCohort studyHER2 positivityNodal involvementLocal therapyLower BMITumor sizeBRCA mutationsPatient-driven decisionSurgical decisionMethodsAs partMultinomial logistic regressionStage I