ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2019
Personal factors influencing breast cancer patients' perception of breast conservation surgery in West China.
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- Correction of breast deformities after breast-conserving surgery in Chinese women with breast cancer: a narrative review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Factors influencing the decision-making process for breast surgery in women likely to face breast cancer: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Predictors of surgery choices in women with early-stage breast cancer in China: a retrospective study.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Treatment decision-making, family influences, and cultural influences of Chinese breast cancer survivors: a qualitative study using an expressive writing method.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast cancer patients' understanding of therapies is a very important factor during their surgical treatment decision-making. To date, there has been no report in this area about Chinese patients. Aiming to evaluate the perception of breast conservation surgery (BCS) in Chinese breast cancer patients (CBCP) and explore influencing factors.
methodsA self-structured questionnaire was distributed to 1,496 CBCPs, eliciting information on patients' age, religion, sexual history, occupation, education, whether they were pre- or postoperative, understanding of BCS and their means of gaining information.
resultsA total of 1,324 (88.5%) patients completed the questionnaire. Only 2.42% of patients had more understanding of BCS. Patients' perception about BCS was associated with their age, religion, occupation, education background and whether they were postoperative or not (P<0.01). Surgeon was the most commonly way being used to obtain information (68.9%); however, this was not significant in affecting patients' perception [odds ratios (OR) =1.034; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 0.762-1.402]. Patients using books and/or internet to obtain information on BCS had better understanding (OR =1.665; 95% CI: 1.249-2.193), but only 20.2% patients used this way to search for information.
conclusionsThe study indicated that CBCP' perception of BCS was poor, they lacked access to information. Therefore, educating patients and making them master knowledge about BCS were a hard work in China.
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