Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Young Women With Breast Cancer
Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Young Women With Breast Cancer
Shoshana M. Rosenberg,Michaela S Tracy,9 Authors,A. Partridge
2013 · DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-6-201309170-00003
Annals of Internal Medicine · 275 Citations
TLDR
Despite knowing that CPM does not clearly improve survival, women who have the procedure do so, in part, to extend their lives because many women overestimate their actual risk for cancer in the unaffected breast.