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When Informed, All Women Do Not Prefer Breast Conservation -- Throckmorton and Esserman 27 (4): 484 -- Journal of Clinical Oncology
The key to offering a choice is respecting the choices patients make. Some people will choose one path, others a different one. We need to accept that women will have different values and want different choices. Our job should be to make sure patients have the choices, the information, the time, and environment in which to make an informed, value-driven decision.
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ReplyDeleteA key component to cancer risk-reducing surgery is the pathology. I would expect and hope that any patient who considers cancer risk-reduction surgery, after genetic counseling/testing, would work with the specific cancer surgeon as well as other disciplines.
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