Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer

Mastectomy: White women more likely to choose double breast removal Racial disparities exist in the desire of American women with early-stage breast cancer to surgically remove their healthy breast tissue. Younji Kim and colleagues from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA, surveyed mor...

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Autores principales:	Younji Kim, Anne Marie McCarthy, Mirar Bristol, Katrina Armstrong
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:326bbf3942ea410e8fafe764f77be6612021-12-02T16:19:49ZDisparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer10.1038/s41523-017-0004-z2374-4677https://doaj.org/article/326bbf3942ea410e8fafe764f77be6612017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-017-0004-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2374-4677Mastectomy: White women more likely to choose double breast removal Racial disparities exist in the desire of American women with early-stage breast cancer to surgically remove their healthy breast tissue. Younji Kim and colleagues from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA, surveyed more than 2100 middle-aged women from Pennsylvania and Florida who were newly diagnosed with early-stage cancer in one breast. They asked about the women’s medical and family histories, perceived risk of further disease, and assorted demographic variables. After adjusting for clinical factors and family history, white women were more than twice as likely to undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, in which both breasts are surgically removed, than were black women. The authors surmise that the racial discrepancy may result from perceptual differences among populations about the benefits of bilateral mastectomies on future cancer risk, although more research is needed into the decision-making process.Younji KimAnne Marie McCarthyMirar BristolKatrina ArmstrongNature PortfolioarticleNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENnpj Breast Cancer, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282 Younji Kim Anne Marie McCarthy Mirar Bristol Katrina Armstrong Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
description	Mastectomy: White women more likely to choose double breast removal Racial disparities exist in the desire of American women with early-stage breast cancer to surgically remove their healthy breast tissue. Younji Kim and colleagues from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA, surveyed more than 2100 middle-aged women from Pennsylvania and Florida who were newly diagnosed with early-stage cancer in one breast. They asked about the women’s medical and family histories, perceived risk of further disease, and assorted demographic variables. After adjusting for clinical factors and family history, white women were more than twice as likely to undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, in which both breasts are surgically removed, than were black women. The authors surmise that the racial discrepancy may result from perceptual differences among populations about the benefits of bilateral mastectomies on future cancer risk, although more research is needed into the decision-making process.
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title	Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
title_short	Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
title_full	Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
title_fullStr	Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
title_sort	disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer
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Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer

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