Patients' Treatment Preferences may be Influenced by Terminology Used To Describe Preinvasive Breast Cancer

A research letter by Zehra B. Omer, B.A., of Massachusetts General Hospital-Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, and colleagues says that when ductal carcinoma in situ is described as a high-risk condition rather than cancer, more women report that they would opt for nonsurgical treatments. A total of 394 healthy women without a history of breast cancer participated in the study and were presented with three scenarios that described a diagnosis of DCIS as ...

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