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Offering patients a choice of surgery for early breast cancer: A reduction in anxiety and depression in patients and their husbands

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  • Morris, Jenny
  • Royle, G. T.

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Thirty patients with early breast cancer have been studied prospectively to assess whether being offered a choice of surgery (simple mastectomy or wide excision plus radiotherapy) influences levels of anxiety and depression pre- and post-operatively. A significantly higher percentage of the patients not offered a choice of surgery experienced clinical levels of anxiety and depression pre-operatively and up to 2 months post-operatively compared with patients offered a choice; the results were also similar for the husbands of these patients. At 6 months, differences between the 2 groups were not statistically significant, although the trend remained the same with more patients not offered a choice of treatment showing high levels of anxiety and depression. Patients offered a choice of surgery had similar pre-operative levels of anxiety and depression to patients with benign breast disease and patients undergoing surgery for non-cancerous conditions. This study indicates that with proper counselling patients and husbands suffer less stress if they are allowed to take an active part in the treatment of their cancer.

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  • Morris, Jenny & Royle, G. T., 1988. "Offering patients a choice of surgery for early breast cancer: A reduction in anxiety and depression in patients and their husbands," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 26(6), pages 583-585, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:26:y:1988:i:6:p:583-585
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    1. Semra Ozdemir & Yubing Tian & Chetna Malhotra & Richard Harding & Gerald Choon Huat Koh & Nesaretnam Barr Kumarakulasinghe & Lai Heng Lee & Ssu Wynn Mon & Eric Finkelstein, 2021. "Discordance Between Advanced Cancer Patients’ Perceived and Preferred Roles in Decision Making and its Association with Psychological Distress and Perceived Quality of Care," The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Springer;International Academy of Health Preference Research, vol. 14(5), pages 581-589, September.
    2. Vivek Goel & Carol A. Sawka & Elaine C. Thiel & Elaine H. Gort & Annette M. O’Connor, 2001. "Randomized Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Choice of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 21(1), pages 1-6, February.
    3. Patsy Kenny & Sue Quine & Alan Shiell & Sue Cameron, 1997. "Participation in treatment decision making by women with early stage breast cancer: a qualitative approach - Report to the NSW Cancer Council, CHERE Project Report No 5," Research Reports 5, CHERE, University of Technology, Sydney.

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