2013
Perceptions, knowledge, and satisfaction with contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among young women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey.
Rosenberg SM, Tracy MS, Meyer ME, Sepucha K, Gelber S, Hirshfield-Bartek J, Troyan S, Morrow M, Schapira L, Come SE, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Perceptions, knowledge, and satisfaction with contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among young women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2013, 159: 373-81. PMID: 24042365, PMCID: PMC3968260, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-6-201309170-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContralateral prophylactic mastectomyContralateral breast cancerBreast cancerCross-sectional surveyYoung womenProphylactic mastectomyBilateral breast cancerBreast cancer worryAge 40 yearsCommunity medical centerBRCA2 mutation carriersSusan G. KomenBilateral mastectomyUnaffected breastCancer worryMedical CenterMutation carriersMost womenCancerEvidence-based decisionsMastectomyRecall biasWomenRiskActual risk
2005
Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older and Younger Women With Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer
Muss HB, Woolf S, Berry D, Cirrincione C, Weiss RB, Budman D, Wood WC, Henderson IC, Hudis C, Winer E, Cohen H, Wheeler J, Norton L, B F. Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older and Younger Women With Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer. JAMA 2005, 293: 1073-1081. PMID: 15741529, DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.9.1073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph node-positive breast cancerNode-positive breast cancerTreatment-related mortalityDisease-free survivalAdjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerOverall survivalOlder womenMore chemotherapyOlder patientsHigh treatment-related mortalityAge groupsYoung womenPositive lymph nodesHealthy older patientsDuration of chemotherapyGood general healthSmaller tumor sizeBreast cancer mortalityBreast cancer patientsCommunity medical centerDifferent age groupsTamoxifen useLymph nodesRetrospective review