Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) offers the opportunity to preserve the breast envelope and the nipple-areolar complex by removing only breast tissue and avoiding multiple surgical procedures for reconstruction. The objective of this...

Purpose/Objectives: To (a) develop the Women With Vulvar Neoplasia—Patient-Reported Outcome (WOMAN-PRO) instrument as a measure of women's post-vulvar surgery symptom experience and informational needs, (b) examine its content validity, (c) describe modifications based on pilot testing, and (d)...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe breast cancer treatment choices from the perspectives of Latina and African American breast cancer survivors. Design: An interdisciplinary team conducted a mixed-methodsstudy of women treated for stages I-IV breast cancer. Setting: Participants' homes in metropolitan...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine readmission rates post-pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), readmission reasons following PD, and patients' postoperative education prior to discharge. Design: Retrospective, descriptive study of established medical records of patients who have undergone PD from 2006-2008...