Dissemination secondary to surgical interventions is an issue that arises in conversations between patients and providers prior to breast biopsy. Research supports needle biopsies over incisional or excisional biopsies in most situations. Tumor cell dissemination is a rare occurrence. However, the...

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...