How Women Make Decisions About Breast Cancer Surgery
 

For women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, causing them to have to decide quickly about treatment. Most studies investigating how women make this choice have surveyed women months and sometimes even years after their decision was made.

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