Developing a New Questionnaire About Patient Expectations of Breast Conserving Therapy

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center22 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to develop a questionnaire to measure patient expectations of breast-conserving therapy (breast-conserving surgery and radiation). This questionnaire will assist both surgeons and patients by helping provide valuable information to patients about what to expect during and after surgery.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Interventions

qualitative interviews with patientsBEHAVIORAL

questionnairesBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Female * Age 18-75 * Patients who are scheduled to undergo lumpectomy at MSKCC as part of breast conserving therapy for invasive breast cancer OR who have completed BCT (lumpectomy and radiation) at least 6 months prior to recruitment Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to speak or understand English * Inability to provide meaningful informed consent due to physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disability * Patients undergoing lumpectomy without radiation

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

measure patient expectations of breast-conserving therapy

This study aims to develop the Patient Expectations with Breast-Conserving Therapy questionnaire. New questionnaire content will be generated using qualitative research methods. Interview data will be analyzed using a grounded theory approach, which involves generating codes, categories, and themes inductively, rather than imposing a priori assumptions or classifications on the data.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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