Local-therapy decisional regret in older women with breast cancer: A population-based study

Older (≥67 years) breast cancer survivors diagnosed in 2009 and treated with 1 of 5 local-therapy options [lumpectomy plus whole breast irradiation, brachytherapy, or endocrine therapy (Lump+WBI, Lump+Brachy, or Lump-alone) or mastectomy -/+ radiation (Mast-alone or Mast+RT)] were surveyed to examine their local-therapy treatment-related decisional regret 6-years after diagnosis. Local-therapy regret afflicted nearly one-quarter of our cohort and was associated with black race, less education, and more extensive nodal dissection but not breast surgery.

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