Paradigm Shifts and Patient-Centered Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 182
Editors
Interests: cryoablation in breast cancer; molecular profile-based treatment; quality of life
Interests: minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer; web-based approaches for shared decision-making in breast cancer prevention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As multidisciplinary management of breast cancer has evolved, including surgical, radiation and systemic therapies in various orders, surgical decision-making has become complex, not only in terms of which surgical procedure but also the best timing for the procedure. A further challenge is to incorporate shared decision-making into the flow of care delivery to the patient. Patients’ perception and role of shared decision-making is particularly important in the contemporaneous practice of de-escalation targeted towards better quality of life. Whereas quantitative outcomes are often the impetus for changing practice, patient-reported outcomes including qualitative measures as utilized by BREAST-Q must be reported and incorporated in the process of surgical decisions. Another area is the newer technologies that are being incorporated in surgical treatment such as robotics, endoscopy, nerve preservation and lympho-venous bypass. Therefore, there is a need to determine the ultimate success of therapy focusing on outcomes as perceived by the patients at the receiving end of our decisions.
The goal of this Special Issue is to highlight the role of shared decision-making in planning and executing surgery for breast cancer and its impact on patient-centered outcomes.
Dr. Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman
Dr. Cathy Graham
Guest Editors
Dr. Jaime Alberty
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- shared decision-making
- precision medicine
- surgical de-escalation
- minimally invasive surgery
- clinical approaches with modern technologies
- quality of life after breast surgery
- economic impact of breast cancer surgery
- financial toxicity
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