Capturing longer term surgical outcome measures as part of routine care of breast cancer patients.
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Leusink, AE
Godden, AR
Yildirim, N
Randawa, A
Law, R
Rusby, JE
Godden, AR
Yildirim, N
Randawa, A
Law, R
Rusby, JE
Document Type
Journal Article
Date
2024-08-01
Date Accepted
2024-06-03
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The transition away from routine clinical follow up after breast cancer towards imaging surveillance and patient-initiated contact limits opportunities for patients and doctors to communicate about the long-term effects of treatment. The ABS oncoplastic guidelines (2021) recommend that post-operative 2D images and patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) are routinely collected but give no guidance as to how best to implement this. METHODS: From December 2019 until March 2024, women due for their year 3 or 5 surveillance mammogram at The Royal Marsden Sutton site were invited to complete a BREAST-Q questionnaire and attend medical photography. Panel assessment of photographs was undertaken. Results were presented to the oncoplastic MDT, including summary PROMs and illustrative case presentations. Free-text comments were shared with the relevant teams. Associations between demographic or clinic-pathological factors and uptake were investigated. RESULTS: Of the 1211 women invited, 246 patients (20.3 %) completed BREAST-Q questionnaires, 182 (15.0 %) attended for medical photography and 114 (9.4 %) completed both. Uptake was not associated with age, ethnicity or surgical factors but patients with higher BMI were less likely to respond to the questionnaire. Patients who had undergone complex oncoplastic procedures were more likely to respond than those who had simple procedures. Patient-reported outcome results were in line with the published literature. CONCLUSION: Reviewing images with their paired PROMs and discussing free-text feedback was instructive for the team. Work is needed to identify barriers to patient participation and improve uptake to be representative of the overall patient population. Quantifying appearance in photographs would help summarise aesthetic outcome data.
Citation
Breast, 2024, 76 pp. 103758 -
Source Title
Breast
Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
ISSN
0960-9776
eISSN
1532-3080
1532-3080
1532-3080
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Research Team
Breast Surgery Outcomes