20.10.2022 | ASO Perspectives
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Average Risk Women: Who Can Choose This Wisely?
verfasst von:
Suzanne B. Coopey, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2023
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Excerpt
The Choosing Wisely® campaign is a nationwide initiative to eliminate overtreatment and low-value care. One of the surgical de-implementation strategies identified by the American Society of Breast Surgeons as part of this campaign is not routinely performing a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) in average risk patients with unilateral breast cancer
1. There is currently insufficient evidence that CPM improves survival for average risk women, and many women who opt for CPM may be undergoing medically unnecessary surgery due to overestimation of their contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk
2. …