A recent study published in Cancer Nursing determined that decisional conflict, level of involvement, and other psychologic factors play a role in the mastectomy decision-making process among women diagnosed with breast cancer. The study was performed by a team of researchers from China with the goal of understanding why “most women with breast cancer in China have received a mastectomy despite emerging breast-conserving alternatives.” ...
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