Psychosocial outcomes after varying risk management strategies in women at increased familial breast cancer risk: a mixed methods study of patient and partner outcomes.
Jenna MorganE MacInnesS ErskineS J WaltersJ CookK CollinsL WyldPublished in: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2023)
Levels of psychosocial and decision satisfaction were high for women choosing both RRS and surveillance but, for a minority, risk-reducing measures result in long-term psychosocial morbidity. Efforts to recognise women at increased risk of psychological morbidity may allow targeted support.