Effect of receiving a customizable brochure on breast cancer patients' knowledge about their diagnosis and treatment: A randomized clinical trial.
Cynthia Villarreal GarzaAna S Ferrigno GuajardoCynthia De la Garza-RamosDaniela Vazquez-JuarezBrizio Moreno-JaimeYuly Remolina-BonillaManuel Segura-GonzalezIgnacio Mariscal-RamirezFlorencia PerazzoGeorgina Garnica-JaliffeSilvia Neciosup-DelgadoEmilio Conde-FloresShirly MyslerArlette Hernandez-AyalaAlondra Barajas-SanchezMaria Del Socorro Rios MercadoNelia Maria Noh-VazquezRicardo Garcia-RodriguezAna PlatasJaime Tamez-SalazarTeresa Mireles-AguilarAlejandra PlatasPublished in: Cancer medicine (2023)
Over one third of recently diagnosed breast cancer patients are incognizant of their disease characteristics and treatment options. This study demonstrates a need to improve patient education and shows that customizable educational materials increase patients' understanding of recommended systemic therapies according to individual breast cancer characteristics.