Preferences for Care among African American Women Considering Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction
African American patients place greatest value on minimizing complication risk and additional surgery when considering postmastectomy reconstruction. Future studies should assess how eliciting individual-level preferences can improve shared decision-making in surgery.
Authors
- Rachel A. Greenup
- Angelo Moore
- Ronnie Labib Shammas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5468-8646)
- Brett Thomas Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9765-2600)
- Clara N. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0514-9448)
- Anna Hung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0730-431X)
- Scott Thomas Hollenbeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-4892)
- Alexandria Mullikin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-442X)
- Janel Ramkalawan
- Shelby D. Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-4464)
- Evan Matros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-4083)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Yale Cancer Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (US)
- Clinical Research Institute (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- National Medical Research Center of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery (RU)
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000012003
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01