The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 4 , Pages 491-499 , April 2010

Breast cancer treatment beliefs and influences among surgeons in areas of scientific uncertainty

Received 16 January 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2009

References 

  1. Lyman GH, Giuliano AE, Somerfield MR, et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline recommendations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23:7703–7720
  2. Noguchi M. Current controversies concerning sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004;84:261–271
  3. Allweis TM, Badriyyah M, Bar AV, et al. Current controversies in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. Breast. 2003;12:163–171
  4. Silverstein MJ, Lagios MD, Recht A, et al. Image-detected breast cancer: state of the art diagnosis and treatment. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201:586–597
  5. Recht A, Edge SB, Solin LJ, et al. Postmastectomy radiotherapy: guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19:1539–1569
  6. Chung CS, Harris JR. Post-mastectomy radiation therapy: translating local benefits into improved survival. Breast. 2007;16:S78–S83
  7. Morrow M, Jordan VC, Takei H, et al. Current controversies in breast cancer management. Curr Prob Surg. 1999;36:163–216
  8. Silverstein MJ. Current controversies in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: summary from the Lynn sage breast cancer symposium. J Am Coll Surg. 2003;197:115–118
  9. Bijker N, Meijnen P, Peterse JL, et al. EORTC Breast Cancer Cooperative Group EORTC Radiotherapy Group (Breast-conserving treatment with or without radiotherapy in ductal carcinoma-in-situ: ten-year results of European Organisation for Research and treatment of cancer randomized Phase III trial 10,853—a study by the EORTC Breast Cancer Cooperative Group and the EORTC Radiotherapy Group). J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:3381–3387
  10. Fisher B, Dignam J, Wolmark N, et al. Lumpectomy and radiation therapy for the treatment of intraductal breast cancer: findings from the national surgical adjuvant breast and bowel project B17. J Clin Oncol. 1998;16:441–452
  11. Schroen AT, Brownstein MR, Sheldon GF. Comparison of private versus academic practice for general surgeons: a guide for medical students and residents. J Am Coll Surg. 2003;197:1000–1011
  12. American Association of Public Opinion Research. Standard Definitions: Final Dispositions of Cases Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys. 4th ed.. Lenexa KS: AAPOR; 2006;http://www.aapor.org/pdfs/standarddefs_4.pdfaccessed March 2007
  13. Woodward CA, Chambers LW. Guide to Questionnaire Construction and Question Writing. 3rd ed.. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Public Health Association; 1986;
  14. Dillman DA. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. New York: Wiley; 2000;
  15. Schroen AT, Brenin DR. Clinical trial priorities among surgeons caring for breast cancer patients. Am J Surg. 2008;195:474–480
  16. Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Janz NK, et al. Surgeon perspectives about local therapy for breast carcinoma. Cancer. 2005;104:1854–1861
  17. Porter GA, McMulkin-Tait H. Practice patterns in breast cancer surgery: Canadian perspective. World J Surg. 2004;28:80–86
  18. NCCN Breast Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Version 2.2008) (© 2006 National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc). http://www.nccn.orgAccessed July 30, 2008
  19. Silverstein M, Lagios M, Groshen S, et al. The influence of margin width on local control in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:1455–1461
  20. Hughes LL, Wang M, Page DL, et al. Five year results of intergroup study E5194: local excision alone (without radiation treatment) for selected patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) [abstract 29]. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 2006.
  21. Silverstein MJ, Poller MD, Craig PH, et al. A prognostic index for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Cancer. 2006;77:2268–2274
  22. Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Janz NK, et al. Patterns and correlates of local therapy for women with ductal carcinoma-in-situ. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23:3001–3007
  23. Mandelblatt JS, Berg CD, Meropol NJ, et al. Measuring and predicting surgeons' practice styles for breast cancer treatment in older women. Med Care. 2001;39:228–242
  24. Weinberg E, Woods S, Grannan K, et al. The influence of gender of the surgeon on surgical procedure preference for breast cancer. Am Surg. 2002;68:398–400
  25. Young JM, Hollands MJ, Ward J, et al. Role for opinion leaders in promoting evidence-based surgery. Arch Surg. 2003;138:785–791
  26. Asch DA, Jedrziewski MK, Christakis NA. Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals. J Clin Epidemiol. 1997;50:1129–1136
  27. Freedman B. Equipoise and the ethics of clinical research. N Engl J Med. 1987;317:141–145
  28. Weijer C, Shapiro SH, Cranley Glass K. For and against: clinical equipoise and not the uncertainty principle is the moral underpinning of the randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 2000;321:756–758

PII: S0002-9610(09)00301-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.005

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 4 , Pages 491-499 , April 2010

Article Tools