Quality of life among patients after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: a systematic review of patient-reported outcomes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2016
Journal Title
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
MeSH Headings
Adult, Body Image, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Mammaplasty, Middle Aged, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Patient Satisfaction, Prophylactic Mastectomy, Quality of Life, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
Abstract
PURPOSE: Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (BPM) is effective in reducing the risk of breast cancer in women with a well-defined family history of breast cancer or in women with BRCA 1 or 2 mutations. Evaluating patient-reported outcomes following BPM are thus essential for evaluating success of BPM from patient's perspective. Our systematic review aimed to: (1) identify studies describing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients following BPM with or without reconstruction; (2) assess the effect of BPM with or without reconstruction on HRQOL; and (3) identify predictors of HRQOL post-BPM.
METHODS: We performed a systematic review of literature using the PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane databases were searched.
RESULTS: The initial search resulted in 1082 studies; 22 of these studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Post-BPM, patients are satisfied with the outcomes and report high psychosocial well-being and positive body image. Sexual well-being and somatosensory function are most negatively affected. Vulnerability, psychological distress and preoperative cancer distress are significant negative predictors of quality of life and body image post-BPM.
CONCLUSION: There is a paucity of high-quality data on outcomes of different HRQOL domains post-BPM. Future studies should strive to use validated and breast-specific PRO instruments for measuring HRQOL. This will facilitate shared decision-making by enabling surgeons to provide evidence-based answers to women contemplating BPM.
ISSN
1573-2649
First Page
1409
Last Page
1421
Recommended Citation
Razdan, Shantanu N; Patel, Vishal; Jewell, Sarah; and McCarthy, Colleen M, "Quality of life among patients after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: a systematic review of patient-reported outcomes." (2016). MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. 1868.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/mmc/1868