Improving Surgical Decision-making in Young Women With Breast Cancer

The overall goal of this study is to qualitatively assess the surgical decision-making process from both the patient and physician perspective 1. Conduct short in-person interviews with young women prior to surgery 2. Conduct focus groups with breast cancer survivors about their surgical decision and experience 3. Interview surgical oncologists, plastic surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists about their experiences and how they communicate with breast cancer patients about local therapy decisions 4. To survey women about surgical decision-making prior to and after their consult in conjunction with pilot testing of a web-based decision aid to support high quality surgical decision-making in newly diagnosed young women with breast cancer.