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organization scrutinizing and reporting the evidence for breast cancer procedures and treatments.
has been rigorously fact-checked and documented. Report on decision-making: As patient-advocate reporters, our mission is to help patients get full disclosure in order to make informed choices about procedures and treatments. We have rarely met a patient who received the true (overall survival) statistics for any therapy. Lack of full disclosure is the single biggest obstacle to patients making informed choices. Only by uncovering the hidden statistics can patients decide on which treatments are best for them. Report on healing strategies: We investigate evidence-based strategies which have passed the "do no harm" criteria. How does a patient get informed?
of life will be affected.
For example, if you were told a toxic treatment offered 40% benefit and you read that it actually only offered a 5% absolute benefit with years of debilitating side effects, would this information affect your decision-making?
or not they have any evidence to support their use. Standard of care medical treatment is consensus-based, not evidence-based. Consensus-based only means the doctors voted on medical guidelines. Begin with the FAQ
Look at the documented results of the standard treatment route. After scrutinizing the survival record of conventional treatments, patients may consider alternative therapies, complementary therapies or proceed on the conventional route. |
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Scrutinizing the evidence for breast cancer procedures and treatments |
Breast Cancer Choices, Inc is a Non-Profit Organization Your Donation Helps Our Research and Education Programs Please make checks payable to: Breast Cancer Choices, Inc. PO Box 1567 Amagansett, NY 11930 Or donate via Paypal |
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The most important goals for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients? Disclosure. Disclosure. Disclosure. Full Disclosure Campaign Breast Cancer Choices urges all patients to obtain a copy of the consent form in advance for every procedure. This applies to both diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Check our FAQ pages to confirm the disclosures are accurate. Read the consent form carefully. A study showed that most patients had little or no understanding of the consent form when asked about it later and were told it was "just routine." |
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