True

False

I Don’t Know

1) I can only get breast implants as a form of breast reconstruction. No other options exist.

4.8

46.0

49.2

2) If I have or need chemotherapy or radiation therapy, I can’t have breast reconstruction.

1.6

60.3

38.1

3) Breast reconstruction can’t be performed safely in women over the age of 60.

7.9

46.0

46.1

4) Breast reconstruction is not covered by insurance.

9.5

46.0

44.5

5) My insurance company will pay for me to have a breast reduction, breast lift, or breast augmentation on the unaffected breast to match the reconstructed breast.

28.6

9.5

61.9

6) Having breast reconstruction makes my cancer more likely to return and harder to detect if it does return.

4.8

49.2

46.0

7) Breast reconstruction must be done immediately after my mastectomy (a surgery to remove the breast).

12.7

44.4

42.9

8) If my breast implant ruptures, I will get cancer from the ruptured implant.

3.2

36.5

60.3

9) Silicone breast implants are just as safe as saline breast implants.

14.3

17.5

31.8

10) If your mother or other women in your family don’t have breast cancer, you are not going to get breast cancer.

1.6

69.8

28.6

11) Mammograms cause cancer.

1.6

73.0

25.4

12) Cancer only spreads when the air hits it.

6.4

71.4

22.2

13) A majority of women who get breast cancer will die of breast cancer.

4.8

71.4

23.8

14) The only treatment for breast cancer is mastectomy (a surgery to remove the breast).

4.8

73.0

22.2