| 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 |