Pre

Post

p-value

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

46.0

69.8

0.002

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

60.3

73.0

0.077

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

46.0

57.1

0.230

Breast reconstruction is not covered by insurance.

46.0

73.0

0.001

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

65.1

<0.001

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

49.2

69.8

0.007

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

44.4

69.8

0.002

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

36.5

71.4

<0.001

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

14.3

66.7

<0.001

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

69.9

76.2

0.455

Mammograms cause cancer.

73.0

79.4

0.481

Cancer only spreads when the air hits it.

71.4

79.4

0.302

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

71.4

82.5

0.144

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

73.0

76.2

0.754

Breast reconstruction can improve a woman’s body image.

55.6

76.2

0.004