| 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 |