Background. People often face difficult decisions about their health and may later regret the
choice that they made. However, little is known about the extent of decision regret in health …

A 45-year-old woman with breast cancer elects to undergo mastectomy and is referred to a
plastic surgeon for evaluation for postmastectomy breast reconstruction. For some patients …

Abstract Thinking about what might have been—counterfactual thinking—is a common
feature of the mental landscape. Key questions about counterfactual thinking center on why …

Background Bodily changes after breast cancer treatment can lead to long‐term distress.
Self‐compassion, the ability to be kind to oneself, is an internal resource that may enhance a …

Understanding stress and coping is essential to health education, health promotion, and
disease prevention. Stressors are demands made by the internal or external environment …

Objective Regret is a powerful motivating factor in medical decision making among patients
and surgeons. Regret can be particularly important for surgical decisions, which often carry …

Objective Women with breast cancer face threats to body image following surgery. Nipple‐
sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction (NSM+ IBR) may minimise body …

Introduction Nipple-sparing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is an option for women at high-
risk for breast cancer, and may offer better cosmetic results than a skin-sparing PM where …

Background This study describes the information needs of adult cancer survivors, identifies
sociodemographic, health, and healthcare-related factors associated with information …

Purpose Decision making is one of the ways in which parents serve as stewards of their
children with cancer, but barriers to informed decision making among parents of children …