Table 3a.

 Surgery: percentage of patients and providers who ranked each fact and goal in the top 3

	Patient (n = 14), %	Provider (n = 15), %	95% CI of the difference
Surgery fact*
Patients who have lumpectomy live as long as those who have mastectomy	43	73	−65 to 4
Waiting 4 weeks to make a treatment decision does not affect survival	14	53	−70 to −8
The chance of cancer coming back in the treated breast is slightly higher after lumpectomy and radiation	36	27	−25 to 43
If 100 women have lumpectomy and radiation, 5–15 will have cancer come back in 10 years	29	27	−31 to 35
Most women are candidates for both types of treatment and have a choice	36	27	−25 to 43
Some who have lumpectomy will need more than one operation for margins	7	27	−46 to 7
If cancer comes back in the breast after lumpectomy, it is usually treated with mastectomy	29	27	−31 to 34
If 100 women have mastectomy, 2–10 will have cancer come back in 10 years	21	13	−19 to 36
Radiation involves treatment 5 days a week for 5–6 weeks	21	13	−36 to 19
Side effects of radiation include fatigue and cosmetic changes to the breast	7	13	−16 to 28
Breast reconstruction is an option that can be done at the time of the mastectomy or later	29	7	−5 to 49
Most women are very satisfied with the way their breast looks after lumpectomy	14	0	−33 to 4
Serious problems caused by radiation are rare	7	0	−6 to 21
Surgery goal*
Minimize the chance of cancer coming back in the treated breast	100	93	−21 to 6
Be able to say you did everything possible	64	79	−19 to 47
Keep the breast	7	71	−92 to −37
Avoid side effects and complications of radiation therapy	0	21	−43 to 0
Do what your doctors think is best	86	14	−97 to −46
Remove the entire breast to gain peace of mind	14	14	−26 to 26
Avoid the hassle of radiation therapy	0	7	−21 to 6
Avoid breast reconstruction	14	0	−4 to 33

Bold print denotes statistically significant difference, P < 0.05.

CI, confidence interval.

*Shortened from the original wording.