Table 3.
Percentage of Patients Who Received Mastectomy as Initial Treatment by Surgeon Recommendationa
| Recommendation by Second Surgeon | No. of Patients | Recommendation by First Surgeon, No. (Weighted %)b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast-Conserving Surgery | Mastectomy | Neitherc | ||
| No second opinion | 1544 | 1052 (2.1) | 241 (88.8) | 251 (34.8) |
| Breast-conserving surgery | 167 | 131 (1.9) | 19 (33.8) | 17 (3.9) |
| Mastectomy | 105 | 24 (26.6) | 72 (77.6) | 9 (92.9) |
| No recommendation | 83 | 28 (36.5) | 14 (32.3) | 41 (45.9) |
a
There were 85 patients with missing information.
b
Indicates the weighted percentage of those patients who received initial mastectomy. For instance, of the 1052 patients for whom their first surgeon recommended breast-conserving surgery and who did not obtain a recommendation from a second surgeon, 2.1% (weighted percentage) had a mastectomy as the initial treatment.
c
Indicates that the surgeon did not recommend one (breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy) procedure over another.