Table 3.

Qualitative data: top five most frequent responses by decision aid

Control group standard decision aid		Experimental group regret-incorporated decision aid
Frequency	Response	Frequency	Response
18 (19 %)	With mastectomy, after 10 years, about 8 out of 100 women will have local recurrence. With lumpectomy and radiation, after 10 years, about 10 out of 100 women will have local recurrence	19 (22 %)	With mastectomy, after 10 years, about 8 out of 100 women who have will have local recurrence. With lumpectomy and radiation, after 10 years, about 10 out of 100 women would have a local recurrence
16 (17 %)	Mastectomy removes the entire breast	18 (20 %)	If a woman undergoes mastectomy and is unable to cope with the loss of her breast…she may regret her decision to treat a cancer that could also have been cured with breast-conserving therapy. This regret may be especially pertinent if she learns that a similar woman with a similar cancer chose lumpectomy with radiation and continued to live cancer-free without the same sacrifice to her appearance
10 (10 %)	The chance of local recurrence is low after mastectomy and slightly higher after lumpectomy with radiation	17 (19 %)	Lumpectomy saves the breast
9 (9 %)	You will live the same length of time whether you choose mastectomy or lumpectomy with radiation	14 (16 %)	24.1 % of women choosing mastectomy have regretted their decision afterwards
9 (9 %)	Cancer that comes back in the breast after lumpectomy can usually be successfully treated with mastectomy	14 (16 %)	You will live the same length of time whether you choose mastectomy or lumpectomy