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. 2018 Apr 5;2018(4):CD002748. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002748.pub4

Frost 2005.

Methods Retrospective case series
Participants Family history/risk ‐ had a personal and a family history of BC
Interventions CRRM ‐ 583 women who had CRRM between 1960 to1993 at a single institution
Outcomes QoL
 Physical morbidity
Notes Follow‐up report Frost 2011
Same participants as McDonnell 2001, which reports on BC incidence
Same participants as Boughey 2010, which reports on survival and incidence
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Free of selection bias? Low risk Women identified through Mayo Clinic Surgical Index who had CRRM
Free of performance bias? Low risk Used medical records
Free of detection bias? High risk There were no pre‐CRRM assessments of psychosocial factors for comparison and there is possible recall bias from collecting all psychosocial data postoperatively.
Free of attrition bias? Low risk Sent questionnaire to those known to be alive at time of study; 94% of women answered