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Patients affected by breast cancer undergo radiotherapy with bare chest and can therefore live the moments in which they undress in front of the radiation therapy technologists (RTTs) in charge of their treatment as an extremely embarrassing one.
Furthermore, for some of these patients the relationship with their bodies has indeed changed since surgery (i.e. mutilations, scars), particularly for specific age or socio-economic groups. In this context, sub-standard care in maintaining modesty during breast cancer radiotherapy has been reported in literature, even if poorly studied. Aim of this multicentric observational study is to describe how modesty is perceived by patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in adjuvant setting |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Test | Behavioral | A specific self-test composed by 16 questions , will be administered to BC patients undergoing adjuvant RT. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Primary aim of this study is to identify patients perception of modesty during RT for breast cancer through the use of a dedicated 16 items questionnaire validated in a Delphi consensus for the purposes of this study | 1-5 weeks |
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Patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS | Rome | RM | 00168 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001943 | Breast Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D001941 | Breast Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
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| D017437 |
| Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |