A Novel Patient Decision Aid for Surgical Treatment Options in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

This is a study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a novel decision aid (DA) in a newly diagnosed, early-stage breast cancer population. Insights gained from patient feedback and the implementation process will be used to improve the information delivered in the decision aid itself and to plan for a larger scale trial to compare the decision aid to standard of care.

This pilot study will utilize several tools and instruments to measure various aspects of of the implementation of the decision aid. 1. BREAST-Q patient-Reported Outcomes, 2. Ottawa Decision Aid Evaluation Measures, 3. Health Literacy Assessments, 4. Distress Screening Tools, 5. Web-Based Surveys, 6. Semi-Structured Interviews.