Shape future research questions on breast surgery
Categories: Surgery, Research
Have your say! What do you think are the most important questions for future research on breast cancer surgery to answer?
What’s the project?
The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) and the James Lind Alliance (JLA) form the Breast Cancer Surgery Priority Setting Partnership, bringing patients, carers and clinicians together to identify and prioritise uncertainties about breast cancer that are agreed to be the most important “unanswered questions”.
Last year, Breast Cancer Voices and others took part in the partnership’s survey that asked patients, families and healthcare professionals to tell us their questions about breast cancer surgery. 260 people took part and generated a list of 59 summary questions, which were checked to ensure they are not already answered by existing research.
Now, they’re inviting you to take part in their second survey, and to choose the questions that you think are the most important for research to answer.
You can find out more about the project on the priority setting partnership website, including frequently asked questions.
Why do you want me to be involved?
The aim is to ensure that the bodies who fund health research are aware of the questions that are felt to really matter to both patients and clinicians.
Your feedback could help ensure that future research in breast cancer surgery is focused on answering questions that are important to patients and their families. Answering these questions through research could help with the progression of medical knowledge and benefit patients in the future.
What will you ask me to do?
Complete the survey to help select the most important questions for research to answer in breast cancer surgery
Who can take part?
The partnership would like to hear from:
- Women and men who are being treated for or who have had breast cancer
- People who have been told that they are at high risk of developing a breast cancer
- Friends and family of people who are being treated for (or have been treated for) breast cancer
- Health and social care providers (including doctors, nurses, and others) who care for patients with breast cancer
Share your voice
This opportunity has expired. You can check out our Share your voice page for more ways to get involved.