Evaluating Breast Cancer Patients Modesty During Radiotherapy. A Multicentric Study (MODESTY)

Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care (IRCCS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05808569

3049

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 537 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer
• Able to understand and sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with inadequate linguistic abilities and inability to express informed consent
• Patients denying informed consent
• Patients receiving palliative treatments
• Patients affected by major psychiatric disorders

Trial design

537 participants in 1 patient group

Breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in adjuvant setting

Treatment:

Behavioral: Test