The Impact of Breast Surgery on Patients' Quality of Life
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Breast Surgery. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Switzerland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The investigators aim to document the surgery-specific and overall Quality of life parameters of patients undergoing all types of breast surgery at the University Hospital of Basel
Detailed description
The planned ten-year follow-up using Patient reported outcome measure will give us the unique opportunity to gain insight into patients' breast-related QoL (Quality of Life) long after surgery and detect systematic issues that may affect them beyond the scope of routine follow-up consultations. Along with the detection of any occurring adverse events, the information gathered in the database will facilitate the search for risk factors involved in their development, ideally resulting in their rectification and thus contributing to patient well-being in the long term.
Primary outcome measures
- Patient satisfaction [Time frame: up to 10 years]
- Patient reported quality of life [Time frame: up to 10 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- adults who underwent any type of breast surgery at the University Hospital of Basel
Exclusion criteria
- Patients under the age of 18 years, without general consent or written informed consent, with insufficient language comprehension or other factors limiting their ability to co-operate in the study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Switzerland · 1 center
- University Hospital Basel — Basel
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07283120 · 2025-00210; bb25kappos3