“…Several, mainly North-American studies identified a range of factors influencing breast cancer patients' treatment preferences. For example, age and education were associated with increased BCT use (Cyran et al, 2001;Morrow et al, 2001;Nold et al, 2001;Gilligan et al, 2002;Staradub et al, 2002). In addition, patients' concerns about recurrence, survival, body image and radiation were found to influence treatment preferences (Ward et al, 1989;Kotwall et al, 1996;Stafford et al, 1998;Mastaglia and Kristjanson, 2001;Nold et al, 2001).…”