Educational intervention for women undergoing image-guided breast biopsy: results of a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The process of informed consent has been examined for patients undergoing various procedures but not breast biopsy. Our study was a randomized trial that examined the effect of an educational flip chart as part of the informed consent.

Methods: A total of 122 patients referred for stereotactic or ultrasound-guided core breast biopsy were randomly assigned to receive an informed consent discussion with or without an illustrated flip chart.