CONCLUSION
tumor, breast cancer
DISEASE, TUMOR, BREAST CANCER
In conclusion, a high proportion of recently diagnosed Latin American breast cancer patients remain oblivious to tumor characteristics such as molecular subtype and disease stage despite having received written educational materials. Both a customizable educational brochure and a standard, non‐customizable brochure were perceived as useful by participants in understanding their own disease. Nonetheless, most participants expressed a need for additional information and moderate‐to‐high levels of uncertainty, underscoring the need for improved information delivery strategies and the development of patient‐centered education materials that can address the unmet information needs of Latin American breast cancer patients. Notably, patients that received a customizable brochure were more likely to correctly identify which systemic treatment modalities they should receive according to their tumor characteristics. This finding indicates that customizable brochures improved patients' understanding of the recommended treatment modalities and could be an effective strategy to implement in clinical practice.