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Type of mastectomy and quality of life for long term breast carcinoma survivors

✍ Scribed by Michel Dorval; Elizabeth Maunsell; Luc Deschênes; Jacques Brisson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
122 KB
Volume
83
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Despite numerous studies of partial mastectomy and psychologic morbidity in the first 24 months following surgery, little is known about the long term psychosocial repercussions of partial and total mastectomy.

METHODS.

The effect of the type of mastectomy on psychologic adjustment was assessed among 124 breast carcinoma survivors, 47 of whom underwent partial mastectomy and 77 of whom underwent total mastectomy, 8 years after initial treatment. Interviews were also conducted 3 and 18 months after surgery. Psychologic distress was assessed using the Psychiatric Symptom Index. Other outcomes included physical symptoms, patients' perceptions of their own health, satisfaction with the type of surgery performed and with the appearance of the scar, and marital and sexual adjustments.

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