“…This is comparable with reported mean (SD) and median scores of 8.8 (7.6) and 6.0, respectively, in 62 women treated for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) [33] and with findings from 682 women who had undergone breast surgery for cancer (mean (SD) and median were 7.64 (7.22) and 6.0, respectively) [6]. However, body image in the current study was poorer than in sexually active (M=4.8) and inactive (M=5.8) long-term survivors of EOC (n=189) [34] and amongst women with benign gynaecologic conditions assessed 6 weeks post-surgery for abdominal-, laparoscopic-or vaginal hysterectomy (mean scores on the BIS were 5.3, 3.7 and 2.9, respectively) [21]. Although thresholds of clinical significance have not been established for the BIS, based on raw data only, our findings suggest that perceptions of body image in longterm survivors of gynaecologic cancer, particularly those previously diagnosed with cervical cancer, are worse than in women without malignancy and similar to those who have had disfiguring breast surgery.…”