2009
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-66
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Body image disturbance and surgical decision making in egyptian post menopausal breast cancer patients

Abstract: Body image is an important factor for postmenopausal women with breast cancer in developing countries where that concept is widely ignored. We should not deprive those cases from their right of less mutilating option of treatment as BCT.

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“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in developed Western countries and is becoming even more significant in many developing countries (1).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in developed Western countries and is becoming even more significant in many developing countries (1).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…BITS has been used in Egyptian post-menopause breast cancer women (Shoma et al, 2009). Malaysia has yet to develop a local psychometric instrument specifically to assess body image distress among female breast cancer patients.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As mulheres submetidas à cirurgia de mastectomia relataram também a insatisfação com a cicatriz, fazendo com que elas evitassem o contato com as pessoas 10 . O tratamento provoca nas pacientes sofrimentos quando essas veem seus corpos modificados, ocasionando angústia com o resultado da sua imagem corporal e apresentando maior nível de comprometimento em relação aos aspectos afetivos, emocionais, cognitivos e comportamentais 4 . Em relação à imagem corporal positiva, estudos sobre a cirurgia de reconstrução da mama relatam que pacientes com a mama .…”
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“…As pacientes submetidas a essa cirurgia, em particular aquelas que possuem um companheiro, apresentam um sentimento de angústia ao mostrar o corpo para o seu parceiro. Essa percepção provoca níveis elevados de estresse nessas mulheres 4 . As mamas são símbolos de feminilidade associados ao poder de sedução da mulher.…”
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