Short-term and long-term psychosocial adjustment and quality of life in women undergoing different surgical procedures for breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3078-3089

  Parker, Patricia A ^a   Youssef, Adel ^a   Walker, Sue ^a   Basen Engquist, Karen ^a   Cohen, Lorenzo ^a   Gritz, Ellen R ^a   Wei, Qi X ^a   Robb, Geoff L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy with reconstruction; Psychosocial adjustment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348911871     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9413-9     Document Type: Article

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