Body image issues in women with breast cancer

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-325

  Helms, Rebecca L ^a   O'Hea, Erin L ^b   Corso, Marlaena ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Breast stigma; Psychological distress; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMININITY; HAIR LOSS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STIGMA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 45849149256     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701405509     Document Type: Review

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