Body image of Greek breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy or breast conserving surgery

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-321

  Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^a   Myrgianni, Spyridoula ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body image; Breast cancer; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE SCALE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREECE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349969806     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-009-9176-5     Document Type: Article

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