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British Medical Bulletin 47:388-399 (1991)
© 1991 The British Council

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Psychosocial and sexual impact of diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

L J Fallowfield and A Hall

Cancer Research Campaign, Clinical Trials Centre, King's College Hospital School of Medicine and Denistry, Rayne Institute London, UK

Abstract

Psychosocial and sexual disturbances are common sequelae to a diagnosis of breast cancer and its treatment. The intuitively plausible hope that the advent of breast conserving techniques would prevent the psychological distress experienced following mastectomy has not been realised. Studies comparing psychosocial outcome of mastectomy with lumpectomy and radiotherapy reveal some advantage to women treated with breast conserving procedures in terms of body image, but very little difference in terms of psychiatric morbidity or sexual dysfunction. Whatever the pimary therapy, women must still confront the act that they have had cancer, a life-threatening disease which may recur. In this chapter the research comparing psychological outcome between mastectomy and lumpectomy is critically reviewed and the implications that these data have for clinical practice are discussed.


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