乳腺癌
医学
社会经济地位
生活质量(医疗保健)
癌症
放射治疗
人格
疾病
人类性学
化疗
激素疗法
内科学
心理学
护理部
环境卫生
社会心理学
社会学
性别研究
人口
作者
Agata Kołodziejczyk,Tomasz Pawłowski
出处
期刊:Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
[Wroclaw Medical University]
日期:2019-02-26
卷期号:28 (8): 1137-1142
被引量:62
摘要
The aim of this overview study is to familiarize readers with the impact of changes to body image (BI) among patients treated for breast cancer. Body image is subjected to many changes during oncological treatment and every method of treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy) can have a negative impact on the way the treated patients perceive their bodies. The article differentiates the susceptibility of patients to a worsened self-image due to their pre-disease personality, socioeconomic factors, age, and declared sense of control during the oncological treatment. Herein, the areas of patients' lives which are the most affected by negative BI are discussed: quality of life and functioning in society, with particular emphasis on the return to work and sexuality. The ways of protecting patients' BI throughout treatment which have been proposed in the literature are presented in conclusions.
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