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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Body image disturbance and surgical decision making in egyptian post menopausal breast cancer patients
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Volume 7, Article 66, Year 2009
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Background: In most developing countries, as in Egypt; postmenopausal breast cancer cases are offered a radical form of surgery relying on their unawareness of the subsequent body image disturbance. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of breast cancer surgical choice; Breast Conservative Therapy (BCT) versus Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM); on body image perception among Egyptian postmenopausal cases. Methods: One hundred postmenopausal women with breast cancer were divided into 2 groups, one group underwent BCT and the other underwent MRM. Pre- and post-operative assessments of body image distress were done using four scales; Breast Impact of Treatment Scale (BITS), Impact of Event Scale (IES), Situational Discomfort Scale (SDS), and Body Satisfaction Scale (BSS). Results: Preoperative assessment showed no statistical significant difference regarding cognitive, affective, behavioral and evaluative components of body image between both studied groups. While in postoperative assessment, women in MRM group showed higher levels of body image distress among cognitive, affective and behavioral aspects. Conclusion: Body image is an important factor for postmenopausal women with breast cancer in developing countries where that concept is widely ignored. We should not deprive those cases from their right of less mutilating option of treatment as BCT. © 2009 Shoma et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shoma, Ashraf M.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Mohamed, Madiha H.
Egypt, Mansoura
Mansoura University
Nouman, Nashaat
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Amin, Mahmoud
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Ibrahim, Ibtihal Mohamed Aly
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Tobar, Salwa Salah
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Gaffar, Hanan E.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Aboelez, Warda F.
Egypt, Mansoura
Faculty of Medicine
Ali, Salwa E.
Egypt, Alexandria
Faculty of Nursing
William, Soheir G.
Egypt, Alexandria
Faculty of Nursing
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1477-7819-7-66
e-ISSN:
14777819
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Egypt
Participants Gender
Female