Abstract
Thirty-eight patients treated for primary breast cancer as part of a prospective randomized clinical trial were questioned retrospectively as to their psychosocial adaptation to treatment. Twenty patients had received mastectomy and eighteen had received excisional biopsy plus radiation of the intact breast. Aside from body image concerns, there were no marked psychosocial differences detected between these groups. Previous studies emphasizing serious psychological problems in mastectomy patients and fewer such problems in nonmastectomy patients may be influenced by biases that are not present in a randomized study design.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 377-382 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- breast cancer
- excisional biopsy
- mastectomy
- psychosocial outcome
- radiation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
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Psychosocial and physical outcomes of primary breast cancer therapy : Mastectomy vs excisional biopsy and irradiation. / Schain, Wendy; Edwards, Brenda K.; Gorrell, Catherine Rice; de Moss, Ernest V.; Lippman, Marc E; Gerber, Lynn H.; Lichter, Allen S.
In: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Vol. 3, No. 4, 01.12.1983, p. 377-382.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Psychosocial and physical outcomes of primary breast cancer therapy
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AU - Schain, Wendy
AU - Edwards, Brenda K.
AU - Gorrell, Catherine Rice
AU - de Moss, Ernest V.
AU - Lippman, Marc E
AU - Gerber, Lynn H.
AU - Lichter, Allen S.
PY - 1983/12/1
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N2 - Thirty-eight patients treated for primary breast cancer as part of a prospective randomized clinical trial were questioned retrospectively as to their psychosocial adaptation to treatment. Twenty patients had received mastectomy and eighteen had received excisional biopsy plus radiation of the intact breast. Aside from body image concerns, there were no marked psychosocial differences detected between these groups. Previous studies emphasizing serious psychological problems in mastectomy patients and fewer such problems in nonmastectomy patients may be influenced by biases that are not present in a randomized study design.
AB - Thirty-eight patients treated for primary breast cancer as part of a prospective randomized clinical trial were questioned retrospectively as to their psychosocial adaptation to treatment. Twenty patients had received mastectomy and eighteen had received excisional biopsy plus radiation of the intact breast. Aside from body image concerns, there were no marked psychosocial differences detected between these groups. Previous studies emphasizing serious psychological problems in mastectomy patients and fewer such problems in nonmastectomy patients may be influenced by biases that are not present in a randomized study design.
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