1. Psychological outcome of treatment for early breast cancer: A review
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Angela M. Hall and Lesley Fallowfield
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Sleep disorder ,Psychometrics ,medicine.medical_treatment ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Lumpectomy ,medicine.disease ,Developmental psychology ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Breast cancer ,Sexual dysfunction ,Quality of life ,Personal identity ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Psychology ,Mastectomy ,media_common ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This paper critically reviews 10 studies which compare the psychological outcome of treatment for early breast cancer by either mastectomy or breast-conserving procedures. There are few methodologically sound data supporting the assumption that less mutilating techniques protect women from psychological and sexual dysfunction.
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- 1989
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