[Why do women refuse reconstructive breast surgery after mastectomy?]

Date publication

mars 2010

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MATHELIN Carole

Tous les auteurs :
Henry M, Baas C, Mathelin C

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20189440

Résumé

The implementation of mammographic screening and neo-adjuvant therapeutics has profoundly modified breast cancer surgery, making it less aggressive. Despite these progresses, mastectomies must be performed in more than 20% of breast cancer cases. Psychological disorders following mastectomy are numerous and lead to various alterations of self-esteem, femininity and sexuality. Reconstructive breast surgery proves to be beneficial to improve these psychological disorders in about 20% of women, who accept breast mourning and appropriate their reconstructed breast. However, 80% of the patients refuse reconstructive breast surgery. Our review aims at analysing different motivations explaining reconstructive breast surgery refusal and different ways of "reconstructing psychologically" after mastectomy.

Référence

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2010 Mar;38(3):217-23