Not the same on both sides of the breast will affect the quality of life

According to relevant data, breast cancer survivors in the United States in patients with the largest number of groups. In China Although there is no relevant data, but because breast cancer is currently the most common malignancy of women in China, so the figures will not be small.

The study is headed by the University of Michigan, Dr. Jennifer and her clinical colleagues.

The researchers followed the 714 during the period 2002-2006, the University of Michigan Medical Center had received breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients.

The study participants the following aspects need to be answered:

(1) quality of life.

(2) whether patients with depression performance.

(3) whether the fear of relapse.

(4) whether it felt had been discriminated against

(5) whether to accept the current state of their own health.

The results are as follows:

(1) Nearly 1 / 3 of breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients with significant asymmetry in bilateral breast.

(2) those patients with breast asymmetry remarkable that since the surgery after having been discriminated against, someone behind the pointing of their own breasts. They also believed that the surgery did not change their state of health after treatment, the body has not improved.

(3) postoperative breast asymmetry patients with obvious self-evaluation of the quality of life scores significantly higher than those of the breast asymmetry patients.

(4) identify significant breast asymmetry in 34% of patients with depression symptoms, while the breast with mild – moderate asymmetry of the people in this figure is 16%.

With breast asymmetry compared with patients with mild, marked asymmetry in the breast tumor recurrence in patients with fear of the probability has doubled.

Does the quality of life effects of breast symmetry

Jennifer said at a news conference: “We found that breast cancer patients with high and low quality of life after tumor resection of the most important determinant is whether the breast after bilateral symmetry, or whether, and prior to the onset of breast looks like the pretty.”

Jennifer Buddha, whether postoperative breast symmetry is that many patients consider in choosing treatment for most problems. Although they clearly know that the radical mastectomy was better than breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer and partial resection of the tumor, but they are still more willing to choose the latter, those lines after mastectomy patients to overcome the psychological barrier is very Great.

She hoped that this study can contribute to breast cancer patients found that postoperative care. “Surgeon in the preoperative engage in a frank conversation with patients is very important, so they will know the expectations of the value of surgical patients in what is so beneficial to patients with postoperative rehabilitation, including physical and psychological rehabilitation.”

According to the American Cancer Society report, in 2008 the United States will add 182.46 thousand women with advanced breast cancer patients, about 40480 women will die of breast cancer.

The study, published in the July tenth issue of “Journal of Clinical Oncology” on.