Association of Breast Cancer Surgery With Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-being in Young Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Young women with breast cancer are increasingly choosing bilateral mastectomy (BM), yet little is known about short-term and long-term physical and psychosocial well-being following surgery in this population.

Objective

To evaluate the differential associations of surgery with quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial outcomes from 1 to 5 years following diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study.

Setting

Multicenter, including academic and community hospitals in North America.

Participants

Women age ≤40 when diagnosed with Stage 0-3 with unilateral breast cancer between 2006 and 2016 who had surgery and completed QOL and psychosocial assessments.

Exposures (for observational studies)

Primary breast surgery including breast-

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature