[Psychological support for women after breast cancer].
Mastectomy in the context of breast cancer treatment, with or without reconstruction, makes the women confront the experience of serious disease. Psychological support, from the announcement of the diagnosis, through to the postoperative period, enables some women to accept more easily the disease and the physical changes.
Département Interdisciplinaire de Soins de Support pour le Patient en Oncologie, Institut Curie, Paris. sylvia.zimmers@curie.net
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Zimmers
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Brédart
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Dolbeault
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support