[Emotional and psychosomatic disorder among female patients undergoing breast cancer diagnosis]

Basics of psychoneuroimmunology indicate factors such as emotions, behaviour, personality and cognitive functions to have impact on weakening of immunological system and worsening the risk to develop medical conditions, including breast cancer.

The aim of research was to attempt a coping of emotional and psychosomatic disorders among women undergoing breast tumor diagnostic process.

145 female patients were included in the the research, among which 99 belonged to the research group (RG) and 46 belonged to the control group (CG). The average age in GB 49, 67 (± 9,47) i GK 46,43 (± 11,2). The research group members were undergoing diagnosis process for suspected breast cancer. The subjects filled out a survey and Symptom Questionnaire S-II, and were subject to mammographic and ultrasound examination, as well as aspiration biopsy was performed on them. 99 individual subjects were positively diagnosed with breast cancer, and 46 were negatively diagnosed.

One in three women belonging to RG displayed emotional disorders. In CG only one in ten displayed symptoms of such disorders. Anxiety was the most common disorder mentioned by both RG and CG. There is however statistically relevant difference in anxiety intensity between the two groups. A statistically relevant corelation has been observed among members of the research group between certain psychosomatic disorders and a number of sociodemographic and medical variables' levels.

Stress-related and formed psychophysiological and psychosomatic reactions are likely to play the role of psychosomatic and emotional factors leading to breast cancer development.