La satisfacción a largo plazo y la función psicológica y social después de la mastectomía profiláctica bilateral

M H Frost1, D J Schaid, T A Sellers

  • 1Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

JAMA
|July 13, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

La mastectomía profiláctica reduce significativamente las preocupaciones sobre el cáncer de mama para la mayoría de las mujeres, con resultados psicológicos y sociales generalmente positivos a largo plazo. Sin embargo, los posibles efectos negativos y la irreversibilidad del procedimiento requieren una cuidadosa consideración.

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