Comparison of satisfactions from mastectomy and Lump Ectome in breast cancer patients
نویسندگان
1 Department of Oncology
2 Breast Cancer Study Group, Department of Radiotherapy Oncology
3 Breast Cancer Study Group, Department of Pathology, Seied-o-Shohada Hospital
4 Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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6 Breast Cancer Study Group, Department of Surgery
7 Breast Cancer Study Group, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
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چکیده
Introduction: The prevalence of breast cancer among women in compare to other types ofcancers in all over the world and in Iran is high. Mastectomy surgery is one of the commontreatments for these patients. Another method, which is less invasive, is Lumpectomy. Thisstudy comprised the satisfaction of patients under two types of surgery; Mastectomy andLumpectomy. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, two types of patients whichhad either, Mastectomy or Lumpectomy, were studied. Results: From 119 patients which studiedhere, 80 patients (66.7%) were treated by mastectomy and 39 patients (32.5%) were treatedunder lumpectomy. Two groups had not significant differences in duration between diagnosticand surgery, the number of lymph nodes involved and the number of lymph nodes removed.Lumpectomy patients had higher pain and numbness in 24 h, 1 week after surgery and at the timeof study than the other group. The observed difference was significant (P = 0.043). Discussion:It is implied in previous studies that patients under lumpectomy had more satisfaction thanpatients under mastectomy. However, no differences were observed in quality-of-life betweenthe two groups in some other studies. The differences between various studies might be for thesake of cultural variety and time interval between surgery and filling questionnaire.
