Body Image in Women with Breast Cancer
40° Annual Conference International Academy of Sex Research
Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 25-28, 2014
Body Image in Women with Breast Cancer at Surgery and Two Decades later: Therapeutic Strategies for Sexual Rehabilitation
Breasts mean identity, attractiveness, sexuality, and motherhood but cancer changes forever the way a woman looks at them: a deadly illness is nestled there and the surgical scar will not allow to forget.
The emotional reaction to the scar was explored in 50 lumpectomized women.
Twenty-eight women were menstruating, mean age was 43 yrs (28-52) and mean relationship duration was 18 yrs (7-29); the remaining 22 were menopausal, mean age was 59 (45-72) and mean relationship duration was 35 yrs (23-46).
