Body image disturbance and surgical decision making in egyptian post menopausal breast cancer patients.

Background: In most developing countries, as in Egypt; postmenopausal breast cancer cases are offered a radical form of surgery relying on their unawareness of the subsequent body image disturbance. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of breast cancer surgical choice; Breast Conservative Therapy (BCT) versus Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM); on body image perception among Egyptian postmenopausal cases.

Methods: One hundred postmenopausal women with breast cancer were divided into 2 groups, one group underwent BCT and the other underwent MRM.