Psychiatric morbidity among Egyptian breast cancer patients and their partners and its impact on surgical decision-making.

Introduction: Psychiatric morbidities, especially cases of anxiety and depression, are prevalent among breast cancer patients and their partners.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-four early diagnosed breast cancer patients and their partners were compared with 50 healthy couples to assess psychiatric morbidity and the impact of various factors upon patients' surgical choice.

Results: It was found that 18.