Younger Women Experience Social Functioning Problems Regardless Of Treatment.(for breast cancer)

2001 SEP 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --

Younger women with breast carcinoma could experience a range of adjustment problems at various points during their treatment according to the findings of a study published in the September 1, 2001 issue of Cancer.

According to the researchers, although improvements occur in body image and physical, emotional, and functional well-being over time, social support, social/family well-being, and satisfaction with sex life appear to decline overtime, regardless of the treatment modality used.

"As hypothesized, overall subjects showed significant improvement on most quality of life dimensions during the first six months after surgery; however, they did suffer a deterioration on both indicators of social functioning and reported a reduction in satisfaction with their sex lives," comments chief researcher Neeraj K. Arora, PhD, who at the time the research was conducted was employed in the Center for Health Systems Research …