בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Young women with breast cancer are increasingly choosing bilateral mastectomy (BM), yet little is known about short-term and long-term physical and psychosocial well-being following surgery in this population.

We evaluate the differential associations of surgery with quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial outcomes from 1 to 5 years following diagnosis.

Cohort study  Multicenter, including academic and community hospitals in North America. Women age ≤40 when diagnosed with Stage 0-3 with unilateral breast cancer between 2006 and 2016 who had surgery and completed QOL and psychosocial assessments.

Exposures (for observational studies)  Primary breast surgery including breast-conserving surgery (BCS), unilateral mastectomy (UM), and BM.

Physical functioning, body image, sexual health, anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed in follow-up.