Psychological status of patients with breast cancer following radiation therapy

Abstract

This article discusses clinical and psychological examination of 54 patients with stages I–IIA breast cancer after organ-sparing surgery and postoperative radiotherapy. Our results suggested that approximately half of the patients (51.9 %) had a significant increase in anxiety 6 months after completion of radiotherapy, whereas 40.4 % of women had mild depression.

Keywords

• mental state, anxiety, depression, breast cancer, radiation therapy