Margolis G, Goodman R L, Rubin A
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Psychosomatics. 1990 Winter;31(1):33-9. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72214-1.
Patients in the early stages of breast cancer were studied one year after treatment to ascertain the psychological effects of mastectomy and a breast-conserving alternative, lumpectomy plus radiation therapy. Patients who had had a mastectomy felt less attractive, less sexually desirable, and more ashamed of their breasts. They also experienced less enjoyment in their sexual relationships than they had before treatment. Patients who had radiation therapy experienced no changes in these areas. For these reasons, half of the mastectomy patients regretted not having chosen the breast-conserving alternative.
对乳腺癌早期患者在治疗一年后进行了研究，以确定乳房切除术和一种保乳替代方案（乳房肿瘤切除术加放射治疗）的心理影响。接受乳房切除术的患者感觉自己缺乏吸引力、性吸引力降低，对自己的乳房更加羞愧。与治疗前相比，他们在性关系中体验到的愉悦也更少。接受放射治疗的患者在这些方面没有变化。由于这些原因，一半接受乳房切除术的患者后悔没有选择保乳替代方案。
