Dipartimento di diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
UOS Psicologia Clinica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italia.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2021 Mar 11;23(3):38. doi: 10.1007/s11912-021-01049-3.
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the West World. Coping with cancer is cause of extreme stress for patients and their family. The purpose of this review is to evaluate possible approaches to follow to control those situations that can impact on quality of life (QoL) and compliance to treatments.
Anxiety, distress, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder are the most frequent psychological disorders in BC patients. Cognitive disorders and sexual dysfunction can also be important in affecting QoL both in younger and older patients. Younger and older patients show different characteristics of these disorders and different strategies of managing them. Several psychotherapeutic and supportive approaches have proven effective in managing psychological disorders in BC patients. Every BC patient should be supported with these techniques during her entire oncological history, in order to increase QoL and compliance to treatments.
乳腺癌（BC）是西方世界女性最常见的癌症。应对癌症会给患者及其家属带来极大的压力。本文旨在评估可能的方法来控制那些会影响生活质量（QoL）和治疗依从性的情况。
焦虑、痛苦、抑郁和创伤后应激障碍是 BC 患者最常见的心理障碍。认知障碍和性功能障碍也会对年轻和年老患者的 QoL 产生重要影响。年轻和年老患者表现出这些障碍的不同特征，也有不同的管理策略。几种心理治疗和支持方法已被证明对 BC 患者的心理障碍管理有效。每个 BC 患者在整个肿瘤病史中都应该得到这些技术的支持，以提高 QoL 和治疗依从性。
