TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 100. Psychosocial A1 - Riba, Michelle B. A1 - Agarwala, Prachi A2 - Kuerer, Henry M. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology AB - In 1952, Renneker and Cutler published the results of a distinguished group of surgeons and psychoanalysts. In examining the psychosomatic aspects of breast cancer, they found a typical postmastectomy depression in most patients.1 Sutherland and Orbach reported that a majority of women who had undergone a radical mastectomy experienced significant depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, along with extended impairments in physical and sexual functioning.2 Follow-up studies have affirmed that approximately 25% of women who undergo radical or modified radical mastectomies experience significant psychological distress in the year following surgery3,4 In the last half century, considerable clinical and research attention has been placed on the psychosocial effects of breast cancer and the various and evolving surgical treatments, reconstruction options, and combination therapies.5,6 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6406506 ER -