… level of altered appearance, however, breast cancer patients … In multivariate analysis, patients
with high altered appearance … breast cancer patients experienced similar levels of altered …

… for cancer can have a profound impact on appearance, and … and preparation for an altered
appearance. We report … intend to prepare for an altered appearance. The results demonstrate …

… When a woman is ill with breast cancer and her body is under … experience their altered
bodies after breast cancer surgery. A … From the point of view of appearance it looks fine, but I feel …

… altered appearance distress due to breast cancer treatments, we used the National Cancer
Institute’s cancer … to measure distress caused by general alteration in appearance. Patient’s …

… appearance concerns and body image distress’ and is a particularly significant issue for
women with breast cancer… Portuguese breast cancer patients, investment in appearance helped …

… Their strategies for coping with BC-related body image altered were sorted into 21
subcategories and the six main categories of physical appearance improvement, active information …

… visible alteration that … breast cancer, and that their sexuality was altered. Informants had
to adjust either to removal of the entire breast or to alteration in the appearance of their breast. …

… Cancer can alter women's presumptive worldviews, and may engender positive and … her
body in relation to her sexuality and appearance: “For sexual attraction and physical attraction, I …

… Many of the women spoke about the negative impact of an altered appearance on their body
… appearance was that they looked incomplete and half because they did not have breast. …

… of breast cancer: An altered sexual self Journal of Cancer Nursing To describe aspects of
sexuality that were important to women after breast cancer … of their body appearance.32 …