It is widely recognised that women's sexuality can be particularly complex after breast
cancer, with sexual changes often becoming the most problematic aspect of a woman's life …

Objectives To summarise qualitative studies exploring the impact of losing the breast in
women breast cancer survivors. Methods We identify, appraise, and synthesise 12 …

Background Bodily changes after breast cancer treatment can lead to long‐term distress.
Self‐compassion, the ability to be kind to oneself, is an internal resource that may enhance a …

Background: Changes to sexual well-being can be one of the most problematic aspects of
life after breast cancer, with the impact lasting for many years after treatment, associated with …

Objective Surgical procedures intended to treat breast cancer or reduce risk of developing
the disease typically result in changes to appearance and scarring of the breast area, and …

Background: Because of early detection and advanced treatment options, more women with
breast cancer survive after mastectomy and thus have to face the choice of living with or …

Biomedicine is often presented as the driving force behind improvements in cancer care,
with genomics the latest innovation poised to change the meaning, diagnosis, treatment …

Surface Tensions is an expansive, yet intimate study of how people remake themselves after
catastrophic bodily change—the loss of limbs, the loss of function, the loss or replacement of …

This article considers the patterns of usage of generalized you within a corpus of interviews
with women who had undergone mastectomies, mostly following diagnosis of breast cancer …

Cancer and cancer treatments can cause significant changes to women's sexual well-being.
We explored how women construct a sense of their bodies and sexual “selves” in the context …