Body image transformation after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in southern Thai women.
Thanarpan PeerawongTharin PhenwanSomrit MahattanobonKandawsri TulathamkijUraiwan PattanasattayavongPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2019)
The truth-telling process of breast cancer diagnosis and the freedom to choose their treatment options have a profound impact on body image transformation of women with breast cancer. Family support, social construction, and social support could help women with breast cancer pass through these transitional process faster, while inappropriate truth-telling by their surgeons and not having any choice in their treatment options will delay the transitional process.