BEAUTY and the breast: is adjuvant chemotherapy the right time for a beauty boost? Lessons learned from a large randomized controlled trial.
Mahasti SaghatchianBenjamin LacasCécile CharlesAmal GhouadniGabrielle Tergemina ClainDiane BoinonSuzette DelalogeInes Vaz-LuisSarah DauchyPhilippe AmielPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2021)
A substantial proportion of patients have a poor body image and chemotherapy induced a substantial degradation of BRBI scores. Although BTC does not seem to impact BRBI scores, the qualitative assessment suggests some benefit of BTC in other domains. Our study highlights the need to assess patients-perceived body image and build tailored interventions at this critical phase of their disease and generates hypothesis for the impact of BTC among BC patients. Clinical trial registration The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under the NCT01459003 number since October 25, 2011.