Maedeh Rezaei, Forouzan Elyasi, Ghasem Janbabai, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi
CONTEXT: Many psycho-socioeconomic and other types factors associated with cancer, the treatment process, and changes in patients' physical appearance and sexual function influence the body image of women with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine which factors influence the body image of women with breast cancer. DATA COLLECTION: A narrative literature review was conducted. Electronic databases, including Google Scholar, SID, Magiran, IranDoc, Barekat, Web of Science, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, ProQuest, Scopus, and PubMed, including Medline, were searched to retrieve articles published from 1993 to 2016 using the keywords breast cancer, treatment, body image, and related factors...
October 2016: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal