QUALITY OF LIFE IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF SURGERY

Abstract

Introduction- Breast cancer is abnormal growth of cells in the breast. Breast cancer affects all the domains of quality of life such as physical health, mental health, functioning due to emotional problems, nancial problems and social problems. Symptoms of fatigue, insomnia, and pain have the most important inuence on these domains. To evaluate quality of Aim of the studylife of breast cancer patient's post-surgery It is a cross-sectional study. Methodology- European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Caner 30 (EORTC QLQ C-30) and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Breast Specic -23 (EORTC BR-23) were used as study tool. The functional scale score of Results- the EORTC QLQ C-30 was the highest in radical mastectomy (80.56%) indicating a higher level of functioning. A lower level of functioning in breast reconstruction surgery (64.75%).The symptom scale of the EORTC QLQ C-30 was highest in breast reconstruction surgery (35.4 %) and least in radical mastectomy(19.63%). The quality of life was highest in breast reconstruction surgery ( 17.71 %) and lowest in radical mastectomy (9.9%). The quality of life Conclusionwas better in breast reconstruction surgery and was lowest in radical mastectomy.