What is it about?
We know that breast cancer survivors' body image affects their quality of life but we do not know the relationships between them. This article aims to explore the relationships between them using a mixture of focus group and interviews.
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Why is it important?
This article shows that their body image will change over time but they need support from healthcare staff and family to get through it quicker. The narrative of their changes in their body image is also important since they need different support in each stage.
Perspectives
This article also showed the stigma of cancer in a marginalised group, women who came from the low socioeconomic status from rural area. They were heavily stigmatised by the concept of "cancer" by their community and people shunned them away, thinking that they will die soon. It is also shows the importance of raising the public awareness of cancer as well.
Dr Tharin Phenwan
University of Dundee
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This page is a summary of: Body image transformation after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in southern Thai women, SAGE Open Medicine, January 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2050312119829985.
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