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The diagnosis of breast cancer is a devastating experience for most women. They have to face not only a potentially life-threatening illness, but also the possibility of mutilating surgery. For the majority of women the main initial concern is likely to be adequate treatment of the breast cancer, but most will also be worried about the partial or complete loss of their breast; for some this will be paramount (Denton and Baum, 1983; Maguire et al., 1978). The psychological sequelae of the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are described in Chapter 2.
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Parker, J.M. (1996). Prosthetics. In: Denton, S. (eds) Breast Cancer Nursing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3388-1_10
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