CALIDAD DE VIDA EN UN GRUPO DE MUJERES CUBANAS CON CANCER DE MAMA

a group of sixteen cuban patients with breast cancer submitted to different surgery procedures and conventional oncological treatment with survival of one year and more was studied to evaluate the impact of diagnosis, surgery and concomitant treatment on quality-of life (qol). the qol of studied group was similar to that of reported for normative groups and to the others women with breast cancer, been the physical functioning of our group significantly better. the evaluation of emotional elements as nervousness, irritability and depression shows lower values of emotional functioning scale when compare with normative groups of other countries. however, the emotional functioning of studied group corresponds with the reported values for patients with survival of less than one year, one year and more.