Zornitza Ganeva Зорница Ганева - Изследване на позитивния опит от диагнозата рак на млечната жлеза (original) (raw)

Analysis of the positive experience from diagnosis made to women who have survived breast cancer was made in the article. It was measured by means of the Benefit Finding scale (Tomich & Helgeson, 2004) that consists of 17 items. 41 women of Bulgarian origin at an average age of 35.25 years (at least 18 and 69 years at most) in stage I, II and III were studied. All of them survived a period of up to 1 year as from the diagnosis making. The positive experience obtained from the persons studied was analysed with respect to medical characteristics (partial or total surgery, surgical removal of lymph nodes, presence or absence metastases in them), classical therapies (chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormonal therapy) administered or not, and application or not of alternative therapies (herbal medicine, physical load, administration of massage, lymph drainage, use of food additives, observance of diet).

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