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Abstract

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common women cancer around the world. The disease, its diagnosis and treatment impose considerable negative physical and psychosocial effects on the patients and severely threaten their quality of life. Surgical treatment with different types is the most used option for breast cancer treatment. In this mini-review we briefly reviewed the effects of different surgery types on the breast cancer patients’ quality of life. Current evidence shows that breast preserving surgery saves patients’ quality of life more than other surgery types.

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