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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024

Quality of Life after Mastectomy with or without Breast Reconstruction and Breast-Conserving Surgery in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana.

Josephine Nsaful, Edmund Tetteh Nartey, Florence Dedey, Antoinette Bediako-Bowan, Rita Appiah-Danquah, Kwame Darko, Levi Nii Ayi Ankrah, Cynthia Akli-Nartey, Jessie Yaoteokor Annan, Jessica Dei-Asamoa and 2 more

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Josephine NsafulDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-5421-8182
Edmund Tetteh NarteyCentre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-7967-9305
Florence DedeyDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-6806-9256
Antoinette Bediako-BowanDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Rita Appiah-DanquahDepartment of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Kwame DarkoNational Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Levi Nii Ayi AnkrahNational Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Cynthia Akli-NarteyDepartment of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Jessie Yaoteokor AnnanDepartment of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4260-6425
Jessica Dei-AsamoaDepartment of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-0633-8101
George Amanquanor Ahene-AmanquanorDepartment of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.
Joe-Nat Clegg-LampteyDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra GA-221-1570, Ghana.

Funding

Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) project which is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Breast cancer is the leading malignancy worldwide, and in Ghana, it has a poor overall survival rate. However, approximately 50% of cases are cases of early-stage disease, and with advances in breast cancer treatment and improvements in survival, quality of life (QOL) is becoming as important as the treatment of the disease. (2) Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study of survivors who had breast-conserving surgery (BCS), mastectomy only (M) and mastectomy with breast reconstruction (BRS) from 2016 to 2020 at a tertiary hospital in Ghana, comparatively assessing their QOL using

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsMammaplastyMastectomyQuality of LifeTertiary Care CentersAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGhanaHumansMastectomy, SegmentalMiddle Agedbreast cancerbreast conservationbreast reconstructionEORTC QLQmastectomyquality of life

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PMCPMC11203203

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