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ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: Nowadays, most of the wo men with bre ast can cer are di ag no sed in early sta ges and be ne fit from re gi o nal and syste mic tre at ments with pro ven ef fi cacy. Va ri o us met hods of bre ast re cons truc ti on can be app li ed to pa ti ents who un der go mas tec tomy at dif fe rent ti mes. The pur po se of this study is to in ves ti ga te how im me di a te or de la yed bre ast re cons truc ti on af fec ted the pa ti ents’ qu a lity of li fe af ter mas tec tomy. Ma te ri al and Met hods: Bre ast can cer pa ti ents who had re cons truc ti ve sur gery at any ti me af ter mas tec tomy we re inc lu ded in the study. Me a su res for eva lu a ting the pa ti ents’ psycho pat ho lo gi cal sta tus (SCL-R90 Symptom check list) and qu a lity of li fe (EORTC QLQ-C 30) we re used. De mog rap hi cal and cli ni cal da ta we re ob ta i ned ret ros pec ti vely from the pa ti ents and the ir hos pi tal re cords. De mog rap hi cal and cli ni cal da ta we re analy zed ret ros pec ti vely, qu a lity of li fe pa ra me ters we re analy zed as des crip ti ve sta tis tics in a sing le ti me pe ri od. Pa ti ents who had un der go im me di a te (28 pa ti ents) or de la yed (23 pa ti ents) bre ast re cons truc ti on af ter mas tec tomy in Mar ma ra Uni ver sity Hos pi tal bet we en January 1, 2002 and December 12, 2006 we re inc lu ded in the study. Re sults: When com pa red with the de la yed re cons truc ti on gro up, pa ti ents in the im me di a te re cons truc ti on gro up we re fo und to be at ear li er sta ges and thus, the re was less ne ed for ra di ot he rapy. De la yed re cons truc ti on was ma inly uti li zed in pa ti ents who re ce i ved ad ju vant the rapy and axil lary lymph no de dis sec ti on. The re was no dif fe ren ce bet we en the two gro ups regar ding the ir de mog rap hi cal cha rac te ris tics. This study re ve a led that im me di a te re cons truc ti on, when com pa red to de la yed re cons truc ti ve sur gery, im pro ved pa ti ent’s body ima ge, self-es te em, and fa mily/so ci al re la ti ons. It al so in cre a sed the qu a lity of li fe psycho lo gi cally, so ci ally and spi ri tu ally as well as dec re a sed so ma tic comp la ints. Conc lu si on: Im me di a te bre ast re cons truc ti on af ter mas tec tomy in com pa red to de la yed one, po si ti vely af fects the in di vi du al’s qu a lity of li fe.

Immediate or Delayed Breast Reconstruction After Radical Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients: Does It Make a Difference in the Quality of Life