STUDENT: Ariel Zohner

ADVISOR: Khalid Almasloukh

ABSTRACT:

Hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with breast cancer yearly. Through combined quantitative research on the survival rates, rates of re-occurrence, and satisfaction rates women may better be able to choose mastectomy versus lumpectomy when faced with the daunting task. This study will look at women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgical treatment and the effect of mastectomy compared to lumpectomy on the overall survival rate, rate of recurrence and overall satisfaction rate with the ending results. The purpose of this study is not to persuade women with one surgical treatment or the other but to simply provide more concise and consolidated quantitative data that would be used by nurses around the globe to better inform their patients. This study used an electronic search to systematically collect extensive research and quantitative data from articles published between 2017 and 2022.