Abstract
Body Image Disorder in Women Treated for Uterine Cancer
Highlights
When it affects the uterus, a hidden organ but associated with a very intense fantasy, cancer can upset a woman’s body image and call into question her feminine identity and her relationship as a couple
Preventive strategies aimed at maintaining a positive body image in these women should be undertaken
The study of the body image focuses more on the subjective experience of the various aspects related to the image of the body in relation to the disease and the treatments than on the perceptual aspects, which seem more relevant in the context of psychopathological disorders [6]
Summary
The integrity of the body is called into question by cancer and its treatments because the body that betrays, gives up and becomes a witness to the presence of the disease even after the end of treatment This body affected by this long illness will gradually lead to decline and to a death experienced as slow and painful [1]. When it affects the uterus, a hidden organ but associated with a very intense fantasy, cancer can upset a woman’s body image and call into question her feminine identity and her relationship as a couple. The objectives of this work were to research the prevalence of body image disorder in Tunisian women followed for uterine cancer and the factors associated with it
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