Abstract
Objective: Address the psychological health of women diagnosed with breast cancer after mastectomy. Bibliographic review: Breast cancer is the tumor that most affects the female population and has high annual incidence rates and its early prognosis and consequent brief treatment have better outcomes, but as most cases are diagnosed at more advanced stages in our country, treatments are more aggressive, therefore, the evolution of the disease and its consequences in the lives of women affected by this pathology are characteristics to be addressed in this article, taking into account the following categories of analysis: (1) Psychological stress after mastectomy; (2) Social and sexual impacts; (3) Benefits of breast reconstruction. Final considerations: The post mastectomy process should be better elucidated for all women who undergo this surgery. Such an approach must be performed both by the professional who performed the procedure and by the health system to which this patient is linked, in order to minimize the physical and psychological impacts resulting from this intervention and accelerate the process of social readaptation.