Introduction
breast cancer
DISEASE, BREAST CANCER
Edited by: Morteza Shamsizadeh, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, IranReviewed by: Laleh Abbasi, Islamic Azad University Tonekabon, Iran; Fatemeh Tajik, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Roya Boodaghi Malidarre, Payame Noor University, IranThis article was submitted to Public Mental Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public HealthPatients with breast cancer (BC) after surgery are prone to negative physiological and psychosocial discomforts which cause the poor quality of life (QoL) among the patients. Therefore, how to improve the disease management ability of BC patients and to alleviate these cancer-related negative experience are particularly important. This study purpose to explore the potential effects of personalized care based on OPT model on the perceived control and the QoL among patients with BC, and to provide effective clinical nursing intervention for BC patients.