FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH UTERINE BODY CANCER

The article deals with the results of an investigation of functional psychological characteristics of 70 patients with uterine body cancer which have had a hysterectomy. The comparison group consisted of 70 women with uterine myoma which had also been operated (hysterectomy). Patients had been investigated before and after the surgery. The research has been conducted using the Luscher Color Test (8-color version of Luscher Color Test). By women with endometrial cancer a combination of contradictory tendencies had been revealed. These tendencies had led to intrapersonal conflict.