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ABSTRACT Although people generally display behavior like adaptation and patience when faced with difficulties, their response and coping mechanisms may differ when faced with a cancer diagnosis. Most early-stage breast cancer patients succumb to maladaptive behavior or clinical depression. In this case, psychological resilience is important. Derived from the Latin root "resiliens", it also meets the meanings such as "resilience, endurance, strength, resilience, ability to overcome difficulties, flexibility." Patients who underwent complex processes of treatment for breast cancer, the most common type of cancer, must be resilient to cope with the disease and its problems. Breast cancer survivors, who experienced the uncertainty of the disease and the difficult process of treatment, face numerous obstacles as they try to accept their new reality and return to their daily lives as before. At this stage, they contend for a struggling process. In the development of resilience, it is important to have protective and supportive factors to reduce and eliminate the impact of the risks exposed. Stage of breast cancer, treatment process, postoperative physical exercise, individual and social support mechanisms; It affects the rehabilitation process of patients, individualized nursing interventions and psychological resilience that improves the quality of life. Resilience of breast cancer survivors can be supported by the interaction between internal support mechanisms (personal characteristics of the individual, cognitive assessment, etc.) and external support mechanisms (health care professionals, family and social circle, etc.). Patients should be supported by external support mechanisms such as physical exercise, training and counseling during difficult treatment process. Key Words: Resilience, Breast Cancer, Surgery

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