Aim: To describe the perception of mastectomized women about the nursing care received and their own quality of life. Method: This is a qualitative, descriptive study performed through semi-structured interviews with 21 women who had undergone mastectomy, monitored from June to September 2013 in a mastology outpatient clinic at a maternity-school in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil. Data were subjected to themati...