Background: Breast cancer undoubtedly impairs the quality of life of patients, while a series of physical and psychological difficulties occur with surgical treatment. It is necessary to recognize the mentioned difficulties and with an individualized approach and intervention planning, work on their reduction or elimination. Aim: The goal of the research is to determine which consequences occur more often after surgical treatment of breast cancer, whether physical or psychological, and the frequency of reporting psychological difficulties with regard to the age of the subjects. Methods: The conducted study is observational, cross – sectional study. The survey included women with breast cancer, treated with surgery within a month of asking to participate in the study. They are included regardless of whether they have accessed mastectomy or breast conserving surgery. The study was conducted at the Tumor clinic, which is part of the Clinical hospital center of the Sisters of Mercy. Included women were hospitalized at the Institute for Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery and also women who came for examination and wound treatment at the associated surgical infirmary. Two questionnaires were used in the study, the first was sociodemographic data of respondents and a type of treatment so far, with five examined variables, and the second questionnaire was a Functional assessment of cancer Therapy-Breast, Fact-B (Version 4), which contains 5 categories and 37 variables. Results: A total of 63 respondents participated in the research, all of whom are women. The age of the respondents ranged from 28 to 82 years. 56% of the respondents were treated with a surgical procedure - mastectomy, while 44% of the respondents were treated with breast conserving surgery. The respondents are most satisfied with Social/Family Relations and Emotional State, somewhat less with Physical Health and Functional State, and are least satisfied with the Additional Questions category. Conclusion: It have been found that respondents significantly more reported physical difficulties in opposition to psychological, and that there is no significant difference in reporting psychological difficulties considering the age of respondents.