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Breast cancer survivors

Cancer NursingPublished 1 December 1993
Gwen Wyatt, Margot E. Kurtz, Michelle Liken
Citations95
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score0.85
SNIP0.97

TL;DR

This article explores long-term survivorship (5 years or longer) through focus group discussions with women who have experienced breast cancer, revealing four major themes; integration of the disease process into current life, change in perspective, and unresolved issues.

Abstract

This article explores long-term survivorship (5 years or longer) through focus group discussions with women who have experienced breast cancer. The data revealed four major themes; integration of the disease process into current life, change in perspective, and unresolved issues. These data begin to shed light on the issues of breast cancer survivors and can provide a basis for development of a quantitative instrument to be tested with larger populations.

Keywords

Social SciencesMedicine