Breast cancer survivors: an exploration of quality of life issues.
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.
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Michigan State University, College of Nursing, East Lansing 48824-1317.
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Liken
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors