title: Adaptation of the illness trajectory framework to describe the work of transitional cancer survivorship.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine and refine the Illness Trajectory Framework, and to address transitional cancer survivorship.
  
  
  METHODS
  CINAHL®, PubMed, and relevant Institute of Medicine reports were searched for survivors' experiences during the year following treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using an abstraction tool, 68 articles were selected from the initial search (N > 700). Abstracted data were placed into a priori categories refined according to recommended procedures for theory derivation, followed by expert review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Derivation resulted in a framework describing the work of transitional cancer survivorship, defined as survivor tasks, performed alone or with others, to carry out a plan of action for managing one or more aspects of life following primary cancer treatment. Theoretically, survivors engage in three reciprocally interactive lines of work: (a) illness-related, (b) biographical, and (c) everyday life work. Adaptation resulted in refinement of these domains and the addition of survivorship care planning under "illness-related work."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding this process of work may allow survivors and those who support them to better prepare for the post-treatment period. This adaptation provides a framework for future testing and development. Validity and utility of this framework within specific survivor populations also should be explored.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. rwalke26@son.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klimmek
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wenzel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors