Healthcare and support needs of women with suspected breast cancer

Abstract

Need levels of women with suspected breast cancer vary during the diagnostic period, are highest before breast biopsy, and related to personal characteristics and cultural context. Therefore, during this period, nursing staff should provide patients and families with culturally sensitive, individualized, supportive care.

Toward a Broader Role for Occupational Therapy in Supportive Oncology Care

“…Cancer patients have reported that occupational therapy practitioners and other health care providers have provided them with inadequate information about their treatment, care, and self-management options, which can lead to heightened anxiety in the face of diagnosis and treatment (Liao, Chen, Chen, & Chen, 2007). This lack of dissemination of information may stem, first, from the dearth of rigorous research on the needs of cancer survivors, especially in the occupational therapy literature (Holm et al, 2012).…”

Social Support and Hopelessness in Patients with Breast Cancer

“…Gürsel Öztunç 1 , Pınar Yeşil 1 *, Semra Paydaş 2 , Semra Erdoğan 3 treatment process (Çam and Gümüş 2006;Gümüş, 2006, Liao et al, 2007Güner, 2008;Arslan et al, 2009;Brothers and Andersen, 2009;Çam et al, 2009).…”

“…As for Turkey, breast cancer has been the most common cancer type that affects women (Baider et al, 2003;Gümüş, 2006;Liao et al, 2007;Rızalar and Altay, 2010;Tümer and Baybek, 2010). Despite its high prevalence, breast cancer can be diagnosed and treated at early phases, which increases the ratio of surviving (Rızalar and Altay, 2010).…”

The psychological impact of the rapid diagnostic centres in cancer screening: A systematic review

“…Studies have found that women undergoing investigation for breast cancer experience high levels of anxiety and uncertainty during the diagnostic phase, including the many women whose results are benign (Harding, 2013;Liao, Chen, Chen, & Chen, 2008;Meechan, Collins, Moss-Morris, & Petrie, 2005;Morse et al, 2014). Women undergoing investigation also have unmet informational needs about the diagnostic process that may increase this uncertainty (Harding & McCrone, 2013;Liao, Chen, Chen, & Chen, 2007).…”