… Our results show that to respond to women’s main concerns, fears of radiation and of
procedures must be addressed during these sessions. Providing information on RT treatment [14, …

… of these factors at the beginning of the radiotherapy journey can prove useful for the … If we
get too close to your bones they’ll go brittle’: women’s initial fears about radiotherapy for early …

… elicit fear and concern if patients believe that radiotherapy for … and locoregional radiotherapy
delivered to women who have … that it was not as difficult as they initially anticipated [6, 21, 22]…

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All terms were searched in English. … They simply smile at us and call us by our first name (P6)." …

… as initial consultation or soon afterwards can be facilitated with minimal impact on a radiotherapy
… were obtained before radiotherapy, then 1 and 3 months following radiotherapy. Two …

… Male and female patients aged 18 years or older were … interview transcripts and guided
the initial coding of data with the … The fear of recurrence was reported by 10 participants, one …

… , a majority revealed that their initial fears were unfounded, and … Results from this study also
showed that women with higher … ”: Women's initial fears about radiotherapy for early breast …

… It’s not really a talking book, it’sa guide for patients and their families to radiotherapy and you…
cancer and most were older women who spoke English as a first language. The influence of …

… . ’If we get too close to your bones they’ll go brittle': women’s initial fears about
radiotherapy for early breast cancer. Psychooncology 2008;17:877–84.doi:10.1002/pon.1298 …

… at their first two clinic visits was not enough to take away the fear … in 3D on a virtual LINAC,
and radiotherapy beams specific to the … All patients enrolled on this study were female, per the …