Purpose This study aimed to explore and describe existential experiences after cancer
treatment. Method An exploratory phenomenological hermeneutical design was used …

Background As a group, cancer survivors experience significant vulnerability and existential
challenges. The biomedical approach dominating health care is insufficient to meet such …

Purpose: The study aimed to gain insight into existential longing as experienced by people
treated for cancer. Method: An exploratory phenomenological–hermeneutical design was …

Purpose The number of people living with and beyond cancer is increasing; a significant
number of these people will experience the long-term and late effects of cancer and its …

Aims: The aim of this study is to illuminate the meaning of existential challenges in patients
with cancer in Iran. Subjects and Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological approach …

The aim of this study was to review literature on how the lived experience of breast cancer
and suffering was described in nursing/caring literature between 1990 and 2000, and to …

The existential experiences associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment are well
researched, but the posttreatment phase is relatively underexplored. Using semistructured …

Cancer survivors actively construct their lives and the meaning of cancer to better
understand the process of adjustment following the disease. The aim of this study was to …

In this study, six individuals who were diagnosed with advanced cancer and who received
home hospice care described how they found and made meaning in times of struggle with …

Background: There are significant issues in the treatment of cancer patients. Despite these
issues, there is still room to explore unique lived experiences after survival. Aim: This study …