Rationale Globally, breast cancer is by far the most frequently occurring cancer amongst
women. Whilst the physical consequences of the disease and associated treatments are …

Objectives Young women with breast cancer have poorer prognosis, greater lifetime risk of
local recurrence, contralateral recurrence, and distant disease, regardless of surgery …

Background: Social support is associated with a better adjustment to breast cancer, whereas
inadequate social support increases psychological distress. However, the period between …

Background The purpose of the Swedish public health-care system is to provide care on
equal terms for all citizens. In this, as in most other systems where taxes and/or insurances …

Background: Transactional models of stress emphasize the role of appraisal of stress in
adjustment to illness. The current qualitative study uses this framework to explore the …

Background Emergency surgery is unplanned by definition and patients are scheduled for
surgery with minimal preparation. Some patients who have sustained emergency …

Objectives The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of the existing research
that investigates the lived experience during the peri-diagnostic period of breast cancer …

Purpose Cancer patients are likely to experience sleep problems. Understanding their
perception of sleep problems is important as subjective symptom experience is associated …

Background “Let's go.”“We can't.”“Why not?”“We're waiting for Godot." Through the eyes of
Samuel Beckett's protagonists we see that waiting can sometimes become intolerable …

Background The diagnostic phase of care is an anxiety-provoking and stressful experience
for the potential breast cancer patient. A multidisciplinary team of breast cancer specialists …