Author ORCID Identifier
N/A
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-0638
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
Background. The Institute of Medicine has established Survivorship Care Planning as a critical component of cancer care to ensure that cancer survivors receive the appropriate follow-up care in a timely manner and support cancer survivors in dealing with the risk of recurrence, yet little is known about how cancer survivors think about preventing or controlling future cancer recurrence. This study sought to assess breast cancer women’s perceived prevention and perceived control of future cancer recurrence. Methods. Women with a history of breast cancer (n=114) were surveyed, and data were analyzed using concurrent mixed methods. Binary logistic regression models examined predictors of perceived prevention and perceived control of cancer recurrence. Results. Most women perceived that they could control cancer recurrence (89%); few (30%) perceived that they could prevent cancer recurrence. Women reported components of the timeline (e.g., early diagnosis), identity (e.g., cancer in body), causes (e.g., hereditary), consequences (e.g., witness success), and cure/control (e.g., exercise) or lack of cure/control. Women who reported lack of control were less likely to perceive that they could control cancer recurrence. Women who reported causes were less likely to perceive that they could prevent or control cancer recurrence. Conclusions. Women’s perceptions about the prevention and control of cancer recurrence are important and different factors in the minds of women with breast cancer. Most women believed they could control cancer recurrence; however, few believed they could prevent cancer recurrence. Interventions to focus on control of cancer recurrence, focusing on evidence-based clinical and lifestyle interventions, are needed.
Digital Commons Citation
Alwhaibi, Monira; Lilly, Christa L.; Hazard, Hannah; and Kelly, Kimberly M., "Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Prevention versus Control of Future Cancer Recurrence" (2019). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2406.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2406
Source Citation
Alwhaibi, M., Lilly, C. L., Hazard, H., & Kelly, K. M. (2019). Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Prevention versus Control of Future Cancer Recurrence. International Journal of Breast Cancer, 2019, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2652180
Comments
Copyright © 2019 Monira Alwhaibi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.