A feasibility study of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for the management of fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a mixed-methods study protocol

A feasibility study of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for the management of fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a mixed-methods study protocol

Abstract Background Fear of recurrence (FoR) is a major concern for patients following treatment for primary breast cancer, affecting 60–99% of breast cancer survivors. Mini-AFTER is a brief intervention developed to address this fear, that breast care nurses are ideally placed to deliver. However,...

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Main Authors: Susanne Cruickshank, Emma Steel, Deborah Fenlon, Jo Armes, Karen Scanlon, Elspeth Banks, Gerald Humphris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Fear of cancer recurrence
Breast cancer
Breast care nurses
Mixed methods
Intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-017-0161-8

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