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The Value of Breast Self-Examination: Meta-Analysis of the Research Literature

Ya-Lie Ku
ONF 2001, 815-822 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To review 20 studies examining the relationship between breast self-examination (BSE) behaviors, BSE education, the stage of breast cancer at diagnosis, and the mortality or survival rates for breast cancer. Data Sources: 20 studies from medical and nursing journals. Data...
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Depression Burden, Self-Help Interventions, and Side Effect Experience in Women Receiving Treatment for Breast Cancer

Terry A. Badger
Carrie Jo Braden
Merle H. Mishel
ONF 2001, 567-574 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe effects of a set of Self-Help Intervention Project (SHIP) interventions with self-reported depression burden on the side effect experience of women receiving treatment for breast cancer. Design: Repeated measures, experimental design. Setting: Outpatient sites at a...
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Caring Demands and Delay in Seeking Care in African American Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer: An Ethnographic, Photographic Study

Marie F. Gates
Nancy R. Lackey
Gwendolyn Brown
ONF 2001, 529-537 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the caring behaviors and demands of African American women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and to consider the influence of caring on the women’s decision to delay prompt diagnosis and maintain continuing treatment. Design: Focused ethnographic design using...
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Impact of Diabetes on the Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors

Susan Storey
Andrea Cohee
Wambui G. Gathirua-Mwangi
Eric Vachon
Patrick Monahan
Julie Otte
Timothy E. Stump
David Cella
Victoria Champion
ONF 2019, 46(4), 473-484 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.473-484
Objectives: To examine the impact of diabetes on the symptoms of women with breast cancer. Sample & Setting: 121 women with breast cancer who self-identified as having a diabetes diagnosis and 1,006 women with breast cancer without diabetes from 97 sites across the United States. Methods &...
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Backing and Forthing: The Process of Decision Making by Women Considering Participation in a Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

Karen Moore Schaefer
Elisabeth Ladd
Mary Ann Gergits
Lorraine Gyauch
ONF 2001, 703-709 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the process of decision making by women considering participation in a breast cancer prevention trial (BCPT). Design: Qualitative. Setting/Sample: Twenty-six women considering participation in a BCPT in the Northeastern United States. Methods: Women were interviewed...
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