The Lived Experience of the Women with Cervical Cancer During Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chen, Kai-Li
Abstract
Cervical cancer could be totally healed if it is diagnosed in cervical carcinoma in situ stage. However, many patients did not obtain confirmed diagnosis until the cancer proceeds to its advance stage. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has become the standard treatment of local advance cervical cancer since 1999. The new treatment improved patient’s survival but they therefore suffer from a series of concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment procedures which cause them enormous physical and psychological impacts.he purpose of this study was to explore lived experiences of patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment in a medical center in Taipei City. Qualitative research methods were used to figure out patients’ profound experiences. Seven patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment were recruited by using purposive sampling strategy. As an observer-as-participant, the author took care of the subjects, observed the process while patients receiving treatments, and talked to patients in order to understand their explicit and implicit experiences. All the data were densely described and analyzed inductively.ive main themes were identified as the followings: （1）complicated emotions while the cancer diagnosis became apparent; （2） strong fear of the coming battles with cancer treatments; （3） suffering from the first stage treatment; （4） experiencing the most painful stage of the treatments; and （5） ongoing fright after the treatment procedures.he staged and anguished experiences among women with cervical cancer and receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment were uncovered in this study. Implications and suggestions for health professionals were made based on the findings to improve the quality of care for their patients.
Subjects
cervical cancer
concurrent chemoradiotherapy
lived experiences
SDGs
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