Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Breast Cancer Survivors (n = 10)		Health Care Providers (n = 8)
Average age	59 years	Social worker	1
No. of survivors diagnosed between 2005 and 2008a	9	Psychologist	1
No. of survivors who had surgery	9	Radiation oncologist	1
No. of survivors who received radiation therapy	9	Medical oncologist	1
No. of survivors who received chemotherapy	6	Vocational rehabilitation therapist	1
No. of survivors who received hormone therapy	6	Registered chemotherapy nurse	1
No. of survivors who used a complementary modality in their cancer trajectory	7	Emergency care unit registered nurse	2
No. of survivors who took an extended leave of absence from work because of adverse treatment- related symptoms	10	N/A
Adverse treatment-related symptoms		N/A
Psychological distress	7
Depression	5
Considerable fatigue	9
Insomnia	6
Muscle cramping	6
Chronic pain	8
Poor physical functioning	6

^aFocus groups were conducted in May 2008.