Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics

	Participant 1	Participant 2	Participant 3	Participant 4
Age (category)	45–55	45–55	45–55	45–55
Gender	Female	Female	Female	Female
Months since cancer diagnosis	26	10	37	28
Months since end of acute medical treatment	20	3	31	27
Cancer diagnosis	Breast cancer	Endometrial cancer	Breast cancer	Breast cancer
Cancer Treatment	Chemotherapy, radiotherapy	Surgery, chemotherapy	Mastectomy, chemotherapy	Mastectomy
Adjuvant cancer treatment	None	None	Tamoxifen	Tamoxifen, zoladex
Relationship Status	Married	Married	Married	Married
Employment Status	Retired	Employed part time	Employed full time	Employed full time
Referrer	General practitioner	Clinical nurse specialist	Clinical oncologist	Clinical oncologist
Previous psychological treatment	CBT	None	CBT, counselling	None
Current psychotropic medication	Citalopram	Citalopram	None	None
Current psychiatric diagnosis	GAD, MDD	None	GAD	GAD

CBT cognitive behaviour therapy, GAD generalized anxiety disorder, MDD major depressive disorder