Table 3.

Key Theme 1B – Provider-related difficulties by cancer type

	Illustrative quotations	Study ID, gender
Colorectal Cancer	“Every exam with an older male physician, I’ve been healing for a while and it brought it back.”	141, Male
Gynecologic Cancer	“I felt that my oncologist was treating me in the same manner as my abusers...as a piece of meat, and something to be conquered before they could move on and conquer the next person.”	248, Female
	“Trusting people, strangers, in positions of authority. Allowing them to do unknown things to my body because it was supposed to "be good for me" and "help" me. I am much, much better than I used to be and have gone through a lot of therapy in my life but trusting strangers is still pretty scary for me.”	159, Female
Breast Cancer	“The way people talk to you. The whole it’s going to be ok, trust me, I will take care of you. Those sayings really bothered me alot.”	37, Female
	“I saw a Dr. during treatment who looked like the double of my abuser. I wanted to run but instead I cried in fear. Just as a child, I cried out and no one came. I guess they just thought I was having a meltdown”	24, Breast
	“I absolutely do not like to be touched by males except for my spouse so anythime a male nurse would touch me, I understood hes just doing his job and hes not my permanent nurse but it triggered memories I did not like.”	21, Female
Skin Cancer	“great example is the skin procedures to remove layers of cancer, I was awake but my back was numb. I was half naked, numb and had a man in full control of my being - huge trigger.”	184, Female
	“Being ok with so many other people touching and commenting on my body, since I’ve avoided situations like that because of past abuse.”	23, Female