Table 1.

Interview topics.

Basic cancer-related questions: personal cancer or carer history, cancer type, date of diagnosis, cancer status, treatment types, treatment location, treatment completion

The experience of completing cancer treatment and returning to the rural community, and challenges during this time (for the patient) What patient did to cope/maximise quality of life Patient’s engagement with behaviour (e.g., exercise, healthy eating, ongoing surveillance) to prevent cancer from coming back or to detect recurrences early

Knowledge, use and perceptions of existing services Difficulties in accessing existing services Factors considered when choosing support services Unmet social, emotional, practical, spiritual and psychological needs of the patient How could existing services better meet these needs? How could new services meet these needs? What would these new services look like, and why would they be useful? How needs changed over time