Table 2.
Description of scenarios and patient cues and concerns.
Scenario | Description | Patients’ expression |
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doubt | Patient has doubts about the result he/she received,thinking the result is not his/her own. | Sir! That cannot be true! This is not My report, it’s someone else’s! |
Fear of death | After patient accepts the fact of having cancer, he/she thinks cancers are terminal. | I do not know if I will die because of it, I cannot even think about it. |
Fear of future | After patient accepts the fact of having cancer, he/she fears that cancer may ruin his/her marriage or relationship. | I’m not married yet, what should I do in the future? |
Surgery | In the course of treatment, conservative treatment is useless, cancer cells begin to spread, and A total mastectomy is required. | I cannot face a mastectomy. After my breasts are gone, my body shape has changed, am I still a woman? At least not a complete woman. |
Hair loss | Due to chemotherapy or other reasons, patient has symptoms of alopecia. | If my hair is gone, how can I go outside? Even if I survive the cancer, how can I go to work without my hair? |
Upper limb disorders | Upper limb disorders caused by operations can make life more difficult. | If I cannot move my arm, even cannot comb my hair, I would rather die than be disabled. |