Surviving breast Cancer: experiences of long-term survivors of breast cancer treated with mastectomy

• Grant number: 12/11945-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Psychological Treatment and Prevention
• Principal Investigator: Manoel Antônio dos Santos
• Grantee: Janaína de Fátima Vidotti
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study has as main objective to understand the experience of women who survived breast cancer in long term, that is, five or more years after receiving the diagnosis of the disease. This is a study of descriptive, exploratory, and cross-sectional character and is supported by the qualitative methodology of research. Will be invited to participate in the study mastectomized women who had surgery of the breast (total or partial mastectomy) more than five years and who frequent the support group for mastectomized women for at least six months. The participants will be recruited in the Center for Teaching, Service and Rehabilitation Research of Mastectomized (REMA, in Portuguese) of the School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (EERP-USP, in Portuguese). The instruments used will be the Technical History of Life and a semi-structured interview. The data will be organized according to the procedures recommended by Bardin for thematic content analysis, and the analysis and interpretation of these guided by the Bakhtinian perspective.(AU)