Abstract
In the United States, each year about 22,440 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the deadliest gynecological cancer - with an estimated 14,080 deaths each year. Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer have more options today due to advances in treatments, and specifically, with the advent of immunotherapies. Many have to make many treatment decisions throughout the disease trajectory and awareness of disease status is one of the factors of the treatment decision making process in the ovarian cancer population. To date the literature has generally conceptualized and operationalized awareness of disease status in cancer patients from the health care provider's perspective. It is not well understood, however, as to how women with ovarian cancer perceive their disease and their process of treatment decision-making.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the lived experience of women with recurrent ovarian cancer and how they understood their disease and made their treatment decisions.
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Omega Delta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Disease Status, Treatment Decision Making Process, Quality of Life
Advisor
Mei R. Fu
Second Advisor
Allison Squires
Third Advisor
Allison Applebaum
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
New York University
Degree Year
2017
Recommended Citation
Finlayson, Catherine Scott, "The experience of being aware of disease status in women with recurrent ovarian cancer: A phenomenological study" (2021). Dissertations. 1579.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1579
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2021-12-15
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10743714; ProQuest document ID: 2031075089. The author still retains copyright.