[Women with invasive uterine cervical neoplasm: family support as a help]

An investigation of qualitative approach based on psycho-oncology principles, that had as objective to analyze the perception of women with a diagnosis of invasive cancer in the cervix; to describe family support that helped them to face the disease; to identify the bio-psycho-sociological modifications arising from the cancer and to describe their experiences on facing such a diagnosis. The subjects of the research were twelve women who had the diagnosis of invasive cancer in the cervix, with age varying from 28 to 61 years old who were undertaking treatment. Through semi-structured interviews it was possible to identify the family as the basic support on facing the cancer, which lead to positive or negative results on the ways of handling the illness and the treatment.