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The impact of breast cancer on the partner 18 months after diagnosis
1Department of Community Health Care Systems, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Little attention has been given to the partner's long-term experience after his wife's diagnosis of breast cancer. The results of this current study highlight the opportunity for nurses to make a difference in the distress levels of patients' partners after the diagnosis of breast cancer. Long-term negative effects can be seen in partners' fears about disease recurrence and marital problems related to breast cancer.