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Featured adjuvant chemotherapy treatment in women with breast cancer can lead to pain. The aim of this study was to explore, the variety of perceptions and impact of adjuvantchemotherapy-induced pain in daily life, of some women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.Inclusion criteria were participating in an ongoing stress management projectand chemotherapy of (anthracycline/taxan) in doses of 75mg² or more. Exclusioncriteria were inability to understand and communicate in Swedish and mentalillness. After ethical approval of the sub study in September 2010, women wereconsecutively included through oral and written request. Phenomenologicalapproach was used in the eight interviews and data analysis. The resultconsisted of five categories of description, the obvious pain, themanageable pain, the lonely pain, the unimaginable pain andultimately the crippling pain. The existence was open when the pain feltdescribable and manageable, while it was concluded when the pain seemedinexplicable and life drastically changed. The study showed a significantpainful impact of chemotherapy. The woman had difficulties to refer to theinformation given by the medical services, when the pain went beyond previousexperiences. There was a tendency that the woman waited before she contactedthe medical services, this waiting made room for difficult thoughts andfeelings. A question for further research is how the staff can capture andbetter help the women who experience severe pain.

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Sophie Wikman Johanna Wretmark

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Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

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