Cancer survivorship needs in Brazil: Patient and family perspective.

Introduction: Cancer Survivorship is a growing public health challenge. Effective responses from health care and social services depend on appropriate identification of survivors and their families´ specific needs. There are few studies on survivorship in low and middle-income countries, therefore, more evidence-based studies are necessary to develop a comprehensive approach to cancer survivorship.

Procrastination in the early detection of breast cancer.

Objective: to analyze the meaning of postponement of breast cancer detection based on interviews with 26 women who were submited to mastectomy.

Method: qualitative study based on Symbolic Interactionism with Content Analysis in thematic modality, carried out in a public service outpatient clinic, in a capital city of Northeastern Brazil.

Results: faced with the participants' reports, the theme 'meanings attributed to procrastination of breast health care' emerged.

Coping with problems that impact on the health of a socially vulnerable community from the residents' perspective.

This research aims to identify the strategies adopted by dwellers of a socially vulnerable community, characterized by social and economic inequality, to address the problems that interfere in the health conditions. A participant investigation anchored in hermeneutics was conducted through participatory diagnosis, with 31 residents of the Dendê community, who were called vital informants. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews, street walking and focus groups.

Mastectomy and the Meaning Attributed by Patients to Delay in Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.

Background: Breast cancer is a major public health problem and its early detection (ED) can reduce the number of breast mutilations, morbidity and mortality rates, health costs and negative health outcomes. Given that, this study aimed to assess the meaning attributed by mastectomized women to delay in early detection of their breast cancers. Methods: Qualitative research was conducted with 26 mastectomized women who participated in semi-structured interviews about the meaning of delay in early detection of breast cancer in a reference oncology outpatient clinic in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil from December 2015 to January 2016.

Participating in a support group: experience lived by women with breast cancer.

The goal of the study was to understand the meaning of support groups in the life of women with breast cancer. It is a qualitative study with 30 mastectomized women who belonged to six support groups in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. Data were collected with semi-structured interviews, organized and analyzed based on the interactionism concept.