Existential phenomenological view of health care experiences from the perspective of cancer survivors.

Objectives: to understand the experience of post-discharge health care of primary cancer treatment from the perspective of survivors.

Methods: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, using Martin Heidegger's Existential Phenomenology framework. Analysis of semi-structured interviews of 11 cancer survivors, after primary treatment, was carried out through vague and median and hermeneutic understanding.