Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: “After my very last radiation treatment for breast cancer, I lay ona cold steel table hairless, half-dressed and astonished by the tearsstreaming down my face. I thought I would feel happy about finallyreaching the end of treatment, but instead I was sobbing. At the time,Iwasn’tsurewhatemotionsIwasfeeling.Lookingback,IthinkIcriedbecause this body had so bravely made it through 18 months ofsurgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Ironically, I also cried be-cause I would not be coming back to that familiar table where I hadbeen comforted and encouraged. Instead of joyous, I felt lonely,abandoned and terrified. This was the rocky beginning of cancersurvivorship for me.”—Elizabeth D. McKinley, MD, MPH
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Language: English
Topic: Cancer survivorship and care
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2146242698