This article explores long-term survivorship (5 years or longer) throu
gh focus group discussions with women who have experienced breast canc
er. The data revealed four major themes, integration of the disease pr
ocess into current life, change in perspective, and unresolved issues.
These data begin to shed light on the issues of breast cancer survivo
rs and can provide a basis for development of a quantitative instrumen
t to be tested with larger populations