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SAGE Publications, Clinical Nursing Research, 2(16), p. 85-99, 2007

DOI: 10.1177/1054773806298488

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The Experience of Massage During Chemotherapy Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients

Journal article published in 2007 by Annika Billhult, Elisabet Stener-Victorin ORCID, Ingegerd Bergbom
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

This study aimed to describe the experience of massage for breast cancer patients during chemotherapy treatment. Ten patients received massage at five occasions. They were interviewed and analysis was conducted using Giorgi's ideas of phenomenological research. The essential meaning of getting massage during chemotherapy was described as a retreat from the feeling of uneasiness toward chemotherapy. Results revealed five themes: the patients experienced distraction from the frightening experience, a turn from negative to positive, a sense of relaxation, a confirmation of caring, and finally they just felt good. In conclusion, the findings of this study show that massage offered a retreat from uneasy, unwanted, negative feelings connected with chemotherapy treatment. It is a treatment that can be added to the arsenal of treatment choices available to the oncological staff.