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Article: The impact of breast cancer on younger women's relationships with their partner and children.
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- Families, Systems & Health
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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This article describes the impact of breast cancer on younger women's relationships with their partner and children. The Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System (CARES) Marital and Relationship With Children subscales were completed by 204 women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 50 or younger. Participants then responded to open-ended questions asking how breast cancer affected their relationships with their partner and children. Affection, interaction, and partner neglect were not reported to be major problems, although communication with partner was more of a problem. Taking care of and helping children cope with and talk about cancer were ranked as a little ...