'I know I'm not invincible': An interpretative phenomenological analysis of thyroid cancer in young people

摘要

ObjectiveThyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting young people and carries an excellent prognosis. Little is known about the psychosocial issues that face young people diagnosed with a treatable cancer. This study explored how young people experienced diagnosis, treatment, and how they made sense of an experience which challenged their views on what it means to have cancer.