In order to better understand women's understanding of unforeseen and upsetting indications in the time after dynamic cancer management, this qualitative secondary examination looked at how women looked at unforeseen and upsetting indication practices. Re-examination of phenomenological statistics from the first author's investigation on survivor loneliness exposed adequate knowledge in order to conduct this secondary data analysis. 9) How was the sample selected? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this sampling strategy?

Subjects were enlisted from a list of volunteers at Reach for Recovery, a cancer survivors' system supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS). The study consisted of 13 English-speaking women, who were 33 -- 74 years of age, who had finished vigorous care for breast cancer in the previous 18 years prior to the study. Safety of human being subjects as well as model explanation was detailed in the original article

10) Were the subjects in this study vulnerable? Were there any risks for them as the result of participation in the research study?

The subjects in this study were vulnerable in the fact that they were suffering from cancer. There were no apparent risks for the subjects in participating in this study as is was carried out using secondary analysis of data that was obtained in the first study.

11) Are there any HIPAA concerns that are evident in this study?

There are no HIPPA concerns evident in this study as long as participation in the original study was HIPPA compliant. It is assumed that proper HIPPA procedures were followed in the gathering of the original data.

12) What methods were put in place to ensure that the subjects were giving true informed consent?

Since this was a secondary analysis of data that was gathered for another study there is no way of knowing what methods were used to make sure that true informed consent was obtained. It can be assumed that...

The data for that study was gathered by the procedure of the first author reading the transcripts numerous times in order to get an extensive understanding of the content; meeting with a set of qualitative researchers who looked at the records, acknowledged key statements, and talked about key codes connected to the investigative question; joining the coded quotations into one file and establishing the accurateness of the code and quotation; cautiously reading statement files and, with the assembly, identifying key topics by placing key coded quotations together for each research question; meeting with the group, reviewing major themes, and engaging in lively conversation in order to decide any inconsistencies; and reviewing the statements and validating the organization of topic together with interview information. The current study was done by looking at the statistics that were attained by the first author and utilizing them to answer the question of what are the breast cancer survivors' experiences of unexpected and distressing symptoms in the years following breast cancer treatment.
14) Was the sample adequate for the research design that was selected?

It appears that the same size was adequate for the original study that was conducted and thus would also seem to be adequate for this study.