The literature indicates that the strongest concerns for women with early-stage breast cancer are those relating directly to cancer as a health and life threat, the most salient being the possibility of recurrence (Spencer et al., 1999). The experience of breast cancer often forces women to confront fear and uncertainty, and most overwhelming, the idea of their own mortality. These issues bring up many existential questions, for example “What is important in my life?” and “What meaning does my life have?”.
