Needs and experiences of Samoan breast cancer survivors in Southern California

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings underscore the need for culturally-specific social support services for Samoans, as well as the necessity of community-based participatory research to define and explore social support and other survivorship needs in this understudied population. Recommendations from the community report-back, stressed the importance of expanding community Samoan cancer social support groups through collaborations with Samoan leaders and churches.PMID:22235157 | PMC:PMC3254226

Source: Hawaii Medical Journal - January 12, 2012 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sora Park Tanjasiri Sala Mata'alii Marion Hanneman Melanie D Sabado Source Type: research