ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to explicate the middle-range theory The Omnipresence of Cancer, including two concepts, Uncertainty and Transitoriness. The diagnosis of cancer and living with cancer has been studied in a variety of cancer diagnoses groups over the past decade (Gaudine et al., 2003; Grimsbo et al., 2011; Harden et al., 2002; Hubbard et al., 2010; Lethborg et al., 2006; Maliski et al., 2003; Molassiotis et al., 2010; Prince-Paul, 2008; Utley, 1999; Vilhauer, 2008). However, little attention has been directed toward patients with a diagnosis of colon cancer. Starting with a phenomenological study, which was followed by a series of complementary studies encompassing various qualitative and quantitative designs, a middle-range theory, The Omnipresence of Cancer, was generated. In this chapter, the development of the theory, its main concepts, assumptions and propositions are described. Recommendations for practice are provided about the care patients diagnosed with cancer require.
