ABSTRACT
Breast cancer is the leading form of cancer diagnosed in women (Sondik, Young, Horm, & Ries, 1988). Once diagnosed, however, women with breast cancer have substantially better relative survival rates than those diagnosed with other leading forms of cancer, such as colon cancer and cancers of the lung and bronchus (Sondik et al., 1987; Ries, Pollack, & Young, 1983). The large number of breast cancer cases diagnosed each year, plus the relatively favorable survival rates for treated patients, suggest that the quality of that survival is an important issue.
