Table 1 Themes and subthemes.
Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|
Game metaphors | Cancer as a monster |
Treatment as a game | |
War metaphors | The treatment of cancer as a war |
Battle with bad thoughts and emotions | |
Journey metaphors | Life as a journey |
Treatment as a journey | |
The psychological journey | |
Plant metaphors | Human body as a plant |
Tumor as a plant |
