Cancer and men — experiences and resources from diagnosis to recovery

The lived experience of men with advanced cancer in relation to their perceptions of masculinity: a qualitative phenomenological study

“…Vaartio et al . () investigated men's experiences from a diagnosis of cancer to recovery, they also found that men struggled to deal with these changes but an important mechanism for coping was physical restoration. The men in this study did not have the capacity for full physical restoration so relied on other coping processes.…”