FINDINGS
breast cancer
BREAST CANCER
Twenty‐three asymptomatic women (response: 5.8%) and 13 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer (response: 13.0%) participated in our study. We organized six FGs ranging in size from four to seven women; on average, there were six women per group. The average age of participants was 62 years (SD: 7; range: 52–75 years). Most had a college/university degree (All participants were actively engaged in the FGs and many exhibited strong opinions on certain issues. Numerous topics from the discussion guide naturally emerged during the FG conversations without a prompt. In some instances, discussions of a specific topic reached a natural closure without organically progressing into a new topic. However, even when prompts were necessary, we found that the general flow of discussion was free and spontaneous with minimal silent pauses. The digital platform did not impede the FG discussionsand the average duration of the FGs was 58 min (range: 40–79 min).The thematic map presented in Figure 