Introduction
stoma, cancer, gynecological cancer, Continence
CANCER, UTERINE CANCER, COMPLICATION
Ostomy creation—a procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created opening (i.e., the stoma) for elimination—occurs while treating patients with bladder, colorectal, and gynecological cancer (e.g., ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancer) [To better meet ostomates’ needs during this transitional time, our multidisciplinary team developed the Patient Reported Outcomes-Informed Symptom Management System (PRISMS), which is an eHealth symptom and complication monitoring and self-management program for cancer patients with new ostomies and their caregivers. We analyzed data extracted from the social media platform Reddit; qualitative interviews with Wound, Ostomy, and Continence care Nurses (WOCN) and other clinicians for cancer patients with ostomies [Guided by the modified stress-coping model [