Category	Concept
Maintaining mental balance in the face of the threat of the cancer	Feeling distress by thinking about death by cancer
	Thinking positively about the breast cancer
	Trying not to be defeated by the threat of the cancer
Determined to tell the children about the disease	Thinking about the impact of the disease and treatment on the lives of the children
Determined to tell the children about the disease	Worried whether to say the disease or not
Being worried about the influence of cancer on the children	Speculating about the psychological reaction of the children
	Worrying about children feeling uneasy
	Feeling responsibility as unable to carry on with the life of the children
Thinking about the benefits of not hiding the cancer	Alleviate the own emotional burden
	Obtaining support from the children
	Estimating the impact on the parent-child relationship
Feeling difficulty in communicating the diagnosis of the cancer to the children	Speculating on the knowledge of children about cancer
	Cannot decide how to tell the children about the disease without having them imagine death
	Thinking about how to tell the children about cancer without other people finding out
Encouraged to tell about the disease to the children	Encouraged by family to tell children about the disease
Encouraged to tell about the disease to the children	Asking other people near the children for support
Determining the impact on the children	Intuiting a stress response of the children
Determining the impact on the children	Guessing whether the children would understand what was meant
Making themselves look unconcerned	Evading questions about the disease name by children
Making themselves look unconcerned	Relieved that there is no need to tell the children about cancer
Talking openly about cancer and death	Explain honestly according to child reactions
Talking openly about cancer and death	Assuring not going to die