Characteristics of Indigenous patients with cancer and their families who participated in a sharing circle (n = 14)
| Characteristic | No. of participants |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 4 |
| Female | 10 |
| Who attended | |
| Patients | 9 |
| Family members | 5 |
| Geographical location | |
| Reserve | 2 |
| Rural | 4 |
| Small urban | 6 |
| Urban | 2 |
| Types of cancer*† | |
| Bladder | 1 |
| Breast | 4 |
| Cervical | 1 |
| Colon | 1 |
| Ovarian | 1 |
| Uterine | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Illness trajectory† | |
| Remission or monitoring | 5 |
| Undergoing active treatments | 1 |
| Recurrence | 3 |
| Time since diagnosis, yr† | |
| < 5 | 4 |
| 5–10 | 2 |
| > 10 | 2 |
| Unknown | 1 |