 Interviews will consist of broad open-ended questions. In order to establish rapport and provide a foundation for more detailed questions, the initial questions will begin with the experience of discovering the cancer, diagnosis, the experiences of treatment, and social and personal consequences of the lived experience. Exploration of the initial diagnosis is important because of the life-changing nature of the diagnosis and the accompanying feeling of shock that many people experience at the moment of receiving the diagnosis American Cancer Society, 2006. The questioning will then focus on the experience of being touched by others, first during the process of the diagnosis and treatment, then prior to this experience. Questions will also be formulated during the interview on the sensation of touch now and prior to treatment, including touching others. All questions will be broad to allow the greatest possible latitude of participant interpretation; however, a general list of questions will be formulated to ensure consistency and completeness of data collection across participants. In general, the interview is paramount in data collection because it is the intention of the researcher to be minimally intrusive while eliciting descriptions that are robust and complete in describing each persons perspective of the phenomenon. In this study, several broad questions will be asked at some point during each interview to ensure that similar baseline data are collected for each participant. Questions to be asked will be: 