Exploring the experiences of cancer patients: What drives them to seek treatment outside their residential area and what are the experiences resulting from that decision? A qualitative study

• Jeehee Pyo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Task Forces to Support Public Health and Medical Services in Ulsan Metropolitan City, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Always be with you (The PLOCC Affiliated Counseling Training Center), Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Mina Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Task Forces to Support Public Health and Medical Services in Ulsan Metropolitan City, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

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• Haneul Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

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• Minsu Ock

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ohohoms@naver.com

  Affiliations Task Forces to Support Public Health and Medical Services in Ulsan Metropolitan City, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-9224

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