health information seeking among woman with breast cancer

World health organization (who) states that the incidence of cancer in the world increased to18.1 million new cases with a mortality rate of 9.6 million in 2018. in indonesia, the most common typeof cancer is breast cancer with a percentage of 16.7 %. diagnosis of breast cancer in general can causestress and depression in women. lack of information about cancer is an obstacle for cancer patients totake further steps about treating their disease. though information search is the most important step ingetting the best treatment to achieve healing. this study aims to find out how the process of finding healthinformation carried out by women with breast cancer to get a cure. through a qualitative method with aphenomenological approach, in-depth interviews are used as a data collection technique involving fourwomen with breast cancer selected through purposive sampling. the validity of this study usestrustworthiness with data analysis in the form of data reduction, data presentation and drawingconclusions. the results of this study indicate that the search for health information about breast cancerwill only occur if there is a physical stimulus felt by cancer sufferers, which has several goals in the formof getting the best solution. the desire to recover requires them to be active in communicating withdoctors and community friends who are supported by information seeking in other media such as theinternet, books, seminars and workshops. however, every information they get is always accompanied bya subjective evaluation of themselves, by confirming information both to the doctor and fellow cancersufferers in the community. cancer sufferers in this study have greater control in determining the bestchoice as a solution to get a cure.