Printed Education Materials in Patients Who Are Finishing Treatment for Stage I, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or Chest Cancer
Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment, stage I breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIA colon cancer, stage I prostate cancer, stage IIB prostate cancer, stage IIA prostate cancer, stage III prostate cancer, stage I non-small cell lung cancer, stage II non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, limited stage small cell lung cancer, stage I rectal cancer, stage IIA rectal cancer, stage IIB rectal cancer, stage IIC rectal cancer, stage IIIA rectal cancer, pulmonary carcinoid tumor, stage I thymoma, stage II thymoma, stage III thymoma, stage I colon cancer, stage IIA colon cancer, stage IIB colon cancer, stage IIC colon cancer, stage IA malignant mesothelioma, stage IB malignant mesothelioma, stage II malignant mesothelioma, stage III malignant mesothelioma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Diagnosis of breast, colorectal, prostate, or thoracic cancer*
- Stage I-III disease
- Approaching, attending, or already attended with the past 28 days, the last treatment appointment of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy NOTE: *Stage IIIA disease for thoracic cancer and excluded mesothelioma; if small cell lung cancer is present must be limited stage disease
- No more than 1 primary cancer
- No recurrent disease
- Hormone receptor status not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Male or female
- Menopausal status not specified
- Able to speak/read English at an 8th grade level
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior brachytherapy only
- No prior surgery only (i.e., must have received prior adjuvant therapy and surgery)
Sites / Locations
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Arm I
Arm II
Patients receive a specific print intervention manual entitled Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment and a general print intervention fact sheet entitled The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers.
Patients receive the general print intervention fact sheet entitled The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers.