Nurse-led comfort and survivorship care for advanced cancer
Part of Cancer clinical trials.
This study looks at whether a specialized nurse-led care plan soon after diagnosis/treatment helps people living with advanced (metastatic) cancer. It focuses on patients expected to do better than average based on certain prognosis factors.
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Who can take part
- You must be an adult (age 21 or older).
- You have a metastatic solid tumor cancer.
- Your cancer’s prognosis must fall in the “very favorable” or “favorable” category.
- Your care must be through Good Samaritan University Hospital (GSUH) oncology or radiation oncology clinicians.
- You should not be in the “standard risk” or “unfavorable” prognosis group.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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