Emotional and spiritual support for advanced cancer and caregivers
Part of Cancer clinical trials.
This study offers a program to help people with advanced cancer and their caregivers cope with emotional and spiritual distress. It involves talking with a counselor together to improve your well-being.
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Who can take part
- You have metastatic (stage IV) cancer of the breast, lung, stomach, gynecologic, or urinary system, and your cancer has been stable for at least 3 months.
- You are able to get up and move around with little or no help (ECOG score 0-2).
- A family member or friend who helps care for you is willing to join the study as your caregiver.
- You and your caregiver are 18 years or older and can read and speak either English or Spanish.
- Either you or your caregiver feels at least a moderate amount of distress (score 4 or higher on a 0-10 thermometer scale).
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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