CompletedNot Applicable

Health Communication in Families

United States42 participantsStarted 2003-08-12

Plain-language summary

There are two goals of this research study. First, we hope to develop a plan to guide family discussions that can help parents diagnosed with lung cancer talk about cancer risk with their adult children. Second, we want to understand how families talk about cancer prevention.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Lung cancer patients must have a history of smoking. * Family members of lung cancer patients must be active smokers in order to participate in the study. * All participants must be more than 18 years of age and be fluent in English. * Patients must have received a diagnosis of either lung cancer or melanoma within the past 3 to 18 months.

What they're measuring

We will use data from our qualitative interviews to develop a family-focused assessment battery for examining risk perception and risk communication in families affected by cancer.

Timeframe: 7 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00597961

SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-04-14

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