Health Behaviors, Surveillance, Psychosocial Factors, and Family Concerns

Completed

Conditions studied: Melanoma, Survivors, Psychological Factors

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the health behaviors of melanoma survivors. We want to know about their thoughts and concerns. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. The number of people being diagnosed with melanoma is growing. Many people who are diagnosed with melanoma are young. Little research has been done to find out how melanoma survivors feel years after they have been treated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00518050

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

160

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For the focus group recruitment (Specific Aim 1) - Patients with melanoma (invasive primary cutaneous melanoma, stages 1-III), who have been treated at MSKCC from 1996-2005
• For the survey group recruitment (Specific Aim 2):
• patients with melanoma (invasive primary cutaneous melanoma, stages 1-III), who have been treated at MSKCC from 2001-2011• Ability to sign informed consent which indicates the psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiological nature of this study
• Age ≥ or = to 18 years and fluent in the English language

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with intraepithelial (in situ) melanoma
• Patients with stage IV melanoma
• Patients with nodal or visceral melanoma without a documented primary lesion
• Patients with prior malignancies For the focus group recruitment (Specific Aim 1): (patients treated at MSKCC from 1996-2005) who have a diagnosis >10 years ago from treatment. For the survey group recruitment (Specific Aim 2): patients treated at MSKCC from 2001-2011)who have a diagnosis >10 years ago from treatment.
• Patients with a recent diagnosis of melanoma, <12 months
• Patients who are one year or more post diagnosis and are still receiving treatment for their melanoma

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue — New York, New York, United States

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