Telephone Counseling or Standard Care in Patients Who Have Completed Treatment for Stages I, II, or III Cervical Cancer

INCLUSION CRITERIA

Disease Characteristics:

* Diagnosis of cervical cancer between the past 3-15 months

  * Stage I-III disease
* Completed therapy for cervical cancer ≥ 1 month ago

  * Not receiving ongoing treatment
* More than 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy
* More than 30 days since prior investigational drugs
* No prior biological response modifier
* No concurrent corticosteroids
* No concurrent immunosuppressive therapy

Patient Characteristics:

* Resident of Orange, San Diego, or Imperial County in California
* English or Spanish speaking
* No serious acute or chronic illness
* Has access to a telephone

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

Disease Characteristics:

* Stage IV cervical carcinoma
* Have undergone previous treatment with a biological response modifier (inferferons, interleukins) or prior immunotherapy within four weeks of study enrollment
* Used investigational drugs within 30 days of execution of the informed consent
* Required corticosteroids or were under immune suppression for any reason including an organ allograft or HIV infection
* Patients with metastatic disease or ongoing treatment
* Any acute or chronic illness, including autoimmune states, as judged clinically significant by the investigators

Patient Characteristics:

* Non-English or Spanish speakers