Clinical trial · Interventional

Psychosocial Support in Treating Women With Recurrent Breast Cancer or Stage I, Stage II, or Stage IV Breast Cancer

Psychobiological Pathways: Breast Cancer Interventions

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Summary

Brief summary (as posted)

RATIONALE: Meeting together with other breast cancer patients to receive psychosocial support and to learn to reduce stress may help patients cope with their diagnosis, have a better quality of life, and live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well psychosocial support works in treating women with recurrent breast cancer or stage I, stage II, or stage IV breast cancer.

Conditions

Conditions (2)

Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.

Condition (as posted)	Mapped entity	Match	Confidence
Breast Cancer	Malignant Breast Neoplasm	CURATED_EXACT	0.92
Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment	Breast Neoplasm	PROBABILISTIC	0.70

Interventions

Interventions (3)

Intervention	Type	Mapped drug	Match
counseling intervention	Other	—	UNRESOLVED
educational intervention	Other	—	UNRESOLVED
psychosocial assessment and care	Procedure	—	UNRESOLVED

Eligibility

Eligibility (as posted)

Sex: Female
Minimum age: 25 Years

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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosed with breast cancer

  * First-time diagnosis of stage I or II disease

    * No more than 2 months since prior breast cancer surgery
  * Initial diagnosis of stage IV disease
  * Distant recurrence of prior breast cancer
* Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Female
* Menopausal status not specified
* Reside within a 60-mile radius of the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics

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