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RATIONALE: An outreach program may help minority or low-income cancer patients overcome problems that keep them from receiving quality care.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a radiation therapy outreach program works in minority or low-income patients with newly diagnosed cancer.
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OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients are enrolled in the Patient Navigator program, an initiative to promote equal access and quality of cancer care. Patients undergo an interview with the Patient Navigator, who is an oncology health professional, over approximately 1 hour to identify specific needs, in terms of receiving cancer care. The interview serves as a basis for developing a plan to assist patients through treatment and follow up. The Patient Navigator meets the patient, in person or over the phone, at various times during treatment to help the patient overcome barriers to completion of cancer therapy. The Patient Navigator then provides yearly follow up to facilitate continued medical follow up. Patients complete surveys before and after program participation.
Patients are followed periodically to determine their current status in cancer therapy.
TELESYNERGY®, a portable live-time interactive telemedicine system, is utilized in developing the necessary infrastructure and professional education in the community. It is used for sharing information and approaches for case presentation, treatment planning conferences, and other specialized presentations by invited speakers and expert panels. Activities using the TELESYNERGY® system are videotaped to create a library of topic-centered presentations that can be shared with the larger community. Components and summaries are placed on an Internet site to encourage communication with the larger oncology community.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3,150 patients will be accrued for this study.
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Within any of the following service areas of 5 different hospitals in western Pennsylvania:
Any race, ethnicity, gender, or HIV status allowed
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
3,150 participants in 1 patient group
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