Breast Cancer, Cancer, Chronic Leukemia, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Tyrosine Kinase Mutation
Conditions
Brief summary
People with advanced chronic cancers are now living for many years as a result of new targeted anti-cancer treatments. Many of these treatments are quite new and people may take them for months, even years, as long as the treatments are helping. The purpose of this study is to help understand how to best support people receiving these treatments.
Detailed description
Participants ill be scheduled for an in-person, telephone or computer video interview with the researcher(s). They will be asked about their experiences receiving targeted anti-cancer treatments. Then over the next 3 months, participants will be asked to think about how receiving these cancer treatments affects daily living and to create a 'metaphor'. Metaphors may be composed with any mix of visual, verbal, musical or other works participants feel expresses and brings their experiences to life.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Alberta
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
taking chronic targeted anti-cancer agents -
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Interview | 3 months | Interview to learn the experiences of people living with incurable cancers |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
CONTACTEdith Pituskin, PhD
CONTACTMeredith Porter Hogg, MN
Outcome results
None listed