Holistic Quality of Life Intervention for Patients with Secondary Prostate Cancer

摘要

The second annual report of progress in the study entitled A holistic quality of life intervention for patients with secondary prostate cancer' is contained. Each of the tasks listed in the approved statement of work' that were applicable to the second year of the study is contained. In particular: (1) Patient identification and referral; (2) Patient contact, intake of patients into study, patient tracking; (3) Review of intervention group meetings and materials. The successful completion of two intervention cycles and the subsequent three-month follow-up data collection procedures is described. Special attention is given to the adapted recruitment strategies that have been developed to remedy the shortfall of study accrual numbers for recruitment into the third intervention cycle that begins in March 2004. Also included are the completed participant intervention manual and accompanying CD. The featuring of this study on the ABC national evening network news broadcast as an example of an innovative approach to cancer treatment is also discussed. Because the intervention period of this study is not yet complete no outcomes are reported.