Role of Caregiver in the Clinical Pathway of Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer

Summary

The following randomized longitudinal study will evaluate the long term impact of caregivers' involvement in cancer care pathway, including a psychological support intervention on the dyads to be delivered after the detection of a suspected cancer and before the visit with the oncologist for discussing therapeutic options.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient:

* Patient aged ≥18 years at the time of recruitment.
* Patients who have just received a cancer diagnosis and have yet to discuss with their oncologist the treatment to undergo after diagnosis of breast or prostate cancer.
* Early-stage cancer (I or II).

Caregiver:

* Age ≥ 18 at the time of recruitment.
* Taking care of the patient.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients:

* Presence of early mental disorders (before age 40) or severe neurological disorder.
* Patients with advanced stage cancer for which the path is already defined (palliative care patients).

Caregivers:

● Presence of early mental disorders (before age 40) or severe neurological disorder.

Conditions2

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