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Brief Title: Tailored Intervention for Melanoma Patient's Families
Official Title: Tailored Intervention for Melanoma Patient's Families
Study ID: NCT00816374
Brief Summary: The purpose of the investigators' study is to find the best way to provide information about sun protection and skin cancer detection. The investigators want to see which of two methods most improves sun protection and screening attitudes and practices. The investigators hope to improve these attitudes and practices among people who are at higher risk for melanoma. People at higher risk for melanoma are first degree relatives (mother, father, sibling or child) of people diagnosed with melanoma.
Detailed Description: Eligible patients will be contacted to find out whether they have any living first degree relatives that we may contact to discuss their participation in our study. Eligible first degree relatives (FDRs) will participate in our study as outlined under Interventions.
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Name: Paul Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Sharon L Manne, PhD
Affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Michael Ming, MD
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR