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| Stanford University | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to pilot the use of community education and digital dermatology to increase the early detection of curable melanomas.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Community Based Strategies for Early Detection of Melanoma | Behavioral | The main procedures of this study include educational sessions about melanoma and how to detect it at its earliest stages with the help of a community health worker, conducting a self-skin examination every three months, helping to perform a skin examination every three months for a family member or friend who would be selected as a "partner", and completing short questionnaires at the beginning of the study, at month three during the study, and at completion of the study. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Completion of self and partner skin examinations | Proportion of individuals recruited to those that follow through with the protocol | 3 months |
| Completion of self and partner skin examinations | Proportion of individuals recruited to those that follow through with the protocol | 6 months |
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Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria is stage 0, I, IV, or unstaged diagnosis, or any individual who does not meet the above stated eligibility criteria will be excluded from the study.
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200 melanoma survivors drawn from the California Cancer Registry will be invited to participate in the study. Assuming a 20% response rate, approximately 40 individuals will be identified to participate in the study, including 20 in Southern California and 20 in Northern California. Participants will be invited to identify up to four friends or first-degree family members to also participate in the study, for a total of 200 participants.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Hayden Hutchison, MSW, MPH | Contact | 310-423-2361 | hayden.hutchison@cshs.org |
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| Robert Haile, DrPH, MPH | Cedars-Sinai | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008545 | Melanoma |
| ID | Term |
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| D018358 | Neuroendocrine Tumors |
| D017599 | Neuroectodermal Tumors |
| D009373 | Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009380 | Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |
| D018326 | Nevi and Melanomas |
| D012878 | Skin Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |