Symptom Management in African-American Men With Localized Prostate Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• •Biopsy-proven localized prostate cancer
• •* Has received treatment for prostate cancer
• •Patient self-identifies as being of African-American descent
• •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• •Able to speak and read in English
• •Has an address in order to receive study materials by mail (a street address or post office box)
• •Has either a telephone in order to be interviewed OR is able to meet the principal investigator at the Veterans Administration prostate clinic and be interviewed there
• •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• •See Disease Characteristics