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. Moreover, a battery of self-report questionnaires will be administered, and sociodemographic and clinical data will be collected. The time window in which to deliver the support intervention is after the detection of a suspected cancer and before the visit with the oncologist, at the time when the patient undergoes diagnostic exams (to understand the type of tumor he/she is affected by), and the most suitable therapeutic protocol have to be discussed with the oncologist.
