Comprehensive support for families with parental cancer (Family-SCOUT), evaluation of a complex intervention: study protocol for a non-randomized controlled trial.

Background: Families with minor children affected by parental cancer are at risk of considerable emotional and organizational stress that can severely burden all family members. So far, there has been a lack of comprehensive support services for affected families. The aim of this project is to implement and evaluate a complex psychosocial intervention for these families by providing advice, information, and care on an emotional, psycho-social, and communicative level during and after the cancer experience and across healthcare sectors.

Male Breast Cancer Patients' Perspectives on Their Health Care Situation: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Male breast cancer is rare. No information was available on how male breast cancer patients (MBCPs) experience the health care they receive in Germany in a setting that is tailored to women. The aim of this study was to explore the health care situation of MBCPs from their perspectives.

Social Support of Male Breast Cancer Patients-a Mixed-Methods Analysis.

The aim of this study is to explore the social support of male breast cancer patients (MBCP) in Germany. In particular, three aspects of social support focus on (a) the used resources within the social environment, (b) the received support, and (c) the differences of used social support between MBCP. A mixed-methods design is applied including data of qualitative interviews ( = 27 MBCP) and a written questionnaire ( = 100 MBCP).

Men With a "Woman's Disease": Stigmatization of Male Breast Cancer Patients-A Mixed Methods Analysis.

Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and known as a typical woman's disease. This study is part of the N-MALE project (Male breast cancer: patient's needs in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up-care) and aims to investigate how MBC patients (MBCP) feel about suffering from a "woman's disease," what character the stigmatization has, and how it can be prospectively reduced. Therefore, a mixed methods design is applied including data of N = 27 qualitative interviews with MBCP and quantitative data of N = 100 MBCP.

Unmet information needs and limited health literacy in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients over the course of cancer treatment.

Objective: To investigate unmet information needs in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients over the course of cancer treatment and its association with health literacy.

Methods: We present results from a prospective, multicenter cohort study (PIAT). Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients (N=1060) were surveyed directly after breast cancer surgery, 10 and 40 weeks later.

Health literacy and fear of cancer progression in elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer--A longitudinal analysis.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the distribution of health literacy levels and the association of health literacy with fear of cancer progression (FoP) over the course of cancer treatment in a sample of elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

Methods: The analyses are part of a prospective, multicenter cohort-study (PIAT) that took place in Germany between 2013 and 2014. Elderly women (aged 65 years and older) newly diagnosed with breast cancer completed validated measures of health literacy and FoP directly after the breast cancer surgery and 40 weeks later.