Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Nueva Vida Intervention: Improving QOL in Latina Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Caregivers
Brief Summary: Latina breast cancer survivors report lower quality of life (QOL) than non-Latina survivors. Lower QOL can lead to poorer functional and cancer-related survival outcomes. The friends and family of Latina cancer patients are also impacted by a loved one's diagnosis of breast cancer. Through strong community-academic partnerships, the investigators seek to improve the QOL of Latina survivors and their caregivers with a culturally-relevant intervention. In this project, the investigators plan to further develop and refine the intervention and then test it through a randomized controlled trial. First, the investigators will conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with 10 survivor-caregiver dyads (pairs) to see if the intervention fits for survivors and caregivers in different parts of the country. Then, the investigators will revise the intervention. Finally, the investigators will test the intervention in a randomized controlled trial. The investigators will invite 125 survivor-caregiver dyads to be a part of our study. Half will be asked to complete the intervention and half will be offered the usual services, such as support groups. The information learned from this study could help improve the quality of life in Latina breast cancer survivors and their caregivers. Physicians, survivors, and community groups can also benefit from this study because they will have more information about the needs of Latina breast cancer survivors. The investigators hope to use the information to help other types of survivors and caregivers in the future.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with Stage 3 or 4 breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancers.
* Patients must be 21 years old or older, physically and mentally able to participate, speak and understand English, have a minimum life expectancy of six months, live within 75 miles of one of the participating sites and have a family caregiver who is willing to participate in the study.
* For this study "family caregiver" is defined as the person who provides the patient with physical and/or emotional support during cancer treatment.
* Family caregivers must be 18 years old or older, physically and mentally able to participate, and speak and understand English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients will be excluded if they have multiple primary cancer sites.
* Family caregivers will be excluded if they, themselves, have been diagnosed with cancer during the previous year and/or are in active treatment for cancer.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* 21 to 64 years of age
* Willingness to attend a 1-hour program every week for 4 weeks
* Able to understand and speak basic English
* Able to understand and complete self-report questionnaires with minimal assistance
* Be the primary adult family member who provides care and support for the patient and lives together with the patient

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than 21 years of age, or 65 years of age and older
* Unable to understand and speak basic English
* Unable to understand and complete self-report questionnaires with minimal assistance
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Survivors: Latina, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, speaks English or Spanish, has a Caregiver who is willing to participate.
* Caregivers: a primary caregiver for a Latina breast cancer survivor, speak English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to understand spoken English and/or Spanish and/or
2. Cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent (determined by the PIs or Co-Investigators who are mental health professionals).
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Relative identified by patients diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer as their principal family caregiver; having a family physician

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive disorder

Answer: C