Efficacy of a Self-Advocacy Serious Game Intervention for Women with Advanced Cancer (Strong Together)

In this trial, Dr. Thomas will evaluate the efficacy of a serious game to teach women newly diagnosed with advanced gynecologic or metastatic breast cancer self-advocacy skills. Research participants will enroll from across the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center network.

(Funding Source: NIH/NCI Grant R37CA262025)

Publications

What are We Asking Patients to Do? A Critical Ethical Review of the Limits of Patient Self-Advocacy in the Oncology Setting – PubMed (nih.gov)

Testing the effects of the Strong Together self-advocacy serious game among women with advanced cancer: Protocol for the STRONG randomized clinical trial – PubMed (nih.gov)