Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
stage I ovarian epithelial cancer, stage II ovarian epithelial cancer, stage I endometrial carcinoma, stage II endometrial carcinoma
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Quality-of-life assessment in cancer survivors may help determine the long-term effects of having had gynecologic cancer and may help improve the quality of life for future cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the quality of life in survivors of gynecologic cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * Describe the significant quality of life (QOL) concerns and long term survivorship issues of women diagnosed and treated for early stage ovarian and endometrial cancer five or more years ago. * Identify mechanisms which contribute to a gynecologic cancer survivorship model through comparison and prediction of high versus low QOL associated with long term adjustment and survivorship. Examine social support, coping efforts, self-efficacy, meaning associated with survivorship, performance status, and age at diagnosis as potential predictors. * Identify and compare factors that predict high versus low QOL for women with early stage endometrial cancer completing participation in GOG-99 clinical trial. Conduct exploratory analysis examining long term QOL concerns of survivors randomized to surgery arm with or without radiotherapy. OUTLINE: Patients complete one telephone interview with a professional female interviewer. The interview lasts approximately 60 minutes and is audiotaped. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 197 early stage endometrial cancer survivors and 114 early stage ovarian cancer survivors will be accrued for this study within 2 years.
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically confirmed early stage ovarian and endometrial cancer survivors treated and diagnosed five or more years ago * Patients completing treatment in GOG-95 or GOG-99 protocols at least 5 years ago with no recurrence of disease * Patients with secondary malignancy or under treatment for other medical conditions are eligible PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: * Not specified Performance status: * Not specified Life expectancy: * Not specified Hematopoietic: * Not specified Hepatic: * Not specified Renal: * Not specified Other: * Must be capable of completing telephone interview in English PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: * See Disease Characteristics Chemotherapy: * See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: * See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: * See Disease Characteristics Surgery: * See Disease Characteristics
Countries
Canada, United States