Quality of Life in Patients With Liver Cancer Treated With Image-Guided Therapy

• Development of a data repository for clinical outcome measures by conducting a medical record review at baseline, during routine follow-up after image-guided therapy, and then annually thereafter [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
• Development of a data repository for health-related quality of life outcome measures by administering the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form questionnaire at baseline, during routine follow-up after image-guided therapy, and then annually thereafter [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

• Data repository for clinical outcome measures assessed by medical record review at baseline, during routine follow-up after image-guided therapy, and then yearly
• Data repository for health-related quality of life outcome measures assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form at baseline, during routine follow-up after image-guided therapy, and then yearly

RATIONALE: Gathering information about quality of life over time from patients with liver cancer treated with image-guided therapy may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is gathering information about quality of life over time from patients with liver cancer treated with image-guided therapy.

OBJECTIVES:

• Develop a data repository for clinical and health-related quality of life outcome measures in patients with hepatic malignancies treated with image-guided therapies.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot, prospective, longitudinal study.

Patients complete a standard questionnaire assessing health-related quality of life at baseline, during routine follow-up care after image-guided therapy, and then annually thereafter. Health and disease status and the development of other illnesses are assessed by medical record review.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified

Patients with hepatic neoplasms who undergo Image-guided Therapy

• Liver Cancer
• Metastatic Cancer

• Other: medical chart review
  Review the medical charts of patients with hepatic neoplasms who undergo Image-guided Therapy.
  Other Names:

  • Ablation
  • Embolization
• Other: questionnaire administration
  Patients with hepatic neoplasms who undergo Image-guided Therapy
  Other Names:

  • Ablation
  • Embolization
  • Chemo-embolization
• Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
  Patients with hepatic neoplasms who undergo Image-guided Therapy
  Other Names:

  • Ablation
  • Embolization
  • Chemoembolization

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Undergoing concurrent image-guided therapy for hepatic malignancies using any of the following imaging techniques:

  • X-ray
  • Ultrasound
  • MRI
  • CT scan
  • Nuclear medicine imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics