Assessment of the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Teaching: BrUOG 258

Chemotherapy teaching sessions, often coordinated in the outpatient setting by nursing
personnel, are meant to educate patients about the chemotherapy they will be receiving.
Education topics include an understanding of side effects, treatment schedule, medications
to treat side effects and how to contact the oncology team if adverse events develop. Some
of these issues are addressed in the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Quality
Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI). This study will perform an analysis of the teaching
process that is provided prior to chemotherapy administration.

This study will provide data for each participating hospital to individually assess their
teaching process. Multivariate analysis can be performed to evaluate whether age, sex,
native, language, race highest level of education, cancer type, chemotherapy regimen,
institution where chemotherapy will be administered, and type of personnel performing the
teaching visit, influences the effectiveness of the teaching visit. In addition, results
can be compared across different hospitals.This analysis may lead to improvements in each
hospital's chemotherapy teaching practices and lead to advances in patient's cognitive and
emotional preparedness.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients > 18 years of age who will be receiving chemotherapy (including targeted
anticancer therapy) at a Brown University Oncology Research Group Affiliated Hospital
for a period of 1-year after study activation.

- Patients who will be undergoing a chemotherapy teaching session at an institution
affiliated with the Brown University Oncology Research Group.

- No prior chemotherapy or targeted anticancer treatment.

- Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients must meet eligibility criteria