Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities In Ovarian Cancer Patients

Patients in this study will be recruited from the Gynecologic Oncology Clinic waiting area.
All participants (patients, family and clinical caregivers, control group women with no
cancer) in this study will take part in an interview to see how they feel about the different
side-effects of chemotherapy. The interview will involve reading short descriptions of the
side-effects and then answering some questions that ask for an opinion. The actual interview
will take about 30-45 minutes to complete. The interviews will either take place in private
conference rooms in the clinic or in private rooms at the Ambulatory Treatment Center (ATC).

Patients will also be given quality of life and symptom assessment questionnaires. The
questionnaires are simple to read and quick to answer. The questionnaire takes about 15
minutes to complete.

The participant's involvement in this study is limited to the questionnaire/interview. Once
that is done, the participant is finished with the study.

This is an investigational study. A total of 288 people will take part in this study. All
will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Women with epithelial ovarian cancer presenting to the UTMDACC Gynecologic Oncology
Clinic who are currently undergoing chemotherapy

2. Women with a history of epithelial ovarian cancer presenting to the UTMDACC
Gynecologic Oncology Clinic who are seen in follow-up

3. Women who are at least 18 years of age

4. Women who speak English

5. Clinical caregivers of patients with ovarian cancer (UTMDACC gynecologic oncologists,
UTMDACC gynecologic medical oncologists, UTMDACC registered nurses and licensed
vocational nurses in the UTMDACC Gynecology Clinic, and UTMDACC gynecologic oncology
fellows and residents)

6. Familial caregivers of patients with ovarian cancer (primary caregiver)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who are non-English speakers

2. Participants who are less than 18 years of age