Quality of Life in Younger Leukemia and Lymphoma Survivors

Quality of Life in Young Adult Survivors of Hematologic Malignancies

RATIONALE: Collecting information about the effect of hematologic cancer and its treatment on quality of life may help doctors learn more about the disease and plan the best treatment.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying quality of life in younger leukemia and lymphoma survivors.

OBJECTIVES:

• To collect preliminary data to determine the extent to which there is impairment in quality of life of young adult survivors of hematologic malignancies.
• To identify the most common areas of concern in these survivors.
• To explore patterns of quality-of-life impairment associated with age, gender, and type of treatment (transplant vs non-transplant) in these survivors.

OUTLINE: Patients are assessed in a telephone interview using a brief demographic and clinical data form. Patients then undergo quality-of-life assessment by the Cancer Patient/Cancer Survivor Version questionnaire via telephone.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Survivors of leukemia (i.e., acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia) or lymphoma (i.e., non-Hodgkin lymphoma or Hodgkin lymphoma) who have received any cytotoxic or radiation therapy
• Received treatment for leukemia or lymphoma 1-10 years ago

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics