International Travel Patterns and Risk Behaviour of Breast Cancer, Lymphoma Patients and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

Pilot Survey to Assess International Travel Patterns and Risk Behaviour of Breast Cancer, Lymphoma Patients and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

This study also aims to raise awareness among both patients and health-care providers about the importance of pre-travel health consultation and preventive interventions prior to international travel.

Through appropriate health counseling, cancer patients will have less risk of having travel -related health complications and thus have a better quality of life and overall improved sense of wellbeing.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) recipients
• Age >18 years
• Status post bone marrow transplant within last five years Breast Cancer patients: Criteria 1 and Criteria 2 and/or 3
• Female age >18 years and current or past history of breast cancer
• Received systemic chemotherapy in the last five years
• Metastatic breast cancer disease (stage IV) Lymphoma: Criteria 1 and Criteria 2 and/or 3
• Age >18 years and current or past history of lymphoma
• Received systemic chemotherapy within 5 years
• Had active disease at any time within the last 5 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients age< 18 years
• Breast cancer and lymphoma patients in clinical remission in the past 5 years
• Patients unable to fill the questionnaire due to language barriers