registry of older patients with cancer

Conditions: Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders; Cognitive/Functional Effects; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Lymphoproliferative Disorder; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Summary: rationale: gathering information about older patients with cancer may help the study of cancer in the future. purpose: this research study is gathering information from older patients with cancer into a registry.

objectives: primary * to create a registry (to be called "carolina senior") of older patients with an appointment at north carolina cancer hospital. * to have these patients complete a geriatric assessment (ga). secondary * to measure the response rates of gas of carolina senior patients and their satisfaction with a ga by measuring the percentage of patients contacted who consent to complete the ga; the percentage of patients able to complete the self-administered portion of the ga without assistance; the length of time necessary to complete the ga; the variance and number of missing items; the percentage of gas that contain all 3 of the following items: timed up and go assessment, blessed orientation-memory-concentration test, and healthcare professional-rated karnofsky performance status; and patient satisfaction with the questionnaire by identifying items that are distressing or too difficult to comprehend. * to gather information, including patterns of patient care, that would lend support for future research in the 'carolina senior' population who receive a confirmed diagnosis of cancer (except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease, or prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia without evidence of prostate cancer). outline: patients complete a geriatric assessment, a multi-dimensional inter-disciplinary patient evaluation that includes an evaluation of a patient's functional status (ability to live independently at home and in the community), co-morbid medical conditions, cognition, psychological status, social functioning and support, medication review, and nutritional status. patients' medical records are also reviewed. patients' health status at 1 year is incorporated into the registry.

Eligibility criteria:
disease characteristics: * patients must have an appointment at the north carolina cancer hospital and agree to complete the geriatric assessment note: not all patients included in the registry will ultimately be diagnosed with cancer. patients who complete a ga and are not diagnosed with cancer will remain in the database, but will be categorized into a separate group and will not have their medical records accessed. patient characteristics: * able to read and speak english prior concurrent therapy: * not specified

Keywords: cognitive/functional effects unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia acute undifferentiated leukemia adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (mll) abnormalities adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22) atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, bcr-abl negative blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia chronic myelomonocytic leukemia chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia mast cell leukemia meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment prolymphocytic leukemia recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia recurrent adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory hairy cell leukemia relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia secondary acute myeloid leukemia stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage i adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage i chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage ii adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage ii chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iii adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage iii chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iv adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage iv chronic lymphocytic leukemia t-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia untreated adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia untreated hairy cell leukemia recurrent adult hodgkin lymphoma stage i adult hodgkin lymphoma stage ii adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iii adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iv adult hodgkin lymphoma anaplastic large cell lymphoma angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma cutaneous b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage i cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage ii cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage iii cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage iv cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage i mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage ii mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage iii mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage iv mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome adult grade iii lymphomatoid granulomatosis adult nasal type extranodal nk/t-cell lymphoma waldenstrom macroglobulinemia extranodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue nodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma splenic marginal zone lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult burkitt lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii mantle cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii marginal zone lymphoma contiguous stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage i adult burkitt lymphoma stage i adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage i adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage i adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage i adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage i adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage i grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage i grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage i grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage i mantle cell lymphoma stage i marginal zone lymphoma stage i small lymphocytic lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult burkitt lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii mantle cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii marginal zone lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iii adult burkitt lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iii grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iii mantle cell lymphoma stage iii marginal zone lymphoma stage iii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iv adult burkitt lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iv adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iv adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iv grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iv mantle cell lymphoma stage iv marginal zone lymphoma stage iv small lymphocytic lymphoma recurrent adult burkitt lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult grade iii lymphomatoid granulomatosis recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent mantle cell lymphoma recurrent marginal zone lymphoma recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma intraocular lymphoma post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder chronic eosinophilic leukemia chronic neutrophilic leukemia primary myelofibrosis essential thrombocythemia polycythemia vera extramedullary plasmacytoma isolated plasmacytoma of bone stage i multiple myeloma stage ii multiple myeloma stage iii multiple myeloma primary systemic amyloidosis refractory multiple myeloma de novo myelodysplastic syndromes previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes secondary myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable