Overview
This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients
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- Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025
- Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old
- Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck
- English speaking patients
- Patients being treated with definitive intent
- Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy
- Willing and able to provide consent
- Caregivers
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- Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria above.
- Willing and able to provide consent
- Providers
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- Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department.
- Willing and able to provide consent
- aged 18 years to 100 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients
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- Patients with any other site of disease other than listed above
- Non-English-speaking patients, as the tool is currently available in English only. Translation into additional languages such as Spanish and Russian is currently in process.
- Patient unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently
- Caregivers
• Unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently