Assessing the Impact of Electronic Capture of Patient Reported Outcomes in Radiation Oncology

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, or gynecologic cancer receiving definitive external beam radiotherapy.
• •Must be ≥ 18 years of age
• •Able to read, write, and speak English in order to complete patient reported outcomes.
• •Patients will be approached about the study at the time of consultation or at the time of simulation by their treating physicians or by a research coordinator. All patients must sign a study-specific informed consent to participate. All patients, including those who do not choose to consent to the study, will be provided with a short survey to assess health literacy using the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS).
• •For those not consenting to the study, the survey will be de-identified and will also ask for basic demographic information including age grouping, race, education level, and type of cancer.