Family Quality of Life Among Families With a Member Who is a Cancer Patient

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with any local, advanced, or metastatic cancer that has required more than a simple surgical procedure * Ten families with an adult patient with breast, prostate, lung, colon, or head and neck cancer are interviewed for step 1 portion of the study * An available adult family member willing to participate in the study * The term family is defined broadly to include adults over 21 years of age, considered by the cancer patient as a family member, who provides care or support and/or shares the cancer experience with the patient * Family members do not need to be biologically related to the patient or related through marriage, and may or may not live in the same house with the patient Exclusion Criteria: * Able to read, write, and speak English PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics