Lost in translation: study probes language barriers in gynecologic cancer care

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Patient Questionnaires: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have received anti-cancer treatment and continue to be followed up at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for a confirmed gynecologic malignancy. * Patients who have received anti-cancer treatment and continue to be followed up at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for a confirmed gynecologic malignancy. * Patients self-identify their preferred spoken and/or written language to be a language other than English. * The patient's self-identified preferred language is one of the languages in which the questionnaire has been translated. * Patients must be \>18 years old. * Patients must be willing and able to complete a questionnaire (in their primary written language) as a patient in the oncology clinic independently. * Life expectancy greater than 3 months. * Patients must be able to provide written consent with the assistance of a professional interpreter. Exclusion Criteria: • Patients must be willing and able to complete the questionnaire independently without the assistance of others. Interpreter Questionnaires: Inclusion Criteria: * Interpreters must have provided medical interpretive services in a professional context for at least 3 months. * Interpreters must be willing and able to complete a questionnaire detailing their demographics and experiences working as a medical interpreter. * Interpreters must have experience providing medical interpretive services in an oncology or palliative care setting. Cancer Care Professional Questionnaires: Inclusion Criteria: * Physicians must be staff physicians, fellows, physician assistants, or residents in oncology or palliative care, who are experienced in providing medical care to CALD oncology patients in the context of gynecology or palliative care clinics. * Other cancer care professionals eligible to participate include but are not limited to nurses, clinical research coordinators, social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, and administrative staff. * Cancer care professionals (except for administrative staff) must have had at least 3 months experience providing clinical care in an oncology or palliative care setting, and must have experience delivering care to CALD patients in this context. * Administrative staff must have at least 3 months experience working in the context of an oncology or palliative care clinic, and must have regular in-person or by phone patient contact. They must also have experience interacting with patients or carers from CALD backgrounds in an oncology/palliative care setting. * Cancer care professionals must be willing and able to complete a questionnaire independently detailing their demographics and experiences in treating CALD oncology or palliative care patients.