Proxy questionnaire, patient alive
A_I. What is your relationship with [PT NAME]?
1 Spouse
2 Child
3 Other relative
4 Friend
A_II. How long have you known [PT NAME]?
[text answer] units=Weeks
A_III. Do you or did you ever live in the same house?
1 Yes
2 No
A_IV. How long did you live/have you lived in the same house?
[text answer] units=Weeks
A1. What is [PT NAME]’s date of birth?
[text answer]
A2. Is [PT NAME]…?
1 Female
2 Male
A3. Is he/she of Hispanic or Latino origin?
1 Yes
2 No
A4. What racial or ethnic group best describes him/her?
1 African-American/Black
2 Asian
3 Caucasian/White
4 American Indian or Alaskan native
5 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
6 Unknown
7 Other:
A5. Was [PT NAME] born in the United States?
1 Yes
2 No
A6. In what part of the world was [PT NAME] born?
1 North America (outside the US)
2 Middle East
3 South America
4 Asia/India/Pacific Island
5 Caribbean
6 Europe
7 Africa
8 Australia/New Zealand
A7. Is he/she presently:
1 Married
2 Separated
3 Divorced
4 Widowed
5 Single or never married
6 Living as married
A8. Which best describes [PT NAME]’s current living situation?
1 Living alone in a house or apartment
2 Living with others in a house or apartment
3 Living in a group or assisted living facility or nursing home
4 Homeless or homeless shelter
5 Other:
A9. What is the highest grade or year of school [PT NAME] completed?
1 Never attended school or only kindergarten
2 Grades 1 through 8 (elementary)
3 Grades 9 through 11 (some high school)
4 Grade 12 or GED (high school graduate)
5 College 1 year to 3 years (some college or technical school)
6 College graduate or graduate school (4 or more years)
A10. To the best of your knowledge, what was [PT NAME]’s approximate total household income for the last year?
1 Less than $10.000
2 $10,001 - $20,000
3 $20,001 - $30,000
4 $30,001 - $40,000
5 $40,001 - $50,000
6 $50,001 - $60,000
7 $60,001 - $70,000
8 $70,001 - $90,000
9 More than $90,000
10 Currently no income
B1. Which of the following categories best describes the usual type of paid work [PT NAME] has done?
1 Farmer, farm worker
2 Service worker or laborer
3 Craftsworker, factory worker, mechanic
4 Clerical worker, salesperson, technician
5 Professional, administrator, executive
6 Other
7 Never worked [Did not work for at least 6 months]
B2. For the job that [PT NAME] held longest, did he/she regularly work in dusty conditions?
1 Yes
2 No
B3. Was the dust from?
1 Sand or rock
2 Concrete, brick or mortar
3 Soil
4 Grains, animal bedding or manure
5 Flour
6 Clay, ceramics or enamel
7 Wood dust
8 Rubber or plastic
9 Metals
10 Other materials
B4. For the job that [PT NAME] held longest, did he/she regularly breathe in chemical vapors or fumes?
1 Yes
2 No
B5. Did [PT NAME] regularly get chemicals or oils on their skin or clothing?
1 Yes
2 No
B6. Did [PT NAME] regularly come in contact with solvents or degreasers?
1 Yes
2 No
B7. Did [PT NAME] regularly come in contact with metal chips, metal dust or metal fumes?
1 Yes
2 No
B8. Has [PT NAME] served in the military?
1 Yes
2 No
B9. Where was [PT NAME] stationed when he/she served?
1 USA/Canada
2 Africa
3 Asia/South Pacific
4 Caribbean
5 Mexico
6 Middle East
7 Northern/Central Europe/Mediterranean
8 Other
9 Don't know
B10. What was [PT NAME]’s primary or longest military occupational specialty (MOS)?
[text answer]
B11. In what branches of the military did [PT NAME] serve?
1 Army
2 Navy
3 Air Force
4 Marine Corps
5 Coast Guard
B12. Did [PT NAME] ever serve a tour of duty that included combat operations?
1 Yes
2 No
C1. Did a doctor ever tell [PT NAME] that he/she had:
1 Arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)
2 Hypertension (high blood pressure)
3 Depression
4 Heart attack, heart problems, or stroke
5 Asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema
6 High cholesterol
7 High triglycerides
8 Neurological problems like seizures, epilepsy, or migraines
9 None of the above
C2. Did a doctor ever tell [PT NAME] that he/she had diabetes (high blood sugar)?
1 Yes
2 No
C3. When did [PT NAME]’s doctor first tell him/her that he/she had diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C4. Did [PT NAME] ever take pills for his/her diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C5. When did [PT NAME] start taking pills for his/her diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C6. How long did [PT NAME] take pills for his/her diabetes?
[text answer] units=Months
C7. Did [PT NAME] ever take Avandia or Actos for his/her diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C8. When did [PT NAME] start taking Avandia or Actos for his/her diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C9. Did [PT NAME] ever take glipizide (GLUCOTROL) for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C10. When did [PT NAME] start taking glipizide (GLUCOTROL) for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C11. Did [PT NAME] ever take glyburide (DIABETA, GLYCRON, GLYNASE, MICRONASE) for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C12. When did [PT NAME] start taking glyburide (DIABETA, GLYCRON, GLYNASE, MICRONASE) for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C13. Did [PT NAME] ever take metformin (Fortamet, Glucophage, Gulmetza, Riomet) for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C14. When did [PT NAME] start taking metformin (Fortamet, Glucophage, Gulmetza, Riomet) for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C15. Did [PT NAME] ever take insulin for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C16. When did [PT NAME] start taking insulin for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C17. Did [PT NAME] ever take any other medications for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C18A. What is the name of another medication [PT NAME] took for their diabetes?
[text answer]
C18B. When did [PT NAME] start taking this for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C18C. Did [PT NAME] take any other medications for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C18D. What is the name of another medication [PT NAME] took for their diabetes?
[text answer]
C18E. When did [PT NAME] start taking this for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C18F. Did [PT NAME] take any other medications for their diabetes?
1 Yes
2 No
C18G. What is the name of another medication [PT NAME] took for their diabetes?
[text answer]
C18H. When did [PT NAME] start taking this for their diabetes?
[text answer] units=Age
C19. Was [PT NAME] ever told he/she had hepatitis?
1 Yes
2 No
C20. Was [PT NAME] ever told he/she had hepatitis C?
1 Yes
2 No
C21. Did [PT NAME] ever receive treatment for hepatitis C?
1 Yes
2 No
C22. Was [PT NAME] treated with interferon (the shot)?
1 Yes
2 No
C23. How many times per week did [PT NAME] receive interferon (the shot)?
[text answer]
C24. Was [PT NAME] treated with ribavirin (the pills)?
1 Yes
2 No
C25. How many times per day did [PT NAME] take ribavirin (the pills)?
[text answer]
C26. Was [PT NAME] treated with sylimarin (milk thistle)?
1 Yes
2 No
C27. How many times per day did [PT NAME] take sylimarin (milk thistle)?
[text answer]
C28. Was [PT NAME] treated with any other medications for Hepatitis C?
1 Yes
2 No
C29A. What was the name of one of the other medications [PT NAME] took for Hepatitis C?
[text answer]
C29B. How many time per day did [PT NAME] take it?
[text answer]
C29C. Was [PT NAME] treated with any other medications for Hepatitis C?
1 Yes
2 No
C29D. What was one of the other medications [PT NAME] took for Hepatitis C?
[text answer]
C29E. How many time per day did [PT NAME] take it?
[text answer]
C29F. Was [PT NAME] treated with any other medications for Hepatitis C?
1 Yes
2 No
C29G. What was one of the other medications [PT NAME] took for Hepatitis C?
[text answer]
C29H. How many times per day did [PT NAME] take it?
[text answer]
C30. In total, how many weeks/months/years did [PT NAME] take hepatitis C treatment?
[text answer] units=Weeks
C31. Does [PT NAME] know if the hepatitis C treatment was successful or not?
1 Yes
2 No
C32. Has [PT NAME] ever been told he/she had Hepatitis B?
1 Yes
2 No
C33. Did [PT NAME] receive treatment for hepatitis B?
1 Yes
2 No
C34. Was [PT NAME] treated with Lamivudine?
1 Yes
2 No
C35. Was [PT NAME] treated with Adefovir?
1 Yes
2 No
C36. Was [PT NAME] treated with Entecavir?
1 Yes
2 No
C37. Was [PT NAME] treated with tenofovir?
1 Yes
2 No
C38. Were you treated with any other medications for Hepatitis B?
1 Yes
2 No
C39. What other medications did [PT NAME] take?
[text answer]
C40. In total, how many weeks/months/years did [PT NAME] take hepatitis B treatment?
[text answer] units=Weeks
C41A. Did [PT NAME] ever take atorvastatin (Lipitor, Caduet)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41B. Did [PT NAME] ever take fluvastatin (Lescol)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41C. Did [PT NAME] ever take lovastatin (Mevacor, Advicor, and Altoprev)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41D. Did [PT NAME] ever take pravastatin (Pravachol, Pravigard PAC)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41E. Did [PT NAME] ever take rosuvastatin (Crestor)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41F. Did [PT NAME] ever take simvastatin (Zocor, Vytorin)?
1 Yes
2 No
C41G. Did [PT NAME] ever take Baychol?
1 Yes
2 No
C42. In total, how many weeks/months/years did [PT NAME] take these medications?
[text answer] units=Weeks
C43A. Did he/she take any colesevelam (WelChol) to lower cholesterol?
1 Yes
2 No
C43B. Did he/she take any colestipol (Colestid)?
1 Yes
2 No
C43C. Did he/she take any cholestyramine (Locholest, Questran)?
1 Yes
2 No
C43D. Did he/she take any niacin obtained over the counter or by prescription (Nicotinic acid, Advicor)?
1 Yes
2 No
C43E. Did [PT NAME] take any gemfibrozel (Lopid)?
1 Yes
2 No
C43F. Did [PT NAME] take any fenofibrate (TriCor, Antara, Lofibra, Triglide)?
1 Yes
2 No
C43G. Did [PT NAME] take any ezetimibe (Zetia, Vytorin)?
1 Yes
2 No
C44. In total, how many weeks/months/years did [PT NAME] take these medications?
[text answer] units=Weeks
D1. Has [PT NAME] ever drunk coffee on a regular basis?
1 Yes
2 No
D1A. For how many years have you been aware of how much coffee he/she drinks?
[text answer]
D1C. During the years that you have been aware of his/her coffee intake, about how often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of coffee? Do not include the 12 months before he/she was diagnosed with cancer.
[text answer] units=Per day
D2. How often was the coffee that [PT NAME] drank during that time regular coffee; that is, it contained caffeine?
1 Almost always
2 Often
3 Sometimes
4 Seldom
5 Never
D3. Did [DECEDENT] drink coffee during the year before he/she was diagnosed with liver cancer?
1 Yes
2 No
E1. During the year before [PT NAME] was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she ever drink an 8 oz cup of coffee with caffeine?
1 Yes
2 No
E1A. How often did he/she drink caffeinated coffee during the year before he/she was diagnosed?
[text answer] units=Per day
E2. During the year before he/she was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she ever drink an 8 oz cup of decaffeinated coffee ?
1 Yes
2 No
E2A. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz cup of decaffeinated coffee during the year before he/she was diagnosed?
[text answer] units=Per day
E3. During the year before [PT NAME]’s diagnosis, did he/she drink any other type of coffee?
1 Yes
2 No
3 DK/REF
E4. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of [OTHER TYPE OF] coffee during the year before their diagnosis?
[text answer] units=Per day
E5. Which of the following did he/she usually add to coffee?
1 Creamer, half & half
2 Nondairy creamer
3 Milk
4 None of these
5 Did not drink coffee
E6. Did he/she usually add sugar (or honey) to coffee?
1 Yes
2 No
E7. How many teaspoons per cup?
[text answer]
E8. Did he/she usually add artificial sweetener to coffee?
1 Yes
2 No
E9. How many teaspoons or packets per cup?
[text answer] units=teaspoons per cup
E10. What type of artificial sweetener did he/she usually use?
1 Pink pack/Sweet and Low
2 Blue pack/Nutra Sweet
3 Yellow pack/Splenda
4 Other
E11. During the year before [PT NAME] was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she drink iced or hot tea with caffeine (NOT including herbal tea or green tea)?
1 Yes
2 No
E11A. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of iced or hot tea with caffeine (NOT including herbal tea or green tea)?
[text answer] units=Per day
E12. During the year before he/she was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she drink decaffeinated iced or hot tea (NOT including herbal tea or green tea)?
1 Yes
2 No
E12A. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of decaffeinated iced or hot tea (NOT including herbal tea or green tea)?
[text answer] units=Per day
E13. During the year before he/she was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she drink green tea?
1 Yes
2 No
E13A. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of green tea?
[text answer] units=Per day
E14. During the year before he/she was diagnosed with liver cancer, did he/she drink herbal tea?
1 Yes
2 No
E14A. About how often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of herbal tea?
[text answer] units=Per day
E15. During the year before their diagnosis, did he/she drink any other type of tea?
1 Yes
2 No
E16. How often did he/she drink an 8 oz. cup of tea during the year before your diagnosis?
[text answer] units=Per day
E17. Which of the following did he/she usually add to tea?
1 Creamer, half & half
2 Nondairy creamer
3 Milk
4 None of these
E18. Did he/she usually add sugar (or honey) to tea?
1 Yes
2 No
E19. How many teaspoons per each cup?
[text answer]
E20. Did he/she usually add artificial sweetener to tea?
1 Yes
2 No
E21. How many teaspoons or packets per cup?
[text answer] units=teaspoons per cup
E22. What type of artificial sweetener Does he/she usually use?
1 Pink pack/Sweet and Low
2 Blue pack/NutraSweet
3 Yellow pack/Splenda
4 Other
F1. During the year before [PT NAME]’s diagnosis, did he/she drink regular or diet soft drinks with caffeine (Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mello Yello, SunDrop, Dr. Pepper, Red Bull)?
1 Yes
2 No
F1A. How often did he/she drink regular or diet soft drinks with caffeine (Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mello Yello, SunDrop, Dr. Pepper, Red Bull)?
[text answer] units=Per day
F2. During the year before [PT NAME]’s diagnosis, did he/she drink regular or diet soft drinks that were caffeine-free? (Caffeine-free Coke, Pepsi or Diet Coke, Sprite, Fresca, 7-Up, Ginger Ale)?
1 Yes
2 No
F2A. How often did he/she drink regular or diet soft drinks that were caffeine-free? (Caffeine-free Coke, Pepsi or Diet Coke, Sprite, Fresca, 7-Up, Ginger Ale)
[text answer] units=Per day
G1. Before [PT NAME]’s liver cancer diagnosis, did a doctor ever tell him/her that he/she had a cancer other than liver cancer?
1 Yes
2 No
G1A. What other type of cancer was that?
[text answer]
G1B. How old was he/she when he/she was diagnosed with this cancer?
[text answer]
G2. Did a doctor ever tell him/her that he/she had an other cancer type besides liver cancer and the one you mentioned?
1 Yes
2 No
G2A. What other type of cancer was that?
[text answer]
G2B. How old was he/she when he/she was diagnosed with this other cancer?
[text answer]
G3. Did a doctor ever tell him/her that he/she had an other cancer type besides liver cancer and the other two you mentioned?
1 Yes
2 No
G3A. What other type of cancer was that?
[text answer]
G3B. How old was he/she when he/she was diagnosed with this other cancer?
[text answer]
G3C. Did a doctor ever tell him/her that he/she had an other cancer type besides liver cancer and the other three you mentioned?
1 Yes
2 No
G3D. What other type of cancer was that?
[text answer]
G3E. How old was he/she when he/she was diagnosed with this other cancer?
[text answer]
G4. [ONLY ASK IF PROSTATE CANCER WAS REPORTED] What kind of treatment did he receive for prostate cancer?
1 Radical surgery (prostatectomy)
2 Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic or robotic)
3 Radiation therapy
4 Hormone therapy
5 Other
6 Did not receive any treatment
H1. Before we begin asking about family history, was [PT NAME] adopted?
1 Yes
2 No
H2. Do you have medical information about any of your biological family members (parents or full siblings)?
1 Yes
2 No
II2. Was she ever pregnant? Pease include miscarriages, stillbirths, tubal pregnancies, and abortions.
1 Yes
2 No
I3. How many times was she been pregnant?
[text answer]
I4. How many of [PT NAME]’s pregnancies lasted 6 months or longer?
[text answer]
I5. How many of [PT NAME]’s pregnancies resulted in live births?
[text answer]
I6. How old was she at the first live birth?
[text answer]
I7. How old was she at the last live birth?
[text answer]
J1. What was [PT NAME]’s approximate weight one year before he/she was diagnosed with cancer?
[text answer]
J4. What is the most he/she ever weighed since age 18?
[text answer]
J5. How old were they when they first weighed this amount?
[text answer]
J6. What's your best estimate for his/her current weight?
[text answer]
J7. How tall is he/she?
[text answer]
KK1. Has he/she ever consumed alcohol on a regular basis? By regular, I mean at least once a week for 6 months or longer?
1 Yes
2 No
K2. How many of the years that [PT NAME] drank alcohol on a regular basis were you aware of how much alcohol he/she consumed?
[text answer]
K3. Would you say that during those years he/she was a…
1 Heavy drinker
2 Moderate drinker
3 Light drinker
K4. During the time that you were aware of his/her alcohol consumption, what type of alcohol did he/she consume most of the time?
1 Beer
2 Hard cider
3 Wine
4 Sake
5 Liquor
6 Spirits
7 Mixed drinks
8 Cocktails
L1. Has [PT NAME] ever smoked cigarettes on a regular basis? By 'regular', I mean at least one cigarette a day for 3 months or longer.
1 Yes
2 No
L2. In total, how long [did/have] he/she smoked cigarettes regularly?
[text answer] units=Weeks
L3. During the periods when he/she smoked regularly, how many cigarettes did they typically smoked in a day?