Quality of Life for Patients With Breast Cancer Brain Metastases and Leptomeningeal Disease

Participants will complete the 22-item MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for Brain Tumor (MDASI-BT) questionnaire which is designed to capture the severity of various symptoms related to cancer (13 items) and symptoms specifically related to brain cancer (9 items) during the last 24 hours. Participants responses are given on a scale from 0 (not present) to 10 (worst possible). The higher the score the more severe the symptom. A subset of the most prevalent or severe symptoms reported will be used to represent symptom burden. Additional information on the questionnaire development scoring and copyright details can be found at https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/symptom-research/symptom-assessment-tools/md-anderson-symptom-inventory-brain-tumor.html

Participants will complete the 22-item MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for Brain Tumor (MDASI-BT) questionnaire which is designed to capture the severity of various symptoms related to cancer (13 items) and symptoms specifically related to brain cancer (9 items) during the last 24 hours. Participants responses are given on a scale from 0 (not present) to 10 (worst possible). The higher the score the more severe the symptom. The frequency of responses to the MDASI-BT items with a score of 4 or higher will be reported as a percentage of the total number of participants.

Participants will complete the 6-item section of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for Brain Tumor (MDASI-BT) questionnaire which is designed to capture the interference of cancer symptoms during the last 24 hours. Participants responses are given on a scale from 0 (no interference) to 10 (interfered complete) and address general activity, mood, work/housework, relationships, walking, and enjoyment of life. The higher the score the more the symptom interfered with daily life. Additional information on the questionnaire development scoring and copyright details can be found at https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/symptom-research/symptom-assessment-tools/md-anderson-symptom-inventory-brain-tumor.html

This 8-item questionnaire to measure cognitive function based on responses to statements about how the participants feel regarding various cognitive tasks in the past 7 days with responses ranging from 5="Never" to 1="Very Often", and a total raw score ranging from 8 - 40, which are converted to a scaled T-score (range 22.41 to 63.48) with lower scores indicating a greater impairment of cognitive function.

This 6-item questionnaire to measures self-reported capability to physically function in the context of cancer and/or cancer treatment experiences, based on responses to statements about how the participants feel regarding various physical tasks in the past 7 days with responses ranging from 5="Without difficulty" to 1="Unable to do", or 5="Not at all" to 1="Cannot do" and a total raw score ranging from 6 - 30, which are converted to a scaled T-score with a range from 20.8 -59), with lower scores indicating a greater impairment of physical function.

The overall changes in scores on the PROMIS cognitive function scores by non-investigational treatment regimen, including whole brain radiation or craniospinal radiation versus stereotactic radiosurgery only, participants who have undergone surgical resection versus not, and participants treated with CNS penetrant systemic therapies versus not will be analyzed using logistic regression models.

The overall changes in scores on both the PROMIS physical function scores by non-investigational treatment regimen, including whole brain radiation or craniospinal radiation versus stereotactic radiosurgery only, participants who have undergone surgical resection versus not, and participants treated with CNS penetrant systemic therapies versus not will be analyzed using logistic regression models.

The overall changes in scores on the MDASI-BT by non-investigational treatment regimen, including whole brain radiation or craniospinal radiation versus stereotactic radiosurgery only, participants who have undergone surgical resection versus not, and participants treated with CNS penetrant systemic therapies versus not will be analyzed using logistic regression models.