Ketcher D, Otto A, Vadaparampil ST, et al. - In view of the increasing recognition that caregiver health and patient health are interdependent, researchers here used quantitative and interview data to investigate how caregiver's personal cancer history and chronic health conditions affect the psychosocial well-being of both the caregiver and patient. Data from 88 patients with advanced lung/gastrointestinal cancer and their spouse-caregivers were analyzed in this secondary analysis. Findings suggest positive correlation of the number of caregiver chronic health conditions with patient depression symptoms. More depression symptoms were reported in patients of survivor-caregivers relative to patients of caregivers without cancer. Higher preparedness for caregiving was reported by survivor-caregivers vs caregivers without cancer. Given the potential negative effects on patient psychosocial well-being, they emphasize providers to be aware of caregiver chronic conditions and cancer history, though caregivers who had cancer themselves may offer unique insight into the patient experience .