HEAD & neck cancerSURGICAL complicationsCANCER patientsSUPPORT groupsINTERPROFESSIONAL relationsDISEASE complicationsJoanne Dodd-Stokes, and the LymphCare UK Team, LymphCare UK (jdodd-stokes@lymphcare.co.uk) winners of a Silver Award in the Chronic Oedema Nurse of the Year categor...
Patients with head and neck cancers (HNC) face multiple psychosocial and physical challenges that require multidisciplinary attention and care throughout their disease process. The psychoemotional symptoms may be triggered by cosmetic disfigurement and/or functional deficits related to the cancer itself or...
Objectives: To provide insight into people's experiences in dealing with the consequences of head and neck cancer (HNC) in daily life and their needs for self-management support. Sample & setting: 13 people with HNC who were successfully treated in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the ...
Head and neck cancer, and its treatment, frequently causes changes in a patient’s voice, speech and swallowing abilities, which affects their quality of life and ability to function in society. Speech Therapists, however, can help patients cope with these challenges....
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and lung cancer can have disruptive mutations in TP53 and/or CDKN2A tumor suppressor genes, which are associated with poor patient survival.
Objectives: To explore views of patients, their families and professionals about head and neck cancer services. Methods: Focus group interviews of 33 patients and relatives and 33 professionals from four hospitals and two patient support groups in SouthEast England. Results: Although patients and ...
Support Care Cancer. 2016;24:4639-49.Jansen F, Witte BI, van Uden-Kraan CF, et al. The need for supportive care among head and neck cancer patients: psychometric assessment of the Dutch version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short-Form (SCNS-SF34) and the newly developed head and ...
Head and neck cancer comprises a group of biologically similar cancers that start in the lip, oral cavity (mouth), nasal cavity (inside the nose), paranasal sinuses, pharynx and larynx. Most head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that originate from the epithelium of these regions...
Head & Neck Cancer Clinical Trials A phase 3 open-label, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of petosemtamab compared with investigator’s choice monotherapy treatment in previously treated patients with incurable, metastatic/recurrent head and neck squamous… ...
We Stand Up for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors There are an increasing number of head and neck cancer survivors due to advances in treatment, a decrease in smoking rates, and the improved prognosis associated with oropharyngeal carcinomas associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.[1] ...