Supportive Care Needs Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients Prior to Oncologic Treatment: A Prospective, Nested Cross-Sectional Qualitative Analysis.
Andrew T DayAnubha SoodThomas R EmmetRebecca L EaryCourtney A PrestwoodJordan SalleyAlexandra HuffmanJacquelyn DoengesElizabeth Mayfield ArnoldJasmin A TiroSimon J Craddock LeePublished in: The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology (2023)
Improved HNC patient education about the relevance and importance of SC in the pretreatment setting is needed. Integration of social work or psychological services in HNC clinics is warranted to address patients' cancer-related worry-a discrete, dominant pretreatment SC need.