Psychosocial Distress of Head Neck Cancer (HNC) Patients Receiving Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review.
Shalini Ganesh NayakKrishna SharanJyothi ChakrabartyElsa Sanatombi DeviNagaraja RavishankarAnice GeorgePublished in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2022)
HNC patients are psychosocially distressed during radiotherapy, and the distress is steadily increased during the therapy. The predictive factors could serve as potential areas of intervention and supportive therapy during radiotherapy.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- locally advanced
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- radiation induced
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- papillary thyroid
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- stem cells
- mesenchymal stem cells
- young adults
- patient reported outcomes
- bone marrow