Health-related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Evaluating the rural disadvantage.
Jenna L AdamowiczAlan ChristensenM Bryant HowrenAaron T SeamanNicholas D KendellShylo WardynNitin A PagedarPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2021)
These findings are consistent with suggestions that rural HNC patients may be at heightened risk for depression symptoms and decrements in HRQOL. Patients should be screened and regularly monitored for issues with depression and HNC-specific HRQOL throughout the survivorship period.