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Defining the needs of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer: An expert opinion
- Source :
- Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, Vol. 157, p. 103200 [1-11] (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier Scientific Publishers, 2021.
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Abstract
- The clinical and biological heterogeneity of head and neck cancer (HNC) is paralleled by a plethora of different symptoms that affect the patient's quality of life. These symptoms include, for instance, pain, fatigue, nutritional issues, airways obstruction, voice alterations and psychological distress. In addition, patients with HNC are prone to a high risk of infection, and may also suffer from acute complications, such as hypercalcemia, spine compression by bone metastasis or bleeding. Prolonging survival is also an inherent expectation for all patients. Addressing the above needs is crucial in all patients with HNC, and especially in those with recurrent and/or metastatic (RM) disease. However, research on how to address patients' needs in RM-HNC remains scarce. This paper defines patients' needs for RM HNC and presents an Expert Opinion on how to address them, proposing also some lines of research.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty
Disease
Patients’ needs
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Head and neck cancer
Symptoms
Expert Testimony
Fatigue
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Quality of Life
Medicine
610 Medicine & health
Intensive care medicine
business.industry
Risk of infection
Bone metastasis
Psychological distress
Hematology
medicine.disease
Neoplasm Recurrence
030104 developmental biology
Local
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Expert opinion
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, Vol. 157, p. 103200 [1-11] (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ef5dea4c02cbda8bec80d4a9757f853c