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ReviewJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2013

Psychological factors associated with head and neck cancer treatment and survivorship: evidence and opportunities for behavioral medicine.

M Bryant Howren, Alan J Christensen, Lucy Hynds Karnell, Gerry F Funk

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Distress Management, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2019
    Guideline
  4. A systematic review of psychological interventions for patients with head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
    Pooled it
  5. Psychosocial interventions for patients with head and neck cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
    Pooled it
  6. Couple-based communication intervention for head and neck cancer: a randomized pilot trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
    Trial
  7. Trajectories of distress and threshold-triggered supportive care in head and neck cancer patients undergoing curative radiotherapy: a prospective observational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Observational
  8. Long-term outcomes among individuals living with and beyond head and neck cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Article
  9. Multidomain predictors of long-term work disability in late survivorship after head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Article
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  14. Review
  15. Body Image Distress and Depression in Head and Neck Cancer Patients- a Narrative Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
    Article
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  17. Observational
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M Bryant HowrenVeterans Affairs Iowa City Healthcare System, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. matthew-howren@uiowa.edu
Alan J Christensen
Lucy Hynds Karnell
Gerry F Funk
Iowa City VA Health Care System · USUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · US

Funding

University of Iowa Older Adults CERTU18HS016094 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI CHRISCHILLES, ELIZABETH A · 2006 to 2010
$4.0M
Long-term outcomes of head and nick cancer patientsR01CA106908 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FUNK, GERRY F · 2004 to 2009
$1.1M
AHRQ HHS U18 HS016094NCI NIH HHS R01 CA106908PHS HHS 5U18HSO16094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) not only face a potentially life-threatening diagnosis but must endure treatment that often results in significant, highly visible disfigurement and disruptions of essential functioning, such as deficits or complications in eating, swallowing, breathing, and speech. Each year, approximately 650,000 new cases are diagnosed, making HNC the 6th most common type of cancer in the world. Despite this, however, HNC remains understudied in behavioral medicine. In this article, the authors review available evidence regarding several important psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with HNC diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, as well as various psychosocial interventions conducted in this patient population, before concluding with opportunities for behavioral medicine research and practice.

Indexed as

Behavioral MedicineHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansPsychotherapySurvival RateSurvivors

Identifiers

PMID22963591
PMCPMC3587038
OpenAlexW2054031490

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