Trial reportCancer medicine2018
Smoking, drinking, and depression: comorbidity in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smoking, drinking, and depression: comorbidity in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.Cancer medicine · 2018Trial
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- The incidence of respiratory infections in patients undergoing major oral cavity and maxillary and mandibular resections with free flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 2026Observational
- Specific Depressive Symptoms and Primary Tumor Location as Potential Predictors of Smoking Maintenance After Head and Neck Cancer Treatment.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Psychosomatics at the threshold: cancer, mood disorders, and the mental pain of death - where precision medicine meets spirituality.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychological distress and health behaviours in people living with and beyond cancer: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Examination of Predictors of Pain at 12 Months Postdiagnosis in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Observational
- Enhanced recovery after surgery, current, and future considerations in head and neck cancer.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Review
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life in a cohort of cancer survivors in New Jersey.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Psychological Survivorship in Head and Neck Cancer.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2023Review
- Improving compliance with swallowing exercise to decrease radiotherapy-related dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Review
- The course of swallowing problems in the first 2 years after diagnosis of head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Associations between alcohol consumption and anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- Problem alcohol and tobacco use in head and neck cancer patients at diagnosis: associations with health-related quality of life.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- The importance of the person/patient/survivor's lived experience across the cancer control continuum.Cancer · 2022Article
- Association of depressive symptomatology with problem alcohol use in rural head and neck cancer patients at diagnosis.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2022Article
- Problem alcohol use among rural head and neck cancer patients at diagnosis: Associations with health-related quality of life.Psycho-oncology · 2021Article
- Ibero-American Expert Consensus on Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Treatment in Patients Unable to Receive Cisplatin: Recommendations for Clinical Practice.Cancer management and research · 2021Review
- The Influence of Smoking and Co-morbidity on Dose Achievement in Primary or Adjuvant Radio(Chemo)Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC).Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- Prevalence of alcohol use over time in survivors of head and neck cancer.American journal of otolaryngologyObservational
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Abstract
We aimed to determine the prevalence and co-occurrence of tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and depressive symptoms among a sample of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing radiotherapy. A total of 307 HNC patients participated in a multi-site stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effectiveness of a dietitian-delivered health behavior intervention in patients with HNC undergoing radiotherapy. During week one of radiotherapy patients completed measures of smoking, alcohol consumption, and level of depression. Approximately one-fifth (21%) of patients had two or more co-occurring problems: current smoking, hazardous alcohol use, and/or likely presence of a major depressive episode (MDE). Approximately one-third (34%) of the sample were current smokers, one-third (31%) were drinking hazardously and almost one-fifth (19%) had likely cases of depression. Comorbidity of smoking, hazardous alcohol use, and MDE is high in HNC patients, and interventions need to address this cluster of cancer risk factors.
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