ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2020
Cigarette-smoking characteristics and interest in cessation in patients with head-and-neck cancer.
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- Strategies and successes of smoking cessation methods in head and neck cancer patients: a systematic review.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Evidence-based guideline diagnosis, treatment, prevention and aftercare of oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2025Guideline
- Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Smokers Diagnosed with Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- From Diagnosis to Behaviour Change: Applying the Health Action Process Approach to Smoking Cessation After Head and Neck Cancer.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Motivation for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A One-Time Survey.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Article
- Tobacco use and cancer-related symptom burden: Analysis of the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Cancer · 2023Article
- Addictions, Social Deprivation and Cessation Failure in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Survivors.Cancers · 2023Article
- Smoking-induced radiation laryngeal necrosis after definitive radiotherapy alone for T1a glottic squamous cell carcinoma: A case report.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Motivation to smoking cessation in head and neck cancer and dysplasia patients in confrontation with the attitudes of otorhinolaryngologists in delivering anti-smoking therapies.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Persistent Tobacco Use After Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2022Article
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- Rates of Smoking Cessation at 6 and 12 Months after a Clinical Tobacco Smoking Cessation Intervention in Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Northern Ontario, Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Topical 5% Imiquimod Sequential to Surgery for HPV-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Smoking cessation interventions in patients diagnosed with head and neck cancers: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.International journal of health sciencesReview
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Abstract
Purpose: Many patients diagnosed with head-and-neck cancer are current or former smokers. Despite the well-known adverse effects of smoking, continuation of smoking during cancer treatment is associated with reduced efficacy of that treatment and with cancer recurrence. In the present study, we examined smoking characteristics in patients with head-and-neck cancer near the time of cancer treatment. Methods: A prospective cohort of patients with head-and-neck cancer who attended a dental oncology clinic before receiving cancer treatment at a regional cancer centre were invited to participate in a study that involved completing an interviewer-administered questionnaire to assess smoking characteristics, intention to quit, motivation to quit, and strategies perceived to potentially aid in successful cessation. Results: The study enrolled 493 ever-smokers, with a response rate of 96.1% and a self-reported current smoker rate of 37.1% ( Conclusions: Patients with head-and-neck cancer reported high nicotine dependence and high interest in cessation opportunities near the time of treatment for cancer. Those results might provide support for provision of smoking cessation opportunities.
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