ReviewFrontiers in oncology2022
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues in Elderly Cancer Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
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- Palliative Care in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: Multidisciplinary Management and End-of-Life Decision-Making.Cureus · 2026Review
- Using co-design to identify healthcare priorities for patients with incurable head and neck cancer.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The Unmet Needs of Palliative Care Among Young and Middle-Aged Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Quality of life and its correlates in pretreatment patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study in Thailand.Belitung nursing journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
The number of elderly patients with incurable head and neck cancer will increase. They are in need of geriatric palliative care, that takes into account oncology, palliative care and geriatric medicine. In this review of the most recent and relevant literature and includes the expert opinion of the authors, several physical problems (e.g. pain, fatigue, malnutrition, and loco-regional problems) encountered by the elderly head and neck cancer patients are addressed. In addition end-of life issues in this patient population are discussed.
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