ArticleJournal of the advanced practitioner in oncology2026
Distress Screening in a Cancer Survivorship Clinic: Impact on Psychosocial Referrals.
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Abstract
Head and neck cancer is a life-changing experience. Treatment can be single-modality or multimodality therapy, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or clinical trials. All cancer survivors experience distress, but head and neck cancer survivors are more likely to experience it due to the bodily functions affected by this disease. Distress screening is now a part of routine cancer care at diagnosis, treatment, and pivotal times of the journey. However, in a survivorship clinic in this study, a distress screening tool was not implemented at routine follow-up appointments after completing treatment. Head and neck cancer survivors were followed for cancer surveillance by specialists or primary care providers on a 6- to 12-month basis, where patients could routinely self-report any distress. The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to determine how the use of a distress screening tool over a 12-week period affected referrals for psychosocial needs among head and neck cancer patients who were 2 or more years post-treatment. The sample consisted of head and neck cancer survivors in a survivorship clinic (
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