Open AccessAmerican Cancer Society Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline
Author(s) -
Cohen Ezra E. W.,
LaMonte Samuel J.,
Erb Nicole L.,
Beckman Kerry L.,
Sadeghi Nader,
Hutcheson Katherine A.,
Stubblefield Michael D.,
Abbott Dennis M.,
Fisher Penelope S.,
Stein Kevin D.,
Lyman Gary H.,
PrattChapman Mandi L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/caac.21343
Subject(s) - medicine , workgroup , psychosocial , guideline , head and neck cancer , cancer , health care , family medicine , survivorship curve , pathology , psychiatry , computer network , computer science , economics , economic growth
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The American Cancer Society Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline was developed to assist primary care clinicians and other health practitioners with the care of head and neck cancer survivors, including monitoring for recurrence, screening for second primary cancers, assessment and management of long‐term and late effects, health promotion, and care coordination. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using PubMed through April 2015, and a multidisciplinary expert workgroup with expertise in primary care, dentistry, surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, clinical psychology, speech‐language pathology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, the patient perspective, and nursing was assembled. While the guideline is based on a systematic review of the current literature, most evidence is not sufficient to warrant a strong recommendation. Therefore, recommendations should be viewed as consensus‐based management strategies for assisting patients with physical and psychosocial effects of head and neck cancer and its treatment. CA Cancer J Clin 2016;66:203‐239. © 2016 American Cancer Society .