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Financial Vulnerability: A Case Study Involving a Patient With Head and Neck Cancer

Eden R. Brauer
Elizabeth G. Morasso
CJON 2019, 23(5), 31-35 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.S2.31-35
Background: Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) face unique financial challenges. Even with stable income and health insurance, many patients become overwhelmed with direct and indirect treatment-associated costs. Objectives: This article discusses how prolonged financial burden in patients...
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Educational Needs and Altered Eating Habits Following a Total Laryngectomy

Terry A. Lennie
Sharon K. Christman
Rosemary A. Jadack
ONF 2001, 667-674 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe eating-related experiences and informational needs of people following total laryngectomies. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Internet-based laryngectomy support group in the United States. Sample: 34 people with a laryngectomy (68% total laryngectomy, 29% with...
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Outpatient Palliative Care: A Case Study Illustrating Clinic Support Offered to Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment

Kathryn Hallman
Susie Newton
CJON 2019, 23(2), 203-208 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.203-208
Background: Palliative care programs in the United States are becoming more integrated with oncology outpatient practices. Objectives: This article offers a condensed review of available literature on the usefulness of palliative care in the oncology clinic setting and a case study to illustrate...
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Head and Neck Cancer: Identifying Depression as a Comorbidity Among Patients

Carolyn J. Friedland
CJON 2019, 23(1), 99-102 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.99-102
Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are at high risk for developing depressive symptoms and a major depressive disorder as comorbidities. Depression can affect quality of life (QOL), with data indicating an associated increased risk of recurrence and mortality for patients with HNC. The...
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Quality & Safety

NO SToPS: Assessment of a Supportive Care Program to Reduce Treatment Breaks in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Colleen K. Lambertz
Rick Tivis
Karrie Cummings Hansen
CJON 2018, 22(6), 666-668 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.666-668
NO SToPS is an interprofessional supportive care program implemented in 2008 for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing chemoradiation. The goals of the program are to reduce radiation treatment breaks and hospitalizations related to toxicity from this difficult treatment. Breaks lead to...
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