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Research Articles Supplement 3 · 2014 · pp. 87–91 · Issue page

QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS

BO
Bogdan POPESCU1
ȘE
Șerban Vifor Gabriel BERTEȘTEANU2
RA
Raluca GRIGORE3
OA
Oana PĂUN4
CR
Cristian Radu POPESCU5
RĂ
Răzvan SCĂUNAȘU6
1 University of Medicine “Carol Davila”,Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, E.N.T. Department
2 University of Medicine “Carol Davila”,Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, E.N.T. Department
3 University of Medicine “Carol Davila”,Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, E.N.T. Department
4 University of Medicine “Carol Davila”,Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, E.N.T. Department
5 University of Medicine “Carol Davila”,Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, E.N.T. Department
6 Department of General Surgery, University of Medicine “Carol Davila”, Colțea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 27 March 2026
Available Online 15 December 2014
Abstract
HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS ARE A GROUP OF PATIENTS THAT REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ATTENTION DUE TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ILLNESS ON T HE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY AND SOCIETY. THE MOST FREQUENT SITES AFFECTED BY MALIGNANCY ARE THE ORAL CAVITY AND THE OROPHARYNX, FOLLOWED BY THE HYPOPHARYNX AND THE LARYNX. HEAD AND NECK CANCER AFFECTS THE UPPER AERO -DIGESTIVE TRAC T LEADING TO IMPAIRED BREATHING, FEEDING AND SPEAKING. TAILORED ONCOLOGY THERAPY ALONG WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING, NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT THERAPY NEED TO BE DECISIVE MEDICAL OPTIONS THAT A CANCER PATIENT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO.
Keywords
CANCER SELF-DETERMINATION TRACHEOSTOMA DEPRESSION ONCOLOGY THERAPY
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