170 Indian Journal of Palliative Care/Sep-Dec 2014/Vol 20/Issue 3 to further disease
modifying treatment and had poorly controlled symptoms and quality of life. Knowledge and …

Head-neck neoplasms are the fifth most common cancer. Head-neck patients are
particularly exposed to quality of life impairment due to the central anatomical-functional role …

The care of patients with advanced or relapsed head and neck cancer poses a unique
challenge to the clinician. This group experiences unpleasant local symptoms: swallowing …

Advanced cancer is defined as 'cancer that has spread to other places in the body and
usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment'[1]. In the United Kingdom, many …

Background Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and
families facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness. In order to effectively …

The purpose of this study was to describe the perceived eating problems, general
symptoms, and general health of a group of oral-and pharyngeal-cancer patients before …

Background Due to inherent impact on quality of life, metastatic head and neck cancer
patients are well‐suited to benefit from palliative care (PC). Our objective was to examine …

Curative treatment for patients with advanced head and neck cancer can be associated with
many side-effects, and many patients suffer from persistent treatment-related side-effects …

Introduction Health related quality of life information gives patients and carers an indication
of how they will be affected following treatment. Such knowledge can promote realistic …

111 Background: Palliative Care Always (PCA) is a massive open online course (MOOC),
through Stanford Online, that teaches primary palliative care. Our goal was to provide an …