BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is present in a significant proportion of the
population, but the majority of patients remain undiagnosed. It is crucial that …

Although sleep is vital to all human functioning and poor sleep is a known problem in
cancer, it is unclear whether the overall prevalence of the various types of sleep disorders in …

As the population of head and neck cancer survivors increases, it has become increasingly
important for health care providers to understand and manage late complications of therapy …

This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to investigate the prevalence rates of various
types of sleep disturbances among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients before, during …

Despite the undeniable medical advances achieved in recent decades, cancer remains one
of the main causes of mortality. It is thus extremely important to make every effort to discover …

Background Hypoxia plays an important role in the development of solid tumors. Intermittent
hypoxia is the hallmark of sleep apnea (SA). We tested the hypothesis that SA may increase …

The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide interdisciplinary recommendations on
palliative care for patients with cancer. The NCCN Guidelines are intended to provide …

Disturbed sleep is one of the major complaints of cancer patients, 1, 2 and includes
complaints of difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, before, during and for years after …

Sleep disorders and insomnia are more prevalent in patients with cancer than in the normal
population. Sleep disorders consist of delayed sleep latency, waking episodes after sleep …

The objective of this article is to review and summarize the extant literature on head and
neck cancer (HNC) patients' informational needs and to characterize emerging issues in this …