AHNS Series — Do you know your guidelines? Guideline recommended follow-up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors Journal Article
| Authors: | Roman, B. R.; Goldenberg, D.; Givi, B.; The Education Committee of American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) |
| Article Title: | AHNS Series — Do you know your guidelines? Guideline recommended follow-up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors |
| Abstract: | In this first article of the "Do You Know Your Guidelines" series, we review National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommendations and underlying evidence for the follow-up and surveillance of head and neck cancer survivors. The goals of follow-up and surveillance care are (1) to maximize long-term oncologic outcomes of therapy with appropriate evaluation for recurrence, (2) to maximize functional and quality of life outcomes, and (3) minimizing unnecessary and harmful low-value care. Finding the right balance of testing and surveillance is a challenge for providers and patients. Herein, we review all NCCN recommendations for head and neck cancer survivors. We pay particular attention to an area of controversy: the use of ongoing surveillance imaging, in particular, PET/CT scans. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 168-174 |
| Keywords: | cancer recurrence; cancer radiotherapy; outcome assessment; follow up; quality of life; smoking cessation; practice guideline; cancer therapy; radiation exposure; cancer survivor; health care quality; depression; head and neck cancer; computer assisted emission tomography; clinical evaluation; cancer epidemiology; guidelines; dna determination; rehabilitation care; thyrotropin; surveillance; speech analysis; swallowing; randomized controlled trial (topic); thyrotropin blood level; cancer survivorship; multidisciplinary; nutritional assessment; asymptomatic disease; orthodontics; human; priority journal; article; national comprehensive cancer network (nccn); auditory system examination |
| Journal Title: | Head & Neck |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 1043-3074 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2016-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 168 |
| End Page: | 174 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hed.24100 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 25916656 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 3 March 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
