A Pilot Study of a Collaborative Palliative and Oncology Care Intervention for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.

Palliative care improves symptoms and coping in patients with advanced cancers, but has not been evaluated for patients with curable solid malignancies. Because of the tremendous symptom burden and high rates of psychological distress in head and neck cancer (HNC), we evaluated feasibility and acceptability of a palliative care intervention in patients with HNC receiving curative-intent chemoradiation therapy (CRT). This was a prospective single-arm study in HNC patients receiving CRT at a single center in the United States.