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  • Individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC) face life-threatening challenges, including significant physical disfigurements and difficulties with essential functions like eating and speaking as part of their treatment.
  • HNC is the 6th most common cancer globally, with around 650,000 new cases diagnosed each year, yet it remains largely overlooked in the field of behavioral medicine.
  • This article reviews key psychosocial factors related to HNC and explores available interventions, while also highlighting potential avenues for future research and practice in behavioral medicine.

Article Abstract

Individuals diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) not only face a potentially life-threatening diagnosis but must endure treatment that often results in significant, highly visible disfigurement and disruptions of essential functioning, such as deficits or complications in eating, swallowing, breathing, and speech. Each year, approximately 650,000 new cases are diagnosed, making HNC the 6th most common type of cancer in the world. Despite this, however, HNC remains understudied in behavioral medicine. In this article, the authors review available evidence regarding several important psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with HNC diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, as well as various psychosocial interventions conducted in this patient population, before concluding with opportunities for behavioral medicine research and practice.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587038PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0029940DOI Listing

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