Article - Helping Survivors of Head and Neck Cance

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”Most often the patient will have chemoradiation after healing from surgery, so [adverse] effects of both need to be assessed and reviewed with each treatment. Mucositis is prevalent 100% of the time in patients with head and neck cancer who are receiving chemo and radiation at the same time. Teaching them what to expect and trying to head off severe pain is imperative,” O’Leary says, adding that nurses and patients need to be aware of other prominent adverse effects (AEs), including nutritional issues related to mucositis, psychosocial issues, and chronic xerostomia.

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