Multidisciplinary Team Support for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines recommend nutritional, psychological, and rehabilitation support for patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy, but many patients, particularly in China, lack efficient access to such services.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of Supportive Holistic Interventions by Nurses and Experts via Multidisciplinary Team (SHINE-MDT), a framework to coordinate nutritional, psychological, and rehabilitation support, at reducing radiotherapy interruptions, improving nutritional status, alleviating psychological burdens, and enhancing the quality of life (QOL) among patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy.

Design, setting, and participants

A randomized clinical trial (RCT) of SHINE-MDT vs usual care (UC) was conducted at We

SUBMITTER: Pei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706684 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature