Priorities, concerns, and regret among patients with head and neck cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the era of deintensification, little data are available regarding patients' treatment preferences. The current study evaluated treatment-related priorities, concerns, and regret among patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC).

Methods

A total of 150 patients with HNSCC ranked the importance of 10 nononcologic treatment goals relative to the oncologic goals of cure and survival. The level of concern regarding 11 issues and decision regret was recorded. Median rank was reported overall, and factors associated with odds of rank as a top 3 priority were modeled using logistic regression.

Results

Among the treatment effects analyzed, the odds of being a top 3 priority was especially high for cure (odds, 9.17; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 5

SUBMITTER: Windon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443481 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature