Patient Burden with Current Surveillance Paradigm and Factors Associated with Interest in Altered Surveillance for Early Stage HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Optimal surveillance paradigms for survivors of early stage human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer are not well defined. This study aimed to characterize patient interest in and factors associated with an altered surveillance paradigm.

Materials and methods

We surveyed patients with Stage I or II HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer treated at a tertiary care institution from 2016 to 2019. Primary outcomes were descriptive assessment of patient knowledge, interest in altered surveillance, burdens of in-person appointments, and priorities for surveillance visits. Ordinal regression was used to identify correlates of interest in altered surveillance.

Results

Sixty-seven patients completed surveys from February to April 2020 at a median of 21 mo

SUBMITTER: Gharzai LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature