Mask‐related anxiety and distress during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 16 Jun 2023 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, volume 70, pages 215-217 (issn: 2051-3895, eissn: 2051-3909,

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Authors: Haryana M. Dhillon; Georgia K. B. Halkett;

doi: 10.1002/jmrs.695

pmid: 37328435

pmc: PMC10500115

Mask‐related anxiety and distress during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

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Abstract

Some patients experience mask-related anxiety and distress when undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. Building on the paper by Forbes et al (doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.658) this editorial discusses techniques to implement to improve the patient experience through education and support.

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Keywords

Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, Editorial, Head and Neck Neoplasms, R895-920, Humans, Anxiety

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