Highlights ■ Outpatient palliative care follow-up increased median survival by 4.7 months in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. ■ Patients receiving palliative care had fewer intensive care unit deaths, less chemotherapy in the final month of life, and a reduced need for palliative sedation. ■ Integrated palliative care resulted in fewer emergency visits per month of follow-up, suggesting more efficient symptom management. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate whether integrated palliative care is associated with improved overall survival and better […]

ABSTRACT Objective: Translate to brazilian portuguese, culturally adapt and test the rating and classification scales of cervicofacial lymphedema of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Head and Neck Lymphedema Protocol (MDACC HNL) in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer. Methods: The process followed international guidelines and translation stages by two head and neck surgeons, and back translation independently by two native Americans. The test of final version was based on the evaluation of 18 patients by one speech pathologist […]