Long-term quality of life in head and neck cancer: the role of postdiagnosis smoking behavior
These findings highlight the importance of smoking cessation in survivorship care. Personalized care strategies addressing both physical and psychosocial challenges, particularly for continued smokers and those with laryngeal tumors, are essential to improving long-term QoL in HNSCC survivors.
Authors
- Alaina L. Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9226-8439)
- Matthew E. Witek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0570-3293)
- Ruzong Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-2135)
- Ming Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2533-8246)
- Garret Guthrie
- Jonathan P. Giurintano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0803-6732)
- Kristi D. Graves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-1631)
- Elham Mohebbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-4067)
- Gregory T. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3219-9515)
- Laura S. Rozek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6731-7000)
- Steven Bennett Chinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-0640)
- Peter H. Ahn
- Siddhi Patil
- E. Clementi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8505-1996)
Institutions
- Georgetown University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (US)
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cancer Survivorship
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-025-01894-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.85
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute