Head and Neck Cancer Survivors’ Experiences with Chronic Nutrition Impact Symptom Burden after Radiation: A Qualitative Study

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Cancer Survivors 60%
• Head and Neck Neoplasms 55%
• Radiation 41%
• Interviews 36%
• Social Adjustment 19%
• Xerostomia 17%
• Mastication 15%
• Eating 15%
• Food 14%
• Research Personnel 14%
• Deglutition Disorders 14%
• Raw Foods 11%
• Citrus 9%
• Spices 9%
• Food Preferences 9%
• Patient Care Team 8%
• Aftercare 8%
• Meat 7%
• Vegetables 6%
• Meals 6%
• Radiotherapy 4%
• Therapeutics 3%
• Neoplasms 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• head and neck neoplasms 100%
• signs and symptoms (animals and humans) 51%
• interviews 47%
• nutrition 43%
• dysphagia 19%
• researchers 15%
• ingestion 14%
• mastication 13%
• sauces 7%
• health care workers 7%
• raw vegetables 7%
• citrus fruits 7%
• flavorings 7%
• meals (menu) 7%
• spices 6%
• eating habits 6%
• food choices 6%
• probes (equipment) 6%
• meat 4%
• neoplasms 4%
• fluids 4%