Improving Long-Term Survivorship Care in Head and Neck Cancer With Erica Fortune, PhD

Oncology Data Advisor

At the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Oncology Data Advisor sat down with Erica Fortune, PhD, Vice President of Research at Cancer Support Community, to discuss her team’s poster entitled, “Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) Survivors: Long-Term Nutrition Impact Symptoms, Eating Problems, and Barriers to Care Impact Psychosocial Health.” In this podcast, Dr. Fortune delves further into this topic, including: Background about long-term side effects and quality-of-life impacts experienced by HNC survivors Cancer Support Community’s survey designed to further investigate these challenges The results that the study found regarding nutrition, eating problems, and barriers to care that survivors experience How Cancer Support Community plans on using the survey results to improve survivorship and address psychosocial impacts experienced by long-term HNC survivors A preview of other topics that Cancer Support Community is excited to cover as a member organization of the Oncology Data Advisor Editorial Board And more!