Cancer Survivorship Care in the Head and Neck Patient: Current Practices

The Head and Neck Cancer survivor population has steadily increased due to epidemiologic changes, and with advances in cancer detection and management. The importance of a systematic approach to optimize cancer survivorship care and quality of life cannot be emphasized enough considering the complexity of treatment course and the inter-disciplinary care involved. Survivorship Care Plans, the standards of survivorship care and the management of treatment effects specific to the Head and Neck Cancer survivor are discussed.