References
Archer, J., Hutchison, I., & Korszun, A. (2008). Mood and malignancy: Head and neck cancer and depression. Journal of Oral Pathology Medicine, 37, 255-270. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00635.x
Badger, T. A., Braden, C. J., & Mishel, M. (2001). Depression burden, self-help interventions, and side effect experience in women receiving treatment for breast cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 28, 567-574.
Baile, W., Gibertini, M., Scott, L., & Endicott, J. (1992). Depression and tumor stage in cancer of the head and neck. Psycho-Oncology, 1, 15-24. doi:10.1002/pon.2960010104
Bailey, D., Mishel, M., Belyea, M., Stewart, J., & Moher, J. (2004). Uncertainty intervention for watchful waiting in prostate cancer. Cancer Nursing, 27, 339-346.
Chandu, A., Smith, A., & Rogers, S. (2006). Health-related quality of life in oral cancer: A review. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 64, 495-502.
Chaturvedi, A. K., Mbulaiteye, S. M., & Engels, E. A. (2008). Underestimation of relative risk by standardized incidence ratios for AIDS-related cancers. Annals of Epidemiology, 18, 230-234.
Christman, N. (1990). Uncertainty and adjustment during radiotherapy. Nursing Research, 39, 17-20.
Davies, A. D., Davies, C., & Delpo, M. C. (1986). Depression and anxiety in patients undergoing diagnostic evaluation for head and neck cancer. British Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 491-493.
Elani, H. W., & Allison, P. J. (2010). Coping and psychological distress among head and neck cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 19, 1735-1741. doi:10.1007/s00520-010-1013-8.
Graneheim, U. H., & Lundman, B. (2004). Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: Concepts, procedures, and measures to achieve trustworthiness. Nurse Education Today, 24, 105-112.
Haisfield-Wolfe, M. E., McGuire, D. B., Soeken, K., Geiger-Brown, J., & De Forge, B. R. (2009). Prevalence and correlates of depression among patients with head and neck cancer: A systematic review of implications for research [Online exclusive]. Oncology Nursing Forum, 36, E107-E125. doi:10.1188/09.ONF.E107-E125
Haisfield-Wolfe, M. E., McGuire, D. B., Soeken, K., Geiger-Brown, J., De Forge, B. R., & Suntharalingam, M. (2011). Prevalence and correlates of symptoms and uncertainty in illness among head and neck cancer patients receiving definitive radiation with or without chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer. Advance online publication. doi:10.10007/s00520-011-1291-9
Haman, K. L. (2008). Psychologic distress and head and neck cancer: Part 1—Review of the literature. Journal of Supportive Care, 6, 155-163.
Hammerlid, E., Silander, E. M., Hornestam, L., & Sullivan, M. (2001). Health-related quality of life three years after diagnosis of head and neck cancer: A longitudinal study. Head and Neck, 23, 113-125.
Hansen, E. K., & Roach, M. (2007). Handbook of evidence based radiation oncology. New York, NY: Springer.
Hodges, L. J., & Humphris, G. M. (2009). Fear of recurrence and psychological distress in head and neck cancer patients and their carers. Psycho-Oncology, 18, 841-848. doi:10.1002/pon.1346
Horney, D., Smith, H., McGurk, M., Weinman, J., Herold, J., Altman, K., & Llewellyn, C. (2011). Association between quality of life, coping styles, optimism, and anxiety and depression in pretreatment patients with head and neck cancer. Head and Neck, 33, 65-71.
Katz, M., Irish, J., Devins, G., & Gullane, P. (2003). Psychosocial adjustment in head and neck cancer: The impact of disfigurement, gender, and social support. Head and Neck, 25, 103-112. doi:10.1002/hed.10174
Khoda, R., Otsubo, T., Kuwakado, Y., Tanaka, K., Kitahara, T., Yoshimura, K., & Mimura, M. (2005). Prospective studies on mental status and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer treated by radiation. Psycho-Oncology, 14, 331-336. doi:10.1002/pon.892
Krippendorff, K. (2004). Content analysis: An introduction to its methodology (2nd ed.). London, England: Sage.
Kugaya, A., Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Nakano, T., Mikami, I., Okmura, H., & Uchitomi, Y. (2000). Prevalence, predictive factor, and screening for psychological distress in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer. Cancer, 88, 2817-2823.
Lai, Y., Chang, J. T., Keefe, F. J., Chiou, C. F., Chen, S. C., Feng, S. C., … Liao, M. N. (2003). Symptom distress, catastrophic thinking, and hope in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Cancer Nursing, 26, 485-493.
Lambertz, C. K., Robenstein, V., Mueller-Funaiole, V., Cummings, K., & Knapp, V. (2010). No Stops reducing treatment breaks during chemoradiation for head and neck cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14, 585-593. doi:10.1188/10.CJON.585-593
Larsson, M., Hedlin, B., & Athlin, E. (2007). Needing a hand to hold. Cancer Nursing, 30, 324-334.
Lazarus, R. S. (1967). Cognitive and personality factors underlying threat and coping. In M. H. Appley & R. Trumbull (Eds.), Psychological stress (pp. 151-169). New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York, NY: Guilford.
Lazarus, R. S., & Launier, R. (1978). Stress-related transactions between person and environment. In L. A. Pervin & M. Lewis (Eds.), Perspectives in international psychology (pp. 287-327). New York, NY: Plenum.
Lees, J. (1999). Incidence of weight loss in head and neck cancer patients on commencing radiotherapy treatment at a regional oncology center. European Journal of Cancer Care, 8, 133-136. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00156.x
Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Natural inquiry. London, England: Sage.
List, M. A., Lee Rutherford, J., Stracks, J., Haraf, D., Kies, M. S., & Vokes, E. E. (2002). An exploration of the pretreatment coping strategies of patients with carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer, 9, 98-104. doi:10.1002/cncr.10653
Mishel, M. (1984). Perceived uncertainty and stress in illness. Research in Nursing and Health, 7, 163-171. doi:10.1002/nur.4770070304
Mishel, M. (1988). Uncertainty in illness. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 20, 225-232. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.1988.tb00082.x
Moore, R., Chamberlain, R. M., & Khuri, F. R. (2004). Communicating suffering in primary stage head and neck cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 13, 53-64. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00444.x
Olmi, P., Crispino, S., Fallai, C., Torri, V., Rossi, F., Bolner, A., … Marsoni, S. (2003). Locoregionally advanced carcinoma of the oropharynx: Conventional radiotherapy vs. accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy vs. concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy—A multicenter randomized trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 55, 78-92.
Rhodes, V. A., & Watson, P. M. (1987). Symptom distress—The concept: Past and present. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 3, 242-247.
Rose, P., & Yates, P. (2001). Quality of life experienced by patients receiving radiation treatment for cancers of head and neck. Cancer Nursing, 24, 255-263.
Schrijvers, D., Van Herpen, C., & Kerger, J. (2004). Docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-flourouracil in patients with locally advanced unresectable head and neck cancer: A Phase I-II feasibility study. Oncology, 15, 638-645.
Sehlen, S., Lenk, M., Herschbach, P., Aydemir, U., Dellian, M., Schymura, B., … Dühmke, E. (2003). Depressive symptoms during and after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Head and Neck, 25, 1004-1018. doi:10.1002/hed.10333
Semple, C. J., Dunwoody, L., Kernohan, W., McCaughan, E., & Sullivan, K. (2008). Changes and challenges to patients' lifestyle patterns following treatment for head and neck cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63, 85-93. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04698.x
Sherman, A. C., & Simonton, S. (2010). Advances in quality of life research among head and neck cancer patients. Current Oncology Reports, 12, 208-215.
Thambyrajah, C., Herod, J., Altman, K., & Llewellyn, C. (2010). "Cancer doesn't mean curtains": Benefit finding in patients with head and neck cancer in remission. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 28, 666-682.
Vissink, A., Jansma, J., Spijkervet, F. K., Burlage, F. R., & Coppes, R. P. (2003). Oral sequelae of head and neck radiotherapy. Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine, 14, 199-202.