Improving Palliative Care for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Christine G Gourin^{1

2

3}, Thomas J Smith^{2

3}, Rebecca A Gersten³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

Christine G Gourin et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 1;151(12):1183-1185.

doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2025.2688.

Christine G Gourin^{1

2

3}, Thomas J Smith^{2

3}, Rebecca A Gersten³

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Palliative Care With Tracheostomy or Gastrostomy Tube Use and End-of-Life Quality and Costs Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
Fu R, Sutradhar R, Li Q, Villemure-Poliquin N, Chan KKW, Karam I, Hallet J, Eskander A. Fu R, et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Dec 1;151(12):1175-1183. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2025.2687. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025. PMID: 40996731