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The problem of cigarette smoking in radiotherapy for cancer in the head and neck
C Des Rochers1, S Dische, M I Saunders
1Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
Smoking cigarettes during radiotherapy prolongs the period of reaction and may reduce the chance of cure. Of a group of 48 patients with advanced head and neck cancer 35 were smoking at the time of diagnosis, but 17 were persuaded to stop, although 7 relapsed later. Interviews conducted in 35 of the 48 patients revealed the problems which must be overcome if such patients are to cease smoking.