Navigation on Head and Neck Radiotherapy

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The navigation program will be started on the day patients start their treatment. Before starting radiotherapy on the first day of radiotherapy, patients will be given a visual education guide about the radiotherapy treatment and the expected side effects. Afterwards, there will be a weekly follow-u...

The navigation program will be started on the day patients start their treatment. Before starting radiotherapy on the first day of radiotherapy, patients will be given a visual education guide about the radiotherapy treatment and the expected side effects. Afterwards, there will be a weekly follow-up with phone reminders. Inclusion criteria in the study; Being over the age of 18, the patient whose treatment and follow-up will continue for 7 weeks, patient diagnosed with head and neck cancer, scheduled to receive radiotherapy, patients who verbally and in writing approved to participate in the study after the explanation about the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Metastasis development in the patient, refusing to participate in the research after the explanation about the research, the patient himself / herself wants to leave the study.For all patients included in the study, informed consent forms will be obtained just before starting treatment, and the patient identification form, CTCAE v5.0 toxicity criteria and EORTC QLQ-H & N35 scales will be applied. Quality of life measurements will be repeated at the end and middle of the treatment. In addition, weight measurements and laboratory follow-up of the patients will be done at the beginning and at the end of the study. NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 program will be used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric tests will be used to evaluate data.

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