Accuracy of self-reported tobacco assessments in a head and neck cancer treatment population

作者：Warren Graham W^*; Arnold Susanne M; Valentino Joseph P; Gal Thomas J; Hyland Andrew J; Singh Anurag K; Rangnekar Vivek M; Cummings K Michael; Marshall James R; Kudrimoti Mahesh R

来源：Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2012, 103(1): 45-48.

DOI：10.1016/j.radonc.2011.11.003

• Tobacco
• Smoking
• Head/neck
• Radiotherapy
• Cotinine

Prospective analysis was performed of self-reported and biochemically confirmed tobacco use in 50 head and neck cancer patients during treatment. With 93.5% compliance to complete weekly self-report and biochemical confirmatory tests, 29.4% of smokers required biochemical assessment for identification. Accuracy increased by 14.9% with weekly vs. baseline self-reported assessments. Data confirm that head and neck cancer patients misrepresent true tobacco use during treatment.

• 出版日期2012-4