Abstract
Head, oral cavity and neck cancer are among the ten most frequent types of neoplasms in the Brazilian population, and most cases are detected in advanced stages, with a poor prognosis, according to the National Cancer Institute. Studies show that it is a public health problem in Brazil and other countries and that the time elapsed between the initial and advanced stages is long, since the evolution is usually slow in most cases. This study aimed to describe the multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of head, mouth and neck cancer. As a methodological approach, this was a descriptive, narrative research, with an integrative literature review approach. The survey of studies was carried out using the electronic databases: Virtual Health Library (BVS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google Scholar. For this, the following Health Sciences Descriptors (DECs) were used, namely: “cancer”, “mouth cancer”, “head and neck cancer”, “multidisciplinary”. The Boolean operators “AND” and “OR” were used. This study included 11 articles, 3 of which were in English and 8 in Portuguese, whose research was published between 2016 and 2023, with a greater number of publications in the following years: 2021, 2022 (both with 18.18%, n = 8), followed by the years 2016, 2016 (both with 9.09% n = 3). The multidisciplinary care of patients with head, mouth, and neck cancer has as its main objectives: improving nutritional, physical, and emotional status. Patients diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment are going through significant changes in different contexts of their lives. Therefore, there is a need for support from the multidisciplinary health team, so that care assistance can be provided in the face of the impact of the transformations that have occurred and aim to provide patients with a better quality of life.
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