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Research Study

Tube feeding during head and neck cancer treatment across BC Cancer: Focus Group

Did you have a feeding tube during treatment for your head or neck cancer?

Closed Recruitment

Health Areas

Oral Cancer, Other Cancers, Nutritional Support, Other General Health , Other Men’s Health

Study Purpose

To explore the experiences of survivors of head and neck cancer who had a feeding tube during treatment (chemotherapy and/or radiation). Specifically, we will collect information on what they would have liked to know about tube feeding, as well as how they would have liked this information presented to them. With this information, we hope that this can improve future conversations between healthcare providers and patients about tube feeding.

Details

We will hold 2 virtual focus groups (held over Zoom), each with 4-10 participants. Each participant will only attend one of these virtual sessions, that will last about 75 minutes. During these sessions, there will be an organizer of the meeting, who will ask a number of predetermined questions, but also allow for lots of time for discussion among the group. Participants are welcome to use a pseudonym during the focus group if they prefer to remain anonymous.

location

Vancouver Island / Coast

Lower Mainland

Thompson - Okanagan

Kootenay

Cariboo

North Coast and Nechako

Northeast

recruitment end date

2026-03-23

eligibility

Age: 19 Years - 100 Years Old

Accepting Healthy Volunteers: No

Research Team Information

Principal investigator

Eleah Stringer

health authority affiliation

Provincial Health Services Authority

academic affiliation

University of British Columbia - Vancouver

collaborating organizations

University of British Columbia

BC Cancer Agency

collaborators

Eleah.Stringer@bccancer.bc.ca

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