Of the 324 patients of HNSCC who were initiated on radical RT, a total of 76 patients were found
to have discontinued treatment without authorization of the treating clinician. There was no significant
predilection for treatment non-compliance with regards to patient age, educational status, religion, site of
the disease, use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or use of concurrent chemotherapy. There tended to be a
higher association of treatment non-compliance among patients residing >100 km away from the treatment
center, patients hailing from hilly regions, patients without the below poverty line (BPL) card, unemployed
patients, and patients with stage IV-A/B disease. Of the 76 patients who did not complete treatment, telephonic
questionnaire could be obtained from 54 patients. Causes for non-compliance included preference for
traditional healers (22.2%), fear of toxicity (7.4%), logistic reasons (18.5%), financial reasons (24.1%), and
lack of interest/faith in RT (5.6%)
Of the 324 patients of HNSCC who were initiated on radical RT, a total of 76 patients were foundto have discontinued treatment without authorization of the treating clinician. There was no significantpredilection for treatment non-compliance with regards to patient age, educational status, religion, site ofthe disease, use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or use of concurrent chemotherapy. There tended to be ahigher association of treatment non-compliance among patients residing >100 km away from the treatmentcenter, patients hailing from hilly regions, patients without the below poverty line (BPL) card, unemployedpatients, and patients with stage IV-A/B disease. Of the 76 patients who did not complete treatment, telephonicquestionnaire could be obtained from 54 patients. Causes for non-compliance included preference fortraditional healers (22.2%), fear of toxicity (7.4%), logistic reasons (18.5%), financial reasons (24.1%), andlack of interest/faith in RT (5.6%)
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