Systematic Review of Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

A systematic review by Ya Huang, published on figshare in April 2026, investigating unmet supportive care needs among head and neck cancer survivors. The analysis is based on 12 studies selected from 4,074 identified articles, identifying 7 assessment tools and ranking the prevalence of different need domains. The dataset is a 9.5 KB Excel file summarizing the characteristics of the included studies.

Use Cases

• Compare the scope of existing assessment tools based on the identified categories of universal and disease-specific needs.
• Identify the most prevalent unmet supportive care need domains (e.g., health system/information, psychological) for targeted intervention planning.
• Analyze associations between demographic, clinical, or psychological factors and unmet needs as reported in the review.

Strengths

• The review process is documented, identifying 4,074 articles and including 12 studies.
• Specific findings are quantified, such as the identification of 7 assessment tools and the ranking of the top three unmet need domains.
• Dataset is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (9.5 KB), indicating it is a summary table rather than a primary research dataset.
• The geographic and temporal coverage of the underlying studies is not specified in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Ya Huang via figshare.

Collection Method

Systematic search across eleven databases including Web of Science and PubMed, with records screened up to August 20, 2025.

Time Range

Literature search covered from database inception up to August 20, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 17:37:57; freshness should be verified.