Patient Preferences in Making Treatment Decisions in Patients With Stage I-IVA Oropharyngeal Cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients who are enrolled in other head and neck cancer treatment protocols are permitted to participate in this study if a) the other protocol permits this and b) the other protocol does not utilize the HNPS
• •Patients who have previously undergone cancer treatment or are presently undergoing additional cancer treatments
• •Patients who have already undergone unsuccessful curative-intent surgery on their head and neck cancer
• •Patients, who have had a major surgery (defined as requiring general anesthesia but not including tonsillectomy, neck dissection, or panendoscopy \[triple endoscopy or examination under general anesthesia\]), or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of the study; patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any of the above surgeries
• •Patients unwilling to or unable to comply with the protocol
• •Patients unable to communicate with the interviewer